Iwanttodiscusswithyouthisafternoonwhyyou'regoingtofailtohaveagreatcareer.(Laughter)I'maneconomist.Idodismal.Endoftheday,it'sreadyfordismalremarks.Ionlywanttotalktothoseofyouwhowantagreatcareer.Iknowsomeofyouhavealreadydecidedyouwantagoodcareer.You'regoingtofail,too-(Laughter)-because-Goodness,you'reallcheeryaboutfailing.(Laughter)Canadiangroup,undoubtedly.(Laughter)Thosetryingtohavegoodcareersaregoingtofail,because,really,goodjobsarenowdisappearing.Therearegreatjobsandgreatcareers,andthentherearethehigh-workload,high-stress,bloodsucking,soul-destroyingkindsofjobs,andpracticallynothingin 想要成就偉業(yè)的那些人談。我知道有些人已經(jīng)決定 想要一個(gè)成功的事業(yè)。也會(huì)失敗的——（笑聲）——，因?yàn)椋? Sothepeoplelookingforgoodjobsaregoingtofail.I'mgoingtotalkaboutthoselookingforgreatjobs,greatcareers,andwhyyou'regoingto,whyyou'regoingtofail.Firstreasonisthatnomatterhowmanytimespeoplelyou,"Ifyouwantagreatcareer,youhavetopursueyourpassion,youhavetopursueyourdreams,youhavetopursue,thegreatestfascinationinyourlife,"youhearitagainandagainandthenyoudecidenottodoit.Itdoesn'tmatterhowmanytimesyoudownloadStevenJ.'sStanfordcommencementaddress,youstilllookatitanddecidenottodoit.引，“你聽過(guò)這句話一遍又一遍，然后你決定，不去這樣做。不管你多少次，StevenJ在斯坦福大學(xué)的開學(xué)，你還是看看然后決定不去做。I'mnotquitesurewhyyoudecidenottodoit.You'retoolazytodoit.It'stoohard.You'reafraidifyoulookforyourpassionanddon'tfindit,you'llfeellikeyou'reanidiot,sothenyoumakeexcusesaboutwhyyou'renotgoingtolookforyourpassion.Andtheyareexcuses,ladiesandgentlemen.We'regoingtogothroughawholelonglist,yourcreativity,andthinkingofexcusesnottodowhatyoureallyneedtodoifyouwanttohaveagreatcareer.夢(mèng)想然后找不到，你會(huì)覺(jué)得你像個(gè)，所以你給自己找借口，為什么你不去追尋你的夢(mèng)想。這些都是借口，們先生們。我們要列一個(gè)長(zhǎng)，你的創(chuàng)So,forexample,oneofyourgreatexcusesis,"Well,greatcareersarereallyandtruly,formostpeople,justamatterofluck,soI'mgoingtostandaround,I'mgoingtotrytobelucky,andifI'mlucky,I'llhaveagreatcareer.Ifnot,I'llhaveagoodcareer."Butagoodcareerisanimpossibility,sothat'snotgoingtowork.“嗯，偉業(yè)實(shí)際上對(duì)于大多數(shù)人來(lái)說(shuō)，幸運(yùn)的話，我就能成就偉業(yè)。如果不能，我就找個(gè)還不錯(cuò)的事業(yè)。”但是沒(méi)有Then,yourotherexcuseis,"Yes,therearespecialpeoplewhopursuetheirpassions,buttheyaregeniuses.TheyareStevenJ.I'mnotagenius.WhenIwasfive,IthoughtIwasagenius,butmyprofessorshavebeatenthatideaoutofmyheadlongsince."(Laughter)Mm?"AndnowIknowIamcompleycompetent."Now,yousee,ifthiswas1950,beingcompleycompetent,thatwouldhavegivenyouagreatcareer.Butguesswhat?Thisisalmost2012,andsayingtotheworld,"Iamtotally,compleycompetent,"isdamningyourselfwiththefaintestofpraise.