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I want to discuss with you this afternoon why you're going to fail to have a great career. (Laughter)

今天下午我想和你們討論一下 你為什么不會(huì)成就偉業(yè)。(笑聲)

I'm an economist. I do dismal. End of the day, it's ready for dismal remarks. I only want to talk to those of you who want a great career. I know some of you have already decided you want a good career. You're going to fail, too — (Laughter) — because — Goodness, you're all cheery about failing. (Laughter) Canadian group, undoubtedly. (Laughter) Those trying to have good careers are going to fail, because, really, good jobs are now disappearing. There are great jobs and great careers, and then there are the high-workload, high-stress, bloodsucking, soul-destroying kinds of jobs, and practically nothing in between.

我是個(gè)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家。我讓人心情低落。 一天過(guò)完了，準(zhǔn)備好聽(tīng)聽(tīng)讓人心情低落的評(píng)論。 我只想和你們想要成就偉業(yè)的那些人談。 我知道你們有些人已經(jīng)決定了 你們想要一個(gè)成功的事業(yè)。 你們也會(huì)失敗的-(笑聲)- 因?yàn)?天吶，你們聽(tīng)到失敗都這么高興。(笑聲) 無(wú)疑是加拿大人。(笑聲) 想事業(yè)有成的人會(huì)失敗， 因?yàn)椋�真的，現(xiàn)在好工作都在消失。 有好工作，和好事業(yè)， 也有工作量大，壓力大， 吸食血液，侵蝕靈魂的那種工作， 而且?guī)缀鯖](méi)有工作能好點(diǎn)的。

So the people looking for good jobs are going to fail. I'm going to talk about those looking for great jobs, great careers, and why you're going to, why you're going to fail. First reason is that no matter how many times people tell you, "If you want a great career, you have to pursue your passion, you have to pursue your dreams, you have to pursue, the greatest fascination in your life," you hear it again and again and then you decide not to do it. It doesn't matter how many times you download Steven J.'s Stanford commencement address, you still look at it and decide not to do it.

所以想找好工作的人會(huì)失敗。 我談?wù)勀切�尋找偉業(yè)的人， 你們?yōu)槭裁匆獙ふ遥瑸槭裁磿?huì)失敗。 第一個(gè)原因是不管多少次別人告訴你， “如果你想成就偉業(yè)，你就必須追隨你的熱忱， 你必須追隨你的夢(mèng)想，你必須追隨 你人生中最大的吸引，“ 你聽(tīng)過(guò)這句話一遍又一遍，然后你決定 不去這樣做。不管你下載多少次 Steven J在斯坦福大學(xué)的開(kāi)學(xué)演講， 你還是看看然后決定不去做。

I'm not quite sure why you decide not to do it. You're too lazy to do it. It's too hard. You're afraid if you look for your passion and don't find it, you'll feel like you're an idiot, so then you make excuses about why you're not going to look for your passion. And they are excuses, ladies and gentlemen. We're going to go through a whole long list, your creativity, and thinking of excuses not to do what you really need to do if you want to have a great career.

我不太確定你為什么決定不去做。 你太懶了。這事太難。 你害怕如果你去尋找夢(mèng)想然后找不到， 你會(huì)覺(jué)得你像個(gè)白癡，所以你給自己找借口， 為什么你不去追尋你的夢(mèng)想。 這些都是借口，女士們先生們。 我們要列一個(gè)長(zhǎng)單子，你的創(chuàng)造力， 想想你不去做成就偉業(yè)該做的事情 的借口。

So, for example, one of your great excuses is, "Well, great careers are really and truly, for most people, just a matter of luck, so I'm going to stand around, I'm going to try to be lucky, and if I'm lucky, I'll have a great career. If not, I'll have a good career." But a good career is an impossibility, so that's not going to work.

