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Chapter 64
Be Careful to the End as at the Beginning
慎终如始
The Text
九层之台，起于累土。千里之行，始于足下。慎终如始，则无败事。
A tower nine storeys high begins with a single basket of earth. A journey of a thousand li begins beneath one’s feet. Be as careful at the end as at the beginning, and you will not fail.
Reading it
The most practical line in the book. Almost every failure in ordinary work happens in the last ten percent, when the outcome seems assured.
全书里最实用的一句。日常工作中的失败，几乎都发生在最后百分之十——在结局看似已定的时候。
Practice for the week
Take the thing you are nearly finished with. Give it the care of the first day.
拿一件你快做完的事。用第一天的态度收尾。