公眾人物畢業(yè)演講第42期:特斯拉教父伊隆馬斯克南加大(2)

All right. Thank you. I've got about apparently 5 or 6minutes

謝謝大家 我有大概五六分鐘時(shí)間

to say the most useful things I can think. I'm goingto do my best

講我認(rèn)為最有用的東西 我會(huì)盡我所能

And it was suggested that I distill things down to 3items

有人建議我將內(nèi)容提煉為三點(diǎn)

I think I'll go with 4

我想 我會(huì)講四點(diǎn)

and I'll try to, I think these are pretty important ones

我認(rèn)為這些都非常重要

So I'm going to make it sound like well you've heard of it before

也許你們會(huì)覺得有些你們?cè)瓉砺犨^

but it's worth reemphasizing

不過我認(rèn)為強(qiáng)調(diào)下是值得的

The first is you need to work, if you, depending on how well you want to do

首先 你需要超級(jí)努力地工作

particularly if you're starting a company, you need to work super hard

特別是對(duì)于創(chuàng)立公司的人

So what does super hard mean?

超級(jí)努力是什么意思呢

Well, when my brother and I was starting up our first company

我弟弟和我一起開創(chuàng)第一家公司的時(shí)候

instead of getting an apartment, we just rented a small office

我們租不起公寓 只租了一間小辦公室

and we slept on the couch

我們都睡在沙發(fā)上

and we showed at the YMCA

我們?cè)诨浇糖嗄陼?huì)洗澡

We're so hard up. We had just one computer

我們很拮據(jù) 只買得起一臺(tái)電腦

The website was up during the day, and I was coding at night

網(wǎng)站在白天運(yùn)行 而我在晚上寫代碼

seven days a week, all the time

一周七天 沒有間歇

And I briefly had a girlfriend at that period

這期間 我短暫交過一位女友

and in order to be with me, she had to sleep in the office

為了和我一起 她不得不也睡辦公室

So I work hard like at every waking hour

我工作努力到 醒著的時(shí)間都用于工作

that's the thing I would say particularly if you are starting a company

特別是對(duì)于要開公司的人 這就是我的建議

And if you do simple math, say like

你可以簡(jiǎn)單算算

if somebody else is working 50 hours, and you're working 100

如果別人工作50小時(shí) 而你工作100小時(shí)

you'll get twice as much done in the course of a year as the other company

你公司在一年之內(nèi)的作為肯定會(huì)比別人公司強(qiáng)一倍

The other thing I'll say is that

我要說的另外一點(diǎn)是

if you're creating a company or if you're joining a company

如果你要?jiǎng)?chuàng)立公司 或是加入一家公司

the most important thing is to attract great people

最重要的一點(diǎn)就是吸引很棒的人

So either join a group that's amazing that you respect or

加入團(tuán)隊(duì)的話 你要加入讓你尊敬的美妙團(tuán)隊(duì)

if you're building a company, you've got to gather great people

創(chuàng)建公司的話 你要聚集一群很棒的人

I mean, all the company is is a group of people

要知道 公司就是一群人

that are gathered together to create a product or service

聚在一起創(chuàng)造出產(chǎn)品或服務(wù)

And so depending upon how talented and hard-working that group is

這群人本領(lǐng)越大 工作越勤勞

and the degree to which they are focused cohesively in a good direction

凝聚力越強(qiáng) 目標(biāo)越明確

that will determine the success of the company

公司就越有可能成功

Do everything you can to gather great people if you're creating a company

如果你要?jiǎng)?chuàng)立公司 你需要盡一切可能網(wǎng)羅最優(yōu)秀的人

Then to focus on signal over noise

下面一點(diǎn)是 撇除噪音 專注于信號(hào)

A lot of companies get confused

很多公司都糊涂了

They spend money on things that don't actually make the product better

將錢花到不能改進(jìn)產(chǎn)品的地方