所以，舉例來(lái)說(shuō)，你眾多借口之一是， “嗯，偉業(yè)實(shí)際上對(duì)于大多數(shù)人來(lái)說(shuō) 只是運(yùn)氣問(wèn)題，所以我就在這待著， 我就試試做那個(gè)幸運(yùn)的人，然后如果我真幸運(yùn)的話， 我就能成就偉業(yè)。如果不能，我就找個(gè)還不錯(cuò)的事業(yè)。” 但是沒(méi)有還不錯(cuò)的事業(yè)，所以這個(gè)行不通。

Then, your other excuse is, "Yes, there are special people who pursue their passions, but they are geniuses. They are Steven J. I'm not a genius. When I was five, I thought I was a genius, but my professors have beaten that idea out of my head long since." (Laughter) Mm? "And now I know I am completely competent." Now, you see, if this was , being completely competent, that would have given you a great career. But guess what? This is almost , and saying to the world, "I am totally, completely competent," is damning yourself with the faintest of praise.

然后，你還有其他借口：“是的，有那些與眾不同的人 追尋自己的夢(mèng)想，但是他們是天才。 他們是Steven J. 我不是天才。 我五歲的時(shí)候以為自己是天才， 但是我的教授們?cè)缇桶堰@個(gè)念頭 打消了。“(笑聲)嗯? ”然后現(xiàn)在我知道自己完全有能力。“ 現(xiàn)在你看，如果這是在年， 完全有能力， 就能讓你成就偉業(yè)。 但是你知道么?現(xiàn)在幾乎是年了， 對(duì)世界說(shuō)”我完全，絕對(duì)，有能力，“ 就是用最無(wú)力的稱贊譴責(zé)你自己。

And then, of course, another excuse: "Well, I would do this, I would do this, but, but, well, after all, I'm not weird. Everybody knows that people who pursue their passions are somewhat obsessive. A little strange? Mm? Mm? Okay? You know, a fine line between madness and genius. I'm not weird. I've read Steven J.'s biography. Oh my goodness. I am not that person. I am nice. I am normal. I'm a nice, normal person, and nice, normal people don't have passion. Ah. But I still want a great career. I'm not prepared to pursue my passion, so I know what I'm going to do, because I have, I have a solution, I have a strategy. It's the one Mommy and Daddy told me about. Mommy and Daddy told me that if I worked hard, I'd have a good career. So, if you work hard and have a good career, if you work really, really, really hard, you'll have a great career. Doesn't that, like, mathematically make sense?" Hmm. Not. (Laughter) But you've managed to talk yourself into that.

然后，當(dāng)然，另外一個(gè)借口： ”嗯，我會(huì)做這個(gè)，我會(huì)做這個(gè)，但是，但是， 嗯，畢竟，我不是個(gè)怪人。 每個(gè)人都知道那些追尋自己夢(mèng)想的人 都多少有點(diǎn)強(qiáng)迫癥。有點(diǎn)奇怪?嗯?嗯?好吧? 你知道的，瘋子和天才一線之隔。 我不是個(gè)怪人。我讀過(guò)Steven J的傳記。 我的天吶。我不是那種人。我是好人。 我是正常人。我是正常的好人， 而且正常的好人 沒(méi)有夢(mèng)想。 啊。但是我還是想要成就偉業(yè)。 我還沒(méi)準(zhǔn)備好去追尋夢(mèng)想，所以我知道 我要做什么，因?yàn)槲矣修k法， 我有策略。 就是爸爸媽媽告訴過(guò)我的那個(gè)。 爸爸媽媽告訴我說(shuō)如果我努力工作， 我會(huì)有個(gè)不錯(cuò)的事業(yè)。所以，如果你努力工作， 而且有個(gè)不錯(cuò)的事業(yè)，如果你工作特別特別特別努力， 你就能成就偉業(yè)。 這在數(shù)學(xué)上不是也成立么?“ 嗯...不是的。(笑聲) 但是你還是讓自己信了這話。

You know what? Here's a little secret. You want to work? You want to work really, really, really hard? You know what? You'll succeed. The world will give you the opportunity to work really, really, really, really hard, but are you so sure that that's going to give you a great career when all the evidence is to the contrary?

