提要
「Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish」是蘋果公司、皮克斯動畫製作公司創辦人賈伯斯,2005年在史丹佛大學的畢業典禮演講時的結語,他勉勵畢業生「保持飢餓(的學習熱情)」,不要為自己設限;「當個傻子(的冒險精神)」,嘗試做別人無法做到的事。在他精采的人生中,還有其他的句子值得學習:
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You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.
→ When you are in the middle of a difficult situation, or you're confused about your path, it's important to trust that eventually, everything will connect.
你不可能未卜先知,只能回顧檢視點點滴滴,肯定的是,它們將會以某種方式彼此關聯。
→當你處於困境,或對自己的未來感到困惑時,要相信一切互為因果。
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Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
→ Are you generating new ideas or methods? You have the choice to live your life stagnantly or as an innovator.
「創新」區分「領導者」和「追隨者」。
→你是不是正在產生新的想法或作法?停滯不前或者創新,由你決定。
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Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.
→ Have you ever said, "I'd love to do something with my time, but…?" Work through the "buts," the fears, and the obstacles. Have the 勇敢地跟隨自己的內心和直覺,它們已經以某種方式知道「你真正想要成為什麼」。
→你是否曾經說過:「我很樂意花點時間做些什麼,但是……」;把「但是」、「恐懼」這些障礙排除,跟著直覺勇敢去做吧!
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courage to follow your intuition.
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.
→ You only live once. Make it count.
你的工作占據你一生的大部分時間,要獲得真正的成就滿足,唯一的方法就是從事你認為偉大的工作。而做偉大工作的唯一方法,就是熱愛自己所做的事。如果你還沒找到,請繼續尋找、不要妥協。當你找到時,就會心裡有數。
→人生只有一次,好好把握。
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Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.
→ If your goal is to please everyone, you will always fall short.
不要讓別人的意見淹沒自己的內心聲音。
→如果你的人生目標是取悅所有人,那你永遠無法做到。
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My favorite things in life don't cost any money. The most precious resource we all have is time.
→ We all have the same 24 hours each day. Are you spending your time wisely?
我一生中最喜歡的東西不花任何錢。很顯然,最寶貴的資源就是時間。
→我們每人每天都有相同的24小時,你有沒有善用時間?
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I think the things you regret most in life are the things you didn't do.
→ How many of us have jobs we hate? How many of us live our lives in misery because we're too scared to take risks? The greatest joy 我認為你一生中最後悔的事,就是你沒做的那些。
→有多少人討厭自己的工作?我們當中有多少人因為害怕冒險而虛度人生?最大的快樂,來自舒適圈以外的生活。
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comes from living a life outside of our comfort zones.
If today were the last day of your life, would you want to do what you are about to do today?
→ Jobs said he looked in the mirror every morning and asked himself that question, and whenever the answer was"no"for many days in a row, he knew he needed to make a change.
如果今天是你生命中的最後一天,你是否仍想做今天本來要做的事?
→賈伯斯說,他每天早晨照鏡子時,都問自己這個問題。只要連續很多天答案都是「不會」,他就知道自己需要做出改變。
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I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what's next.
→ Keep progressing forward.
我認為,如果你某件事做得不錯,就該開始做別的事,不該原地停留太久,想清楚下一步是什麼。
→不斷前進。
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We're here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise, why else even be here?
→ Everyone has unique gifts and talents that can change the world.
Partial quote from lifehack.org
我們應該在天地間有所作為,否則,何必存在?
→每個人都有可以改變世界的獨特才能。
部分節錄自lifehack.org網頁