And we also suck in messages from everything from the television, to advertising, to marketing, etc. These are hugely powerful forces that define what we want and how we view ourselves. When we're told that banking is a very respectable profession, a lot of us want to go into banking. When banking is no longer so respectable, we lose interest in banking. We are highly open to suggestion.

译文：高看自己，事事就很难有长进；低看自己，事事就不能成功。赏析：不管何时，我们不能骄傲自大，目空一切，更不能自暴自弃，妄自菲薄，畏首畏尾。骄傲自满会让人失去理智，自轻自贱会让人失去自信，这两种极端的处事态度对我们的人生都是不利的。

希望是一种强大的动力，但必须与行动相结合才能有效。