財(cái)富精英勵(lì)志演講 04:我生命中的三個(gè)故事(4)

[00:00.11] My third story is about death. 我的第三個(gè)故事是關(guān)于死亡 [00:03.58] When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like:" If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you 'll most certainly be right." 在我17歲的時(shí)候，我讀到了一句箴言，差不多是這樣的：“如果你把每一天都當(dāng)作生命中的最后一天去生活的話,那么終有一天你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己說(shuō)對(duì)了?！? [00:14.50]It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself:" 這句話給我留下了深刻的印象，從那時(shí)算起的33年以來(lái)，我每天早晨都會(huì)對(duì)著鏡子問(wèn)自己： [00:21.50]If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been" No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. “如果今天是我生命中的最后一天，我還會(huì)做自己今天即將要做的事嗎?”當(dāng)答案連續(xù)多次都是“不”時(shí)，我就知道自己需要做些改變了。 [00:35.26] Remembering that I 'll be dead soon is the most important tool I 've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. “記住你就快要死了”是我聽(tīng)過(guò)的最重要的箴言，它幫我做出了生命中非常重大的決策。 [00:42.46] Because almost everything: all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. 因?yàn)閹缀跛械囊磺小ㄋ械耐饨缙谕?、所有的驕傲、所有?duì)于難堪或失敗的恐懼——都會(huì)在面對(duì)死亡時(shí)化為虛無(wú)，留下真正重要的東西。 [00:55.41] Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. 你有時(shí)會(huì)想自己可能失去一些東西，“記住你就快要死了”是我知道的逃脫這種思維陷阱的最好辦法。 [01:03.01] You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. 既然你已經(jīng)赤身裸體了無(wú)牽掛了，你就沒(méi)有理由不去遵從自己的內(nèi)心。 [01:08.46] About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. 大概在一年前, 我被診斷出患有癌癥。 [01:12.55] I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. 那天早晨七點(diǎn)半，我接受了一次掃描，結(jié)果清楚地顯示我的胰腺里長(zhǎng)了一個(gè)腫瘤。 [01:18.18] I did not even know what a pancreas was. 我當(dāng)時(shí)都不知道胰腺是什么東西， [01:21.06] The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. 醫(yī)生們告訴我，這幾乎可以確定是一種無(wú)法治愈的癌癥，我的壽命估計(jì)還有三到六個(gè)月的時(shí)間。 [01:30.39] My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for prepare to die. 醫(yī)生們建議我回家把事情都做個(gè)了結(jié)，這是醫(yī)生們的行話，意思是準(zhǔn)備后事。 [01:38.39] It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you 'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. 這意味著在接下去的幾個(gè)月里你要把未來(lái)十年要對(duì)孩子們說(shuō)的話提前說(shuō)完， [01:46.41] It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. 意味著你要確保把每件事都安排妥當(dāng)好讓家人以后的日子盡量好過(guò)， [01:52.26] It means to say your goodbyes. 也意味著你要對(duì)這個(gè)世界說(shuō)再見(jiàn)了。 [01:56.15] I lived with that diagnosis all day. 這個(gè)診斷一整天都縈繞在我心頭， [01:58.55] Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. 當(dāng)天晚上，我做了一次活體組織切片檢查：他們把一個(gè)內(nèi)窺鏡伸進(jìn)我的喉嚨，穿過(guò)我的胃一直進(jìn)到腸子里，用一枚探針伸進(jìn)胰臟取得了一些組織細(xì)胞。 [02:10.14] I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. 我當(dāng)時(shí)被麻醉了，在場(chǎng)的妻子告訴我，醫(yī)生們把這些細(xì)胞放到顯微鏡下觀察之后都驚叫起來(lái)，因?yàn)樗麄儼l(fā)現(xiàn)這是一種非常罕見(jiàn)的、通過(guò)手術(shù)可以治愈的胰腺癌。 [02:23.40] I had the surgery and I 'm fine now. 后來(lái)我做了手術(shù)，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)康復(fù)。

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