2015年商務英語BEC中級考試閱讀資料六

　　不要沉迷于昨日的成功

　　Today's advice comes from Autodesk Inc. CEO Carl Bass:

　　今天的嘉賓是Autodesk Inc.首席執(zhí)行官Carl Bass：

　　"I think it’s real easy as a leader to confusewhat the results are today with the actions that happened a while ago, BECause then you just start coasting."

　　“我認為作為領導者真的很容易混淆過去的行為與該行為所產生的結果，那就意味著你已經開始走下坡路了。”

　　Bass says the problem is that companies use factors like revenueand profit to measure their success, but it's possible that these things are still positive even after a company has lost its original spark.

　　Bass表示，問題就在于公司總是在用績效和收益來衡量公司的成功與否。但是，計時在公司出現問題之后，這些東西可能還是顯示良好。

　　"I’ve been spending a lot more time trying to quantifyor figure out if what we’re doing is right, or whether what we’re really doing is just celebrating the result of things that happened a while ago."

　　“一直以來，我都花大量的時間嘗試著確定或指出是否我們在做的事情是正確的，或者是否我們真正在做的只是在享受之前的成果。”