Execution is the engine that generates zest for life(执行力是鼓舞生活热情的发动机)

Execution is the engine that generates zest for life. To be a lover of life, one must be an executor in life.

To be an executor, we must first and foremost be able to perform the tasks necessary and create the kind of life we envision for ourselves. That is what execution means, whether it is reading a book every day, going to work on time, going to the gym every day, meditating every day, going out to socialise, or developing a certain skill.

Whatever we do, as long as it's consistent with our values, the more we do it, the stronger we become. We will feel stronger and more capable.

Without the capacity to execute, we will feel like a weakling, as if life is always pushing against us. It seems that there is no free will. We are simply forced by life to do things we do not like to do. Many people who are stuck in depression and nihilism are very poor executors. Some of them are so bad at execution that they are stuck in a state of learned helplessness and become self-made victims

When our ability to execute declines, our self-esteem declines at the same time. This is because self-esteem consists of two dimensions: self-worth and self-efficacy. Self-efficacy is our ability to do the things we want and need to do. We must maintain our ability to execute. Otherwise, our self-esteem will suffer and we will feel so bad about ourselves. Also, our efficacy will tank and we will feel so weak that sometimes it even becomes a burden for us to go out into the world and do the basic things.

Our ability to execute not only increases our self-esteem but also brings forth a joy that comes simply from consistently executing something every day. For example, we can pick up a book we love and read it for 30 minutes for 30 days straight and be consistent about it. Then joy will spontaneously arise as we build that kind of discipline.

It is a more abstract kind of joy that needs to be built consistently over the long term. If we do something for only a week, such as running, we will not feel the obvious positive effects immediately. Sometimes we may even feel pain. But if we continue running consistently for a month, we will become leaner, more muscular, more energetic and even more beautiful. This is the moment when we will feel a deep sense of joy. Our self-esteem will be strengthened naturally

This can be applied to every aspect of our lives. If we choose to do the right things and do them consistently over a long period of time, it will accumulate like a snowball over time. Then we will see these executions slowly build up in our lives, we will become healthier, more confident, more enthusiastic about life and even become a miracle of existence. Only through this can we attain an ultimate and deep satisfaction through which we can finally say that life is worthwhile.

执行力是鼓舞生命热情的发动机。若要成为一个热爱生活的人，必须成为生活里的执行者。

作为一个执行者，首先要能够完成必须要做的事情，从而创造自己想要的生活。这就是执行力的含义，无论是每天读一点喜欢的书，按时上班，还是每天去健身房，冥想，还是外出社交，或者发展某种技能。

无论执行的任务是什么，只要它符合我们的价值观，做得越多，我们就越会越强。就会感到更有力量，更有能力。

如果缺乏执行能力，我们会觉得自己是个弱渣儿，好像生活总是在逼迫我们。自由意志根本不起作用。我们总是为生活所逼迫，做自己讨厌的事情。很多陷于抑郁和虚无主义的人其实是执行力很差的人。有些人的执行力严重不足，甚至陷入习得性无助，成为自作自受的倒霉鬼。

如果执行力不足，实际上也会导致自尊心同步降低。因为，自尊心包括两个方面：自我价值和自我效能。自我效能是就由执行力产生的。做我们必须做和想要做的事，必须保持有效的执行力，否则，自尊心定会折损，自我感觉会很糟。如果做事的效能持续降低，人们就会感到虚弱无力，甚至严重到连出门或履行一些基本的日常事务都会成为沉重的负担。

执行能力不仅能提高自我效能，体现自我价值，从而增强自尊，还能制造出一种特殊的快乐。这种快乐来自于每天持续不断地执行。例如，拿起一本自己喜欢的书，连续30天每天阅读30分钟。坚持这样做，就会生出一种喜悦，一种建立在自律之上的喜悦。

这是一种比较抽象的快乐，需要长期持续构建。如果只是坚持了一个星期，比如跑步，就不会感到立竿见影的效果。有时甚至会很痛苦。但经过一个月的持续执行，例如坚持跑步一个月，身体就会苗条，肌肉变得饱满，精力更加充沛，甚至连面孔也会变得紧实。这时，我们定会感受一种深刻的喜悦，自信心也自然增强。

这个道理可以应用于生活的方方面面。一旦决定了必须要做的、正确的事情，并长期坚持执行。随着时间的推移，就会形成类似滚雪球般的势能累计效应。假以时日，执行力会使我们变得健康自信，对生活充满热情，甚至成为一个活生生的奇迹。那时，我们的内心定会生出一种深刻的满足，从而可以毫无遗憾地说：此生值得。