然后，你還有其他借口：“是的，有那些與眾不同的人，追尋自己的夢(mèng)想，但是他們是天才。他們是StevenJ.我不是天才。我五歲的時(shí)候以為自己是天才，但是我的教授們?cè)缇桶堰@個(gè)念頭，打消了?！保ㄐβ暎┼?？“然后現(xiàn)在我知道自Andthen,ofcourse,anotherexcuse:"Well,Iwoulddothis,Iwoulddothis,but,but,well,afterall,I'mnotweird.Everybodyknowsthatpeoplewhopursuetheirpassionsaresomewhatobsessive.Alittlestrange?Mm?Mm?Okay?Youknow,afinelinebetweenmadnessandgenius.I'mnotweird.I'vereadStevenJ.'sbiography.Ohmygoodness.Iamnotthat .Iamnice.Iamnormal.I'manice,normal ,andnice,normalpeopledon'thavepassion.Ah.ButIstillwantagreatcareer.I'mnotpreparedtopursuemypassion,soIknowwhatI'mgoingtodo,becauseIhave,Ihaveasolution,Ihaveastrategy.It'stheoneMommyandDaddytoldmeabout.MommyandDaddytoldmethatifIworkedhard,I'dhaveagoodcareer.So,ifyouworkhardandhaveagoodcareer,ifyouworkreally,really,reallyhard,you'llhaveagreatcareer.Doesn'tthat,like,mathematicallymakesense?"Hmm.Not.(Laughter)Butyou'vemanagedtotalkyourselfintothat.個(gè)怪人。我讀過(guò)StevenJ的傳記。我的天吶。我不是那種人。我是好人。我是Youknowwhat?Here'salittlesecret.Youwanttowork?Youwanttoworkreally,really,reallyhard?Youknowwhat?You'llsucceed.Theworldwillgiveyoutheopportunitytoworkreally,really,really,reallyhard,butareyousosurethatthat'sgoingtogiveyouagreatcareerwhenalltheevidenceistothecontrary? 那么確信這能讓你成就偉業(yè)，即使所有的都指向另一邊？Solet'sassume,let'sdealwiththoseofyouwhoaretryingtofindyourpassion.Youactuallyunderstandthatyoureallyhadbetterdoit,nevermindtheexcuses.You'retryingtofindyourpassion,andyou'resohappy.Youfoundsomethingyou'reinterestedin.Ihaveaninterest!Ihaveaninterest!Youlme.Yousay,"Ihaveaninterest!"Isay,"That'swonderful!Andwhat,whatareyoutryingtolme?Thatyou—""Well,Ihaveaninterest."Isay,"Doyouhavepassion?""Ihaveaninterest,"yousay.Yourinterestiscomparedtowhat?"Well,I'minterestedinthis."Andwhatabouttherestofhumanity'sactivities?"I'mnotinterestedinthem."You'velookedatthemall,haveyou?"No.Notexactly."我有個(gè)！我有個(gè)！你告訴我。你說(shuō)，“我有個(gè)！”我說(shuō)，“太好了！”你想告訴我什么呢？“嗯，我有個(gè)?！蔽艺f(shuō)，“你有熱忱么？”，“我有興活動(dòng)呢？“我對(duì)那些沒(méi)?！蹦惆涯切┒伎催^(guò)一遍了？“沒(méi)有。不完全是?！盤assionisyourgreatestlovePassionisthethingthatwillhelpyoucreatethehighestexpressionofyourtalent.Passion,interest-it'snotthesamething.Areyoureallygoingtogotoyoursweetieandsay,"Marryme!You'reinteresting."