下面这段话是摘自Brian Tracy的"Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life":
Psychosclerosis is another name for "hardening of the attitudes.". This is experienced by a particular type of person who is rigid, inflexible, and unchanging. This is the kind of person who devlops fixed attitudes on a certain preson or subject and then resists any attempt to change his mind. This is often called the mechanical way of thinking. You probably know people who suffer from it.
这其实就是我们说的“思想僵化”。
scleroris - 硬化
在英语中，因循守旧的人被称为"stick-in-the-mud" - someone who refuses to try anything new
另一方面，能根据时代或是环境的变化做出相应的改变的人可以说是比较adaptive\flexible
下面这段话也是摘自Brian Tracy的"Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life":
The opposite way of thinking is more open and flexible. This is called the adaptive worldview. Adaptive people keep their minds open to new information. They are curious and interested in the new ideas and developments.
我以前觉得做网站是件很难的事情，总觉得只有爱好电脑的男生才会做网站。后来自己决定做个网站的时候到书店买了15元的教学光盘，不用花什么钱，不用求人，一个星期就学会了基本的操作。当然，整个网站的建立花了不少时间和心思。原来以为很难的事情，改变一下观念，开始行动，事情其实比想象的简单。