財富精英勵志演講第17期:亞馬遜國王杰夫·貝索斯母校演講(3)

[00:00.17]How will you use these gifts? 你們要如何運用這些天賦呢? [00:01.43]And will you take pride in your gifts or pride in your choices? 你們會為自己的天賦感到驕傲，還是會為自己的選擇感到驕傲? [00:07.18]I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. 16年前，我萌生了創(chuàng)辦亞馬遜的想法。 [00:12.05]I came across the fact that Web usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year. 彼時我面對的現(xiàn)實是互聯(lián)網(wǎng)使用量以每年2300%的速度增長， [00:17.52]I'd never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, 我從未看到或聽說過任何增長如此快速的東西。 [00:22.24]and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles,something that simply couldn't exist in the physical world,was very exciting to me. 創(chuàng)建涵蓋幾百萬種書籍的網(wǎng)上書店的想法令我興奮異常，因為這個東西在物理世界里根本無法存在。 [00:32.00]I had just turned 30 years old, and I'd been married for a year. 那時我剛剛30歲，結(jié)婚才一年。 [00:37.56]I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go do this crazy thing that probably wouldn't work since most startups don't, 我告訴妻子MacKenzie想辭去工作，然后去做這件瘋狂的事情，很可能會失敗，因為大部分創(chuàng)業(yè)公司都是如此， [00:48.22]and I wasn't sure what would happen after that. 而且我不確定那之后會發(fā)生什么。 [00:51.43]MacKenzie ，also a Princeton grad and sitting here in the second row)，told me I should go for it. 麥肯琪告訴我，我應(yīng)該放手一搏。她也是從普林斯頓大學(xué)畢業(yè)的，現(xiàn)在就坐在第二排那里。 [01:00.49]As a young boy, I'd been a garage inventor. 在我還是一個男 孩兒的時候，我是車庫發(fā)明家。 [01:05.46]I'd invented an automatic gate closer out of cement-filled tires, a solar cooker that didn't work very well out of an umbrella and tinfoil, baking-pan alarms to entrap my siblings. 我曾用水泥填充的輪胎、雨傘和錫箔以及報警器制作了一個自動關(guān)門器。 [01:19.39]I'd always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my passion. 我一直想做一個發(fā)明家，MacKenzie支持我追隨內(nèi)心的熱情。 [01:26.39]I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people, 我當(dāng)時在紐約一家金融公司工作，同事是一群非常聰明的人， [01:32.16]and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. 我的老板也很有智慧，我很羨慕他。 [01:35.42]I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. 我告訴我的老板我想開辦一家在網(wǎng)上賣書的公司。 [01:43.14]He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened carefully to me, 他帶我在中央公園漫步良久，認(rèn)真地聽我講完， [01:49.03]and finally said, "That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn't already have a good job." 最后說：“聽起來真是一個很好的主意，但是對那些目前沒有謀到一份好工作的人來說，這個主意會更好?！? [01:59.10]That logic made some sense to me,and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. 這一邏輯對我而言頗有道理，他說服我在最終作出決定之前再考慮48小時。 [02:14.47]Seen in that light, it really was a difficult choice, but ultimately, I decided I had to give it a shot. 那樣想來，這個決定確實很艱難，但是最終，我決定拼一次。 [02:22.45]I didn't think I'd regret trying and failing. 我認(rèn)為自己不會為嘗試過后的失敗而遺憾， [02:27.05]And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all. 倒是有所決定但完全不付諸行動會一直煎熬著我。 [02:35.10]After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my passion, and I'm proud of that choice. 在深思熟慮之后，我選擇了那條不安全的道路，去追隨我內(nèi)心的熱情，我為那個決定感到驕傲。 [02:47.51]Tomorrow, in a very real sense, your life -the life you author from scratch on your own -begins. 明天，非?，F(xiàn)實地說，你們從零塑造自己人生的時代即將開啟。 [02:59.04]How will you use your gifts? 你們會如何運用自己的天賦? [03:01.04]What choices will you make? 你們又會作出怎樣的抉擇? [03:03.38]Will inertia be your guide, or will you follow your passions? 你們是被慣性所引導(dǎo)，還是追隨自己內(nèi)心的熱情? [03:11.09]Will you follow dogma, or will you be original? 你們會墨守陳規(guī)，還是勇于創(chuàng)新? [03:17.07]Will you choose a life of ease, or a life of service and adventure? 你們會選擇安逸的生活，還是選擇一個奉獻與冒險的人生? [03:24.51]Will you wilt under criticism, or will you follow your convictions? 你們會屈從于批評，還是會堅守信念? [03:32.26]Will you bluff it out when you're wrong, or will you apologize? 你們會掩飾錯誤，還是會坦誠道歉? [03:39.13]Will you guard your heart against rejection, or will you act when you fall in love? 你們會因害怕拒絕而掩飾內(nèi)心，還是會在面對愛情時勇往直前? [03:48.29]Will you play it safe, or will you be a little bit swashbuckling? 你們想要波瀾不驚，還是想要搏擊風(fēng)浪? [03:54.48]When it's tough, will you give up, or will you be relentless? 你們會在嚴(yán)峻的現(xiàn)實之下選擇放棄，還是會義無反顧地前行? [04:03.57]Will you be a cynic, or will you be a builder? 你們要做憤世嫉俗者，還是踏實的建設(shè)者? [04:12.35]Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind? 你們要不計一切代價地展示聰明，還是選擇善良? [04:26.27]I will hazard a prediction. 我要冒險做一個預(yù)測. [04:29.14]When you are 80 years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your life story, 在你們80歲時某個追憶往昔的時刻，只有你一個人靜靜對內(nèi)心訴說著你的人生故事， [04:46.47]the telling that will be most compact and meaningful will be the series of choices you have made. 其中最為充實、最有意義的那段講述，會被你們作出的一系列決定所填滿。 [04:56.34]In the end, we are our choices.Build youself a great story. 最后，是選擇塑造了我們的人生。為你自己塑造一個偉大的人生故事。 [05:04.38]Thank you and good luck! 謝謝，祝你們好運!

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