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1、180213 英语学习高级阅读材料 最成功的10个人给你的10个人生建议在新书抵达梦想:导师之书中,作者吉莉安佐伊西格尔采访了许多商业明星,探寻他们眼中成功的秘诀。以下是其中的一些建议 Warren Buffett: CEO, Berkshire Hathaway 沃伦巴菲特:伯克希尔-哈撒韦公司首席执行官you can get a lot less. The people who I see function well are not the ones with the biggest motors, but the ones with the most efficient ones.“一台
2、标着300马力的发动机实际输出的功率可能远远小于300马力。在我看来,能做好事情的人并不是马力最大的,而是效率最高的。”Matthew Weiner: Mad Men creator 马修威纳:广告狂人制作人t like it, but dont listen to the reason why. People feel that they have to say something, and they often give a capricious justification to keep from hurting your feelings.“别人否定你的作品时,记住他们不喜欢它这件事实
3、,但别去听理由。为了不伤害你的感情,人们常会觉得必须得说点儿什么,他们给出的往往是模棱两可的理由。”Michael Bloomberg: CEO, Bloomberg LP 迈克尔布隆伯格:彭博公司首席执行官me. It sounds egotistical.1 / 46“谈到自己的工作时要说我们,千万不要说我。这会显得很自大。”Les Moonves: CEO, CBS莱斯穆维斯:哥伦比亚广播公司首席执行官television shows a year and only put for new ones on the air. but we want those same people to
4、 come back to us when they have a hit show.“如果必须拒绝他人,态度友善一点。每年我们收到各方推荐的电视节目近500部,但只播出那些有新意的但我们希望回头等这些人制作出热门节目时,还愿意来找我们。”Jim Koch: Founder, the Boston Beer Co. 吉姆科赫:波士顿啤酒公司创始人they will raise the average.“波士顿啤酒公司的招聘标准很简单:不能提高团队平均水平的人坚决不请。”Nitin Nohria: Harvard B-School Dean 尼廷诺里亚:哈佛商学院院长even be a pain
5、ful process, but its one of the most important things to do in life.“了解自己的优点和缺点可能需要很长时间,过程甚至会很痛苦,但这是人生中最重要的事之一。”2 / 46Marina Abramovi: Artist 玛丽娜阿布拉莫维奇:艺术家s important to put the idea of dying in your daily life because it helps you to appreciate your existence on this planet.“在你的日常生活中,意识到自己正走向死亡很重要,
6、这样你会对活在这个星球上心存感激。”Gary Hirshberg: Co-founder, Stonyfield Farm 加里赫什伯格:石原农场联合创始人phenomenon.“独立思考,质疑权威。权威只是短暂存在的现象。”Stacey Snider: Co-chair, 20th Century Fox 斯泰西斯奈德:20世纪福克斯联席董事长s important to be able to present you ideas well, especially in writing.“能充分地表达自己的观点很重要,特别是以书面形式。”Helene Gayle: President and
7、CEO, CARE USA 海琳盖尔:美国国际关怀组织总裁兼首席执行官something.3 / 46“要实现社会变革,支持某些事是比反对某些事更好的途径。 =双语美文:请让自己值得拥有爱情If youre really longing for love, dont just wait for it to happen. 如果你真的渴望爱情,就不要只是期待遇到谁。 Make yourself deserving this love. 去让自己变得值得拥有这份爱情吧。Dont just wait for someone to warm your heart every time you feel
8、 low. 不要只是期待每次你失落的时候有人温暖你。 Become someone who can warm others. 去变成一个能温暖别人的人吧。If you want something beautiful, the best way to get it is to make yourself deserving it.要得到一样美好的东西,最好的做法是让自己变得值得拥有它。 Its all the same whether what you want is wealth or love or fame. 不管是财富,还是爱情,亦或是名望,都是如此。 No one likes a p
9、erson who only asks for things. 没有人喜欢一个只知道索取的人。 And love is not an elixir. 而爱情也不是什么万灵药。 True love is not illogical. 真正的爱情并不是不合逻辑的。 Its not irrational. 它也不是非理性的。4 / 46Its the resonance of two mature souls. 它是两个成熟灵魂的心心相惜。So dont just wait for love to be handed to you. It doesnt come that way. True lov
10、e comes from efforts.所以,不要渴求爱情从天而降,它不会的。正正的爱情,是奋斗与经营的结果。 And only love like this can go far. 这样的爱,才会长久 =伤害最深的人生错误1. Not believing in yourself and your dream 1.不相信你自己和你的梦想Everyone has something within themselves that no one else can do. Whether that special gift is destined for greatness or mediocrit
11、y is up to you and what you believe in.每个人天生都有一种其他任何人无法拥有的能力。无论这种特殊的天赋是注定成就伟大或者平庸,这都取决于你以及你的信念。Our jobs, relationships, and obligations crush us under the weight of what should or should not be pursued, but if you truly believe in your dreams and follow your heart, you will find that your lack of se
12、lf-confidence is a grave mistake. When your hopes and dreams go ahead, it poisons the soul and slashes intuition. 我们的工作,关系以及责任,这些我们应该或者不应该追求的东西的重量,压榨着我们,但是如果你真的相信你的梦想,并且遵循你的内心,你会发现,你的缺乏自信是一个重大的错误。当你的希望和梦想一直向前的时候,你的心灵就会像是中毒一样,直觉也会逐渐减弱。5 / 462. Refusing to see the lessons life teaches you 2.拒绝接受生活给你的教
13、训Some things that life teaches us are blatantly obvious, yet many of people walk around with the blinders on. Rigidity creates instances in life of sheer friction that often grates on you more than they should.生活教给我们的一些事情,是非常显而易见的,然而许多人却带着眼罩躲避。僵化会导致生活中出现许多摩擦,而这些摩擦往往会激怒你,而且会超出你的承受范围。The idea of going
14、 with the flow confuses you, and so you contract more into a tight space that is, honestly, the cliqued more open to lifes lessons, the more willing you will be in trying something new, daring, and life altering.顺其自然的观点会让你感到困惑,而你会退缩很多,直到进入一个很密闭的空间,老实说,就是一个进退两难的境地。当你能更加欣然接受生活的教训的时候,你就会更加愿意尝试一些新的东西,亲爱
15、的,你的生活也会因此改变! 3. Ignoring what your body is telling you 3.忽视你的身体信号This is huge. Your body is important. Your health is important. When you disregard your body, you are putting up a wall between you and some potent signals. Bruises, discolorations, discharge, and all other symptoms, both mental and p
16、hysical, are trying to tell you something.这是很大的问题。你的身体很重要。你的健康很关键。当你忽视你的身体的时候,你就在你和一些强势信号中间垒起了一堵墙。心理和身体上的瘀伤,变色,排泄和其他所有症状,正在试图告诉你一些事情。6 / 46Ignoring the signs of dangerous diseases will not make them disappear, unfortunately. And about the time many people finally decide to go to the doctor, it is already far