你知道么?這有一個(gè)小秘密。 你想工作?你想工作特別特別特別努力? 你知道么?你會(huì)成功的。 這個(gè)世界會(huì)給你機(jī)會(huì)去工作得特別特別特別努力， 但是你就那么確信這能讓你成就偉業(yè) 即使所有的證據(jù)都指向另一邊?

So let's assume, let's deal with those of you who are trying to find your passion. You actually understand that you really had better do it, never mind the excuses. You're trying to find your passion, and you're so happy. You found something you're interested in.

所以咱們假設(shè)，咱們來(lái)處理一下你們當(dāng)中 想追尋夢(mèng)想的人。 你實(shí)際上明白你最好這么做， 拋開(kāi)借口。你試圖找到你的夢(mèng)想， 而且你這么快樂(lè)。 你找到了你感興趣的事。

I have an interest! I have an interest! You tell me. You say, "I have an interest!" I say, "That's wonderful! And what, what are you trying to tell me? That you — " "Well, I have an interest." I say, "Do you have passion?" "I have an interest," you say. Your interest is compared to what? "Well, I'm interested in this." And what about the rest of humanity's activities? "I'm not interested in them." You've looked at them all, have you? "No. Not exactly."

我有個(gè)興趣!我有個(gè)興趣!你告訴我。 你說(shuō)，“我有個(gè)興趣!“我說(shuō)，”太好了!“ 你想告訴我什么呢? ”嗯，我有個(gè)興趣。“ 我說(shuō)，“你有熱忱么?” “我有興趣，”你說(shuō)。 你的興趣和什么比較? “嗯，我對(duì)這個(gè)感興趣。” 那其他一切的人類活動(dòng)呢? “我對(duì)那些沒(méi)興趣。” 你把那些都看過(guò)一遍了? “沒(méi)有。不完全是。”

Passion is your greatest love. Passion is the thing that will help you create the highest expression of your talent. Passion, interest -- it's not the same thing. Are you really going to go to your sweetie and say, "Marry me! You're interesting." (Laughter) Won't happen. Won't happen, and you will die alone. (Laughter)

熱忱是你最高程度的熱愛(ài)。 熱忱是能幫助你最好地成就自己才華 的事情。 熱忱，興趣-不是一回事。 你真的會(huì)去找你的甜心然后說(shuō)， “嫁給我吧!你很有意思。“(笑聲) 不會(huì)發(fā)生的。不會(huì)發(fā)生，然后你會(huì)孤獨(dú)終老。(笑聲)

What you want, what you want, what you want, is passion. It is beyond interest. You need interests, and then one of them, one of them might grab you, one of them might engage you more than anything else, and then you may have found your greatest love in comparison to all the other things that interest you, and that's what passion is.

你想要的，你想要的，你想要的， 是熱忱。它超越興趣。 你需要個(gè)興趣，然后它們其中一個(gè)， 其中一個(gè)會(huì)抓住你，讓你燃起激情。 然后你就找到了與其他事情相比之下 你最大的熱愛(ài)， 那就是你的熱忱。

I have a friend, proposed to his sweetie. He was an economically rational person. He said to his sweetie, "Let us marry. Let us merge our interests."

我有個(gè)朋友，向他女友求婚。 他是個(gè)會(huì)過(guò)日子的人。 他對(duì)他女友說(shuō)，“咱們結(jié)婚吧。 讓咱們?nèi)诤侠�益�?rdquo;

(Laughter)

(笑聲)

Yes he did. "I love you truly," he said. "I love you deeply. I love you more than any other woman I've ever encountered. I love you more than Mary, Jane, Susie, Penelope, Ingrid, Gertrude, Gretel -- I was on a German exchange program then." (Laughter) "I love you more than — " All right! She left the room halfway through his enumeration of his love for her. After he got over his surprise at being, you know, turned down, he concluded he'd had a narrow escape from marrying an irrational person, although he did make a note to himself that the next time he proposed, it was perhaps not necessary to enumerate all of the women he had auditioned for the part. (Laughter)