(Laughter)Won'thappen.Won'thappen,andyouwilldiealone.Whatyouwant,whatyouwant,whatyouwant,ispassion.Itisbeyondinterest.Youneed20interests,andthenoneofthem,oneofthemmightgrabyou,oneofthemmightengageyoumorethananythingelse,andthenyoumayhavefoundyourgreatestloveincomparisontoalltheotherthingsthatinterestyou,andthat'swhatpassionis.你想要的，你想要的，你想要的，是熱忱。它。你需要20個(gè)，然后它們其中一個(gè)，其中一個(gè)會(huì)抓住你，讓你燃起Ihaveafriend,proposedtohissweetie.Hewasaneconomically.Hesaidtohissweetie,"Letusmarry.LetusmergeourYeshedid."Iloveyoutruly,"hesaid."Iloveyoudeeply.IloveyoumorethananyotherwomanI'veeverencountered.IloveyoumorethanMary,Jane,Susie,Penelope,Ingrid,Gertrude,Gre-IwasonaGermanexchangeprogramthen."(Laughter)"Iloveyoumorethan..."Allright!Shelefttheroomhalfwaythroughhisenumerationofhisloveforher.Afterhegotoverhissurpriseatbeing,youknow,turneddown,heconcludedhe'dhadanarrowescapefrommarryinganirrational ,althoughhedidmakeanotetohimselfthatthenexttimeheproposed,itwasperhapsnotnecessarytoenumerateallofthewomenhehadauditionedforthepart.(Laughter)是的，他這么說(shuō)的?！靶膼?ài)你，”他說(shuō)，“我深深愛(ài)著你。我愛(ài)你，勝過(guò)其他任何女人。我愛(ài)你勝過(guò)Mary,Jane,Susie,Penelope,Ingrid,Gertrude,Gre——我那時(shí)候在一個(gè)德國(guó)的交換項(xiàng)目里?！保ㄐβ暎拔覑?ài)你勝過(guò)——”，Butthepointstands.Youmustlookforalternativessothatyoufindyourdestiny,orareyouafraidoftheword"destiny"?Doestheword"destiny"scareyou?That'swhatwe'retalkingabout,andifyoudon'tfindthehighestexpressionofyourtalent,ifyousettlefor"interesting,"whattheeverthatmeans,doyouknowwhatwillhappenattheendofyourlonglife?Yourfriendsandfamilywillbegatheredinthecemetery,andthere,besideyourgravesitewillbeatombstone,andinscribedonthattombstone,itwillsay,"HereliesadistinguishedengineerwhoinventedVelcro."Butwhatthattombstoneshouldhavesaid,inanalternativelifetime,whatitshouldhavesaidifitwasyourhighestexpressionoftalent,was,"HereliesthelastNobelLaureateinPhysics,whoformulatedtheGrandUnifiedFieldTheoryanddemonstratedthepracticalityofwarpdrive."(Laughter)者你害怕“命中注定”“命中注定”這個(gè)詞嚇著你么？這就是我們要談什么嗎？你的親友們?cè)谀沟乩?，在這，你的墳邊上有個(gè)，這個(gè) “此地長(zhǎng)眠著一位物理學(xué)獎(jiǎng)得主，他規(guī)范了‘大統(tǒng)一場(chǎng)論’并且示范了曲速Onewasagreatcareer.Onewasamissedopportunity.Butthen,therearesomeofyou,inspiteofalltheseexcuses,youwillfind,youwillfindyourpassion,andyou'llstillfail. You'regoingtofail,because,becauseyou'renotgoingtodoit,becauseyouwillhaveinventedanewexcuse,anyexcusetofailtotakeaction,andthisexcuseI'veheardsomanytimes."Yes,Iwouldpursueagreatcareer,butIvaluehumanrelationshipsmorethan plishment.Iwanttobeagreatfriend.Iwanttobeagreatspouse.Iwanttobeagreatparent,andIwillnotsacrificethemonthealtarofgreat 業(yè)，但是相比成就，我更看重人與人之間的關(guān)系。