All of us want to be good at our jobs, but how good do we really want to be? Good? Quite good? Very good? The best in our field? Or the best in the world?
每個人都想把工作做好,但是,我們究竟想要有多好？好？很好？非常好？行業裏最好？還是,世界上最好？
Talent helps, but it won’t take you as far as ambition. Everybody wants to be good, but few are prepared to make the necessary sacrifices to be great. To many people, being nice in order to be liked is more important. There’s equal merit* in being nice and being liked, but you must not confuse them.
才華固然重要,但壯志比才華更能成就你。人人都想做得好,但只有為數不多的人準備好了為做到卓越而犧牲。對大多數人而言,做好人從而被他人喜歡更為重要。做好人和被他人喜歡當然同樣有意義,但是切勿將其混為一談。
Most people are looking for a solution, a way to become good. There is no instant solution, and the only way to learn is through experience and mistakes.
大多數人都在尋求做得好的方式與方法。其實想要做到好並沒有捷徑可走,唯一的方法就是去經歷一次,在錯誤中學習。
You can become whoever you want to be. You can achieve the unachievable, but first you need to aim beyond what you are capable of. You must close your eye to where your abilities end. Try to do the things that you’re incapable of.
你可以成為任何你想要成為的人。你可以達成難以實現的目標,但是首先你要制定一個你能力之外的目標。英語短文你必須對自己的能力極限視而不見。嘗試去做你能力以外的事情吧。
If you think you’re unable to work for the best company, make that your aim.
If you think you’re incapable of running a company, make that your aim.
If you think you’re unable to be on the cover of Times magazine, make it your business to be there.
Make your vision of where you want to be a reality. Nothing is impossible.
如果你認為你的能力不足以在最好的公司工作,那麼就把它設定為你的`目標。
如果你認為你沒有能力管理一家公司,那麼就把它設定為你的目標。
如果你認為你不能上《時代》雜誌的封面,那麼就把它當成你的事業來做。
遙想夢想成真的那一刻,一切皆有可能。
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