是的，他這么說(shuō)的。 “我真心愛(ài)你，”他說(shuō)，“我深深愛(ài)著你。我愛(ài)你 勝過(guò)其他任何女人。 我愛(ài)你勝過(guò)Mary, Jane, Susie, Penelope, Ingrid, Gertrude, Gretel- 我那時(shí)候在一個(gè)德國(guó)的交換項(xiàng)目里。“(笑聲) “我愛(ài)你勝過(guò)-” 好的!她在他列舉到一半的時(shí)候 離開(kāi)了房間。 在他從被拒絕的驚訝中緩過(guò)來(lái)之后， 他總結(jié)了他剛剛成功逃離 和一個(gè)不理性的人結(jié)婚的厄運(yùn)。 雖然他也對(duì)自己說(shuō)， 下次求婚的時(shí)候，不必要列舉 所有過(guò)往的女朋友。(笑聲)

But the point stands. You must look for alternatives so that you find your destiny, or are you afraid of the word "destiny"? Does the word "destiny" scare you? That's what we're talking about, and if you don't find the highest expression of your talent, if you settle for "interesting," what the hell ever that means, do you know what will happen at the end of your long life? Your friends and family will be gathered in the cemetery, and there, beside your gravesite will be a tombstone, and inscribed on that tombstone, it will say, "Here lies a distinguished engineer who invented Velcro." But what that tombstone should have said, in an alternative lifetime, what it should have said if it was your highest expression of talent, was, "Here lies the last Nobel Laureate in Physics, who formulated the Grand Unified Field Theory and demonstrated the practicality of warp drive."

但是這個(gè)論點(diǎn)是成立的。你必須尋找各種選擇 才能找到命中注定的那個(gè)， 或者你害怕”命中注定“這個(gè)詞么? ”命中注定“這個(gè)詞嚇著你么? 這就是我們要談的，而且如果你找不到 你才能的最高表達(dá)，如果你在 ”有意思“這里止步不前，不管這他媽的是什么意思， 你知道在你漫長(zhǎng)的一生即將結(jié)束的時(shí)候會(huì)發(fā)生什么嗎? 你的親友們聚集在墓地里， 在這，你的墳邊上有個(gè)墓碑， 這個(gè)墓碑上刻著字，說(shuō)， ”此地長(zhǎng)眠著一位發(fā)明了Velcro的杰出工程師。“ 但是這個(gè)墓碑上也應(yīng)該刻著， 在一個(gè)平行時(shí)空里， 如果這是你才能的最高表達(dá)它就應(yīng)該刻著， ”此地長(zhǎng)眠著一位諾貝爾物理學(xué)獎(jiǎng)得主， 他規(guī)范了”大統(tǒng)一場(chǎng)論“ 并且示范了曲速引擎的實(shí)用性。”

(Laughter) Velcro, indeed. (Laughter)

(笑聲) Velcro, 確實(shí)。(笑聲)

One was a great career. One was a missed opportunity. But then, there are some of you, in spite of all these excuses, you will find, you will find your passion, and you'll still fail.

一個(gè)是偉業(yè)。 一個(gè)是失掉的機(jī)會(huì)。 但是，你們當(dāng)中有些人， 拋開(kāi)這些借口，你們會(huì)找到， 你們會(huì)找到自己的熱忱， 然后你們還是失敗了。

You're going to fail, because, because you're not going to do it, because you will have invented a new excuse, any excuse to fail to take action, and this excuse I've heard so many times. "Yes, I would pursue a great career, but I value human relationships more than accomplishment. I want to be a great friend. I want to be a great spouse. I want to be a great parent, and I will not sacrifice them on the altar of great accomplishment."