做一個(gè)好朋友。做Whatdoyouwantmetosay?Now,doyoureallywantmetosaynow,lyou,"Really,IswearIdon'tkickchildren."(Laughter)Hmm?Lookattheworldviewyou'vegivenyourself.You'reaheronomatterwhat,andI,bysuggesting,eversodelicay,thatyoumightwantagreatcareer,musthatechildren.Idon'thatechildren.Idon'tkickthem.Yes,therewasalittlekidwanderingthroughthisbuildingwhenIcamehere,andno,Ididn'tkickhim.想讓我說(shuō)什么？現(xiàn)在，真的想讓我說(shuō)，告訴，“真的，我發(fā)誓我不而我，通過(guò)暗示，這么翼翼地，說(shuō)你可能想要成就偉業(yè)，一定痛恨小孩。我不恨小孩。我不踢他們。是的，剛才我來(lái)的時(shí)候有個(gè)小孩走過(guò)來(lái)，我沒(méi)踢Course,Ihadtolhimthatthebuildingwasforadultsonlyandtogetout.Hemumbledsomethingabouthismother,andItoldhimshe'dprobablyfindhimoutsideanyway.LasttimeIsawhim,hewasonthestairscrying.(Laughter)Whatawimp.(Laughter)當(dāng)然，我不得不這個(gè)樓是給大人的，他得出去。他含糊地說(shuō)媽什么的，然后我跟他說(shuō)估計(jì)在外面找他呢。我上次看到他的時(shí)候他正在臺(tái)階上Butwhatdoyoumean?That'swhatyouexpectmetosay.Youreallythink,youreallythinkit'sappropriatethatyoushouldactuallytakechildrenandusethemasashield?Youknowwhatwillhappensomeday,you,youidealparent,you?Thekidwillcometoyousomedayandsay,"IknowwhatIwanttobe.IknowwhatI'mgoingtodowithmylife."Youaresohappy.It'stheconversationaparentwantstohear,becauseyourkid'sgoodinmath,andyouknowyou'regoingtolikewhatcomesnext.Saysyourkid,"IhavedecidedIwanttobeamagician.Iwanttoperformmagictricksonthestage."(Laughter)的孩子有一天會(huì)跟你說(shuō)，“我知道做什么。我知道怎么度過(guò)一生。”你特別高興。這種父母最愛(ài)聽了，因?yàn)槟愕暮⒆訑?shù)學(xué)好，而且你知道你會(huì)愛(ài)聽你孩子接下來(lái)的話。你孩子說(shuō)，“我決定了，做個(gè)魔術(shù)師。在舞臺(tái)上Andwhatdoyousay?Yousay,yousay,"Umm...that'srisky,kid.Mightfail,kid.Don'tmakealotofmoneyatthat,kid.Youknow,Idon'tknow,kid,youshouldthinkaboutthatagain,kid,you'resogoodatmath,whydon'tyou...然后你說(shuō)什么？你說(shuō)，你說(shuō)，“嗯..........那樣比較不，孩子。有可能會(huì)失Andthekidinterruptsyou,andsays,"Butitismydream.Itismydreamtodothis."Andwhatareyougoingtosay?Youknowwhatyou'regoingtosay?"Lookkid.Ihadadreamonce,too,but.but."Sohowareyougoingtofinishthesentencewithyour"but"?"...But.Ihadadreamtoo,once,kid,butIwasafraidtopursueit."Or,areyougoingtolhimthis?"Ihadadreamonce,kid.Butthenyouwereborn."(Laughter)夢(mèng)想，孩子，但是我沒(méi)敢去追隨?！边€是，你想這個(gè)？“我過(guò)去有夢(mèng)想，(Laughter)(ApDoyoudoyoureallywanttouseyourfamilydoyoureallyeverwanttolookatyourspouseandyourkidandseeyourjailers?TherewassomethingyoucouldhavesaidtoyourkidwhenheorshesaidIhaveadreamYoucouldhavesaid,lookedthekidintheface,andsaid,"Goforit,kid,justlikeIdid."Butyouwon'tbeabletosaythatbecauseyoudidn'tSoyoucan'