英語(yǔ)美文名人勵(lì)志故事50:托尼.布萊爾在耶魯大學(xué)發(fā)表演講——珍惜現(xiàn)在，把握未來(lái)的故事（2）
50. Cherishing What You Have Now, and Striving for the Future (II)
50. 珍惜現(xiàn)在，把握未來(lái)(2)
All Above all, however, have a purpose in life. Life is not about living but about striving. When you get up, get up motivated. Live with a perpetual sense of urgency. And make at least part of that purpose about something bigger than you.
然而，最重妥的是，生活要有目標(biāo)。生活不僅僅妥活著，而是要不斷追求。每天早晨起來(lái)時(shí)都要帶著一種動(dòng)機(jī)。生活要時(shí)刻有緊迫感。而且在制定個(gè)人目標(biāo)時(shí)，至少有一部分要超出個(gè)人能力范圍。
There are great careers. There are also great causes.
有偉大的事業(yè)，也要有偉大的理想。
At least let some of them into your lives. Giving lifts the heart in a way that getting never can. Maybe it really was Oscar Wilde who said: "No one ever died, saying if only I had one more day at the office."
至少要讓其中的一部分理想融入你們的生活。給予可以提升，心靈，而索取在某種程度上永遠(yuǎn)不可能做到?；蛟S真的像奧斯卡·王爾德所說(shuō)的那樣：“渴望再多工作一天的人就永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)死去。”
One small but shocking sentence: each year three million children die in Africa from preventable disease or conflict.
有一句雖簡(jiǎn)短卻很震撼的話：非洲每天有300萬(wàn)兒童死于可預(yù)防性疾病和暴力沖突。
The key word? Preventable.
關(guān)鍵詞是什么呢?是“可預(yù)防性”。
When all is said and done, there is usually more said than done.
當(dāng)談及言出必行時(shí)，人們通常都是說(shuō)得多做得少。
Be a doer not a commentator. Seek responsibility rather than shirk it. People often ask me about leadership, I say: leadership is about wanting the responsibility to be on your shoulders, not ignoring its weight but knowing someone has to carry it and, reaching out for that person to be you. Leaders are heat-seekers not heat-deflectors.
要做一個(gè)實(shí)千家而不是評(píng)論家。要勇于承擔(dān)責(zé)任，不要逃避退縮。人們經(jīng)常問(wèn)我關(guān)于領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力的事情;領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力就是知道必須有人站出來(lái)承擔(dān)責(zé)任，而且要努力成為那個(gè)人。領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者是勇于承擔(dān)責(zé)任而非逃避責(zé)任的人。
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