你會(huì)失敗，因?yàn)椋?因?yàn)槟悴粫?huì)著手去做， 因?yàn)槟銜?huì)想出新的借口， 任何讓你只說(shuō)不做的借口，而且這個(gè)借口 我已經(jīng)聽(tīng)過(guò)很多次了。 “是的，我會(huì)追求一番偉業(yè)，但是相比成就， 我更看重人與人之間的關(guān)系。 我想做一個(gè)好朋友。我想做一個(gè)好伴侶。 我想做一個(gè)好父母，而且我不會(huì)為了 偉大的成就而犧牲這些。”

(Laughter)

(笑聲)

What do you want me to say? Now, do you really want me to say now, tell you, "Really, I swear I don't kick children." (Laughter) Hmm? Look at the worldview you've given yourself. You're a hero no matter what, and I, by suggesting, ever so delicately, that you might want a great career, must hate children. I don't hate children. I don't kick them. Yes, there was a little kid wandering through this building when I came here, and no, I didn't kick him. (Laughter)

你們想讓我說(shuō)什么? 現(xiàn)在，你們真的想讓我說(shuō)，告訴你們， “真的，我發(fā)誓我不踢小孩。”(笑聲) 嗯?看看你給自己定的世界觀。 無(wú)論如何你都是個(gè)英雄，然而我，通過(guò)暗示， 這么小心翼翼地，說(shuō)你可能想要成就偉業(yè)， 一定痛恨小孩。我不恨小孩。我不踢他們。 是的，剛才我來(lái)的時(shí)候有個(gè)小孩走過(guò)來(lái)， 我沒(méi)踢他。(笑聲)

Course, I had to tell him that the building was for adults only and to get out. He mumbled something about his mother, and I told him she'd probably find him outside anyway. Last time I saw him, he was on the stairs crying. (Laughter) What a wimp. (Laughter)

當(dāng)然，我不得不告訴他這個(gè)樓是給大人的， 他得出去。 他含糊地說(shuō)他媽媽什么的， 然后我跟他說(shuō)他媽估計(jì)在外面找他呢。 我上次看到他的時(shí)候他正在臺(tái)階上哭呢。(笑聲) 真是個(gè)懦夫。(笑聲)

But what do you mean? That's what you expect me to say. You really think, you really think it's appropriate that you should actually take children and use them as a shield? You know what will happen someday, you, you ideal parent, you? The kid will come to you someday and say, "I know what I want to be. I know what I'm going to do with my life." You are so happy. It's the conversation a parent wants to hear, because your kid's good in math, and you know you're going to like what comes next. Says your kid, "I have decided I want to be a magician. I want to perform magic tricks on the stage." (Laughter)

但是你是什么意思?這就是你們期待我說(shuō)的。 你真的認(rèn)為，你真的認(rèn)為 拿小孩當(dāng)擋箭牌 合適嗎? 你知道有一天會(huì)發(fā)生什么， 你，完美的父母，對(duì)嗎? 你的孩子有一天會(huì)跟你說(shuō)， “我知道我想做什么。 我知道我想怎么度過(guò)一生。” 你特別高興。這種對(duì)話父母最愛(ài)聽(tīng)了， 因?yàn)槟愕暮⒆訑?shù)學(xué)好， 而且你知道你會(huì)愛(ài)聽(tīng)你孩子接下來(lái)的話。 你孩子說(shuō)，“我決定了 我想做個(gè)魔術(shù)師。 我想在舞臺(tái)上表演魔術(shù)。” (笑聲)

And what do you say? You say, you say, "Umm ... that's risky, kid. Might fail, kid. Don't make a lot of money at that, kid. You know, I don't know, kid, you should think about that again, kid, you're so good at math, why don't you — "

然后你說(shuō)什么? 你說(shuō)，你說(shuō)， “嗯...那樣比較不保險(xiǎn)，孩子。 有可能會(huì)失敗，孩子。掙不了大錢，孩子。 你知道的，我不知道，孩子， 你應(yīng)該再想想，孩子， 你數(shù)學(xué)這么好，為什么不-“

And the kid interrupts you, and says, "But it is my dream. It is my dream to do this." And what are you going to say? You know what you're going to say? "Look kid. I had a dream once, too, but -- but." So how are you going to finish the sentence with your "but"? "... But. I had a dream too, once, kid, but I was afraid to pursue it." Or, are you going to tell him this? "I had a dream once, kid. But then you were born." (Laughter)

