名校勵志英語演講 第43期:我人生中的三個故事
I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting firedfrom Apple was the best thing that could have everhappened to me. The heaviness of being successfulwas replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again,less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one ofthe most creative periods of my life.
雖然當時我并沒有意識到，但事實證明，被蘋果公司炒魷魚是我一生中碰到是最好的事情。盡管前景未卜，但從頭開始的輕松感取代了成功的沉重感。這使我輕松踏入了一生中最富有創(chuàng)造力的時期之一。
During the next five years, I started a company namedNeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would becomemy wife. Pixar went on to create the world's first computer-animated feature film, Toy Story, andis now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Applebought NeXT, and I retuned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart ofApple's current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.
在此后的五年里，我開了一家名叫NeXT的公司和一家叫皮克斯的公司，我還愛上了一位了不起的女人，后來娶了她。皮克斯公司推出了世界上第一部電腦制作的動畫片《玩具總動員》，它現(xiàn)在是全球最成功的動畫制作室。世道輪回，蘋果公司買下NeXT后，我又回到了蘋果公司，我們在NeXT公司開發(fā)的技術成了蘋果公司這次重新崛起的核心。我和勞倫娜也建立了美滿的家庭。
I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awfultasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometime life. Sometimes life hits you in thehead with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that Iloved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for work as it is for yourlovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is todo what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If youhaven't found it yet, keep looking—and don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll knowwhen you find it. And like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. Sokeep looking, don't settle.
我確信，如果不是被蘋果公司解雇，這一切絕不可能發(fā)生。這是一劑苦藥，可我認為良藥苦口利于病。有時生活會給你當頭一棒，但不要灰心。我堅信讓我不斷前行的唯一力量就是我熱愛我所做的一切。所以，我們一定得知道自己喜歡什么，選擇愛人時如此，選擇工作時也如此。工作將是生活中的一大部分，讓自己真正滿意的唯一辦法，是做自己認為有意義的工作。做有意義的工作的唯一辦法，是熱愛自己的工作。如果你們還沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)自己喜歡什么，那就不斷地去尋找，不要急于做出決定。就像一切要憑感覺去做事情一樣，一旦找到了自己喜歡的事，感覺就會告訴你。就像任何一種美妙的東西，歷久彌新。所以說，要不斷尋找，直到找到自己喜歡的東西。不要半途而廢。
雖然當時我并沒有意識到，但事實證明，被蘋果公司炒魷魚是我一生中碰到是最好的事情。盡管前景未卜，但從頭開始的輕松感取代了成功的沉重感。這使我輕松踏入了一生中最富有創(chuàng)造力的時期之一。
During the next five years, I started a company namedNeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would becomemy wife. Pixar went on to create the world's first computer-animated feature film, Toy Story, andis now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Applebought NeXT, and I retuned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart ofApple's current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.
在此后的五年里，我開了一家名叫NeXT的公司和一家叫皮克斯的公司，我還愛上了一位了不起的女人，后來娶了她。皮克斯公司推出了世界上第一部電腦制作的動畫片《玩具總動員》，它現(xiàn)在是全球最成功的動畫制作室。世道輪回，蘋果公司買下NeXT后，我又回到了蘋果公司，我們在NeXT公司開發(fā)的技術成了蘋果公司這次重新崛起的核心。我和勞倫娜也建立了美滿的家庭。
I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awfultasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometime life. Sometimes life hits you in thehead with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that Iloved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for work as it is for yourlovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is todo what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If youhaven't found it yet, keep looking—and don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll knowwhen you find it. And like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. Sokeep looking, don't settle.
我確信，如果不是被蘋果公司解雇，這一切絕不可能發(fā)生。這是一劑苦藥，可我認為良藥苦口利于病。有時生活會給你當頭一棒，但不要灰心。我堅信讓我不斷前行的唯一力量就是我熱愛我所做的一切。所以，我們一定得知道自己喜歡什么，選擇愛人時如此，選擇工作時也如此。工作將是生活中的一大部分，讓自己真正滿意的唯一辦法，是做自己認為有意義的工作。做有意義的工作的唯一辦法，是熱愛自己的工作。如果你們還沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)自己喜歡什么，那就不斷地去尋找，不要急于做出決定。就像一切要憑感覺去做事情一樣，一旦找到了自己喜歡的事，感覺就會告訴你。就像任何一種美妙的東西，歷久彌新。所以說，要不斷尋找，直到找到自己喜歡的東西。不要半途而廢。