然后你孩子打斷你，說(shuō)， ”但是那是我的夢(mèng)想。我夢(mèng)想就是成為魔術(shù)師。“ 然后你要說(shuō)什么? 你知道你要說(shuō)什么嗎? ”你看，孩子，我過(guò)去也有過(guò)夢(mèng)想。但是-但是。“ 所以你想怎么用”但是“結(jié)束你的句子? ”...但是，我過(guò)去也有過(guò)夢(mèng)想，孩子，但是我沒(méi)敢去追隨。“ 還是，你想告訴他這個(gè)? ”我過(guò)去有夢(mèng)想，孩子。 但是之后你出生了。“(笑聲)

(Laughter) (Applause)

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Do you, do you really want to use your family, do you really ever want to look at your spouse and your kid and see your jailers? There was something you could have said to your kid when he or she said, "I have a dream." You could have said, looked the kid in the face, and said, "Go for it, kid, just like I did." But you won't be able to say that because you didn't. So you can't. (Laughter)

你真的，真的想利用你的家庭， 你真的想把你的伴侶， 和你的孩子當(dāng)成獄卒嗎? 你其實(shí)可以這么跟你孩子講。 當(dāng)他/她說(shuō)”我有個(gè)夢(mèng)想“的時(shí)候， 你可以說(shuō)，面對(duì)你的孩子，說(shuō)， ”去追隨它吧，孩子， 就像我那樣。“ 但是你沒(méi)法那么說(shuō)， 因?yàn)槟銢](méi)去追隨夢(mèng)想。所以你不能那么說(shuō)。(笑聲)

And so the sins of the parents are visited on the poor children. Why will you seek refuge in human relationships as your excuse not to find and pursue your passion? You know why. In your heart of hearts, you know why, and I'm being deadly serious. You know why you would get all warm and fuzzy and wrap yourself up in human relationships. It is because you are — You know what you are.

然后父母的罪惡 就在可憐的孩子們身上應(yīng)驗(yàn)了。 你為什么把人際關(guān)系當(dāng)成 你不去追隨你的熱忱的借口? 你自己知道為什么。 在你內(nèi)心的內(nèi)心，你知道為什么， 而且我現(xiàn)在非常嚴(yán)肅。 你知道你為什么會(huì)在人際關(guān)系中 層層包裹自己。 這是因?yàn)槟闶? 你知道你是什么。

You're afraid to pursue your passion. You're afraid to look ridiculous. You're afraid to try. You're afraid you may fail. Great friend, great spouse, great parent, great career. Is that not a package? Is that not who you are? How can you be one without the other? But you're afraid.

你不敢去追求夢(mèng)想。 你害怕自己看起來(lái)像個(gè)瘋子。 你不敢去嘗試。你害怕失敗。 好朋友，好伴侶，好父母，偉業(yè)。 不是打包在一起的嗎?這難道不是你? 你怎么能符合其中一個(gè)卻不符合另一個(gè)? 但是你害怕。

And that's why you're not going to have a great career, unless -- unless, that most evocative of all English words -- unless. But the unless word is also attached to that other, most terrifying phrase, "If only I had ... " "If only I had ... " If you ever have that thought ricocheting in your brain, it will hurt a lot.

這就是為什么你不會(huì)成就偉業(yè)，除非- 除非，最引人回憶的詞- 除非。 但是除非這個(gè)詞和另外一個(gè) 最可怕的短語(yǔ)是連著的， ”如果我當(dāng)初...“ ”如果我當(dāng)初...“ 如果你曾經(jīng)有過(guò)這個(gè)想法在你腦海里回旋， 它會(huì)特別傷人。

So, those are the many reasons why you are going to fail to have a great career, unless ...

所以，這些就是 你為什么不能成就偉業(yè) 的眾多原因。 除非...

Unless.

除非。

Thank you. (Applause)

謝謝。(掌聲)