I would be willing to bet that I'm the dumbest guy in the room

跟大家打賭，我是這裡最笨的人

轉承詞

because I couldn't get through school. I struggled with school.

因為我沒能完成學業，學校讓我束手無策。

程度副詞

但是我在年紀還很小的時候就瞭解到一件事

was that I loved money and I loved business

那就是我愛錢，以及我愛做生意

and what I've been really passionate about ever since --

從那時起我就對一件事有著相當高的熱情

and I've never spoken about this ever, until now --

直到現在，我從來沒有對人說過--

so this is the first time anyone's ever heard it, except my wife three days ago,

所以這是第一次有人聽到這個，除了我太太以外，

because she said, "What are you talking about?" and I told her --

因為她在三天前問我 ”你要講什麼題目？“ 然後我跟她說了．

這件事是 我覺得我們錯失了一個機會 -

然後訓練他們或是讓他們了解，

that being an entrepreneur is actually a cool thing.

做為一個創業家其實是一件很酷的事情．

It's not something that is a bad thing and is vilified,

一個創業家並不是像很多社會認為的那樣，

which is what happens in a lot of society.

是一件不好或是會被別人輕視的事．

小時後，我們在長大的過程中都有夢想．

and we have passions, and we have visions,

但是不知何故夢想常常被抹滅掉．

大人們都教導我們說我們需要更認真讀書，

我的父母幫我找了一個法文家教

Two years ago, I was the highest-rated lecturer

兩年前我有幸成為麻省理工學院創業碩士班裡面，

at MIT's entrepreneurial master's program.

And it was a speaking event in front of groups of entrepreneurs from around the world.

那是一個需要在來自世界各地的創業家面前演講的活動

When I was in grade two, I won a city-wide speaking competition,

在二年級的時候，我贏得了一個城市級的演講比賽

He can't focus, but he loves walking around and getting people energized."

他沒辦法靜下來，但是他喜歡四處走動，帶動大家”

No one said, "Get him a coach in speaking."

從來沒有人說過 ”我們幫他找一個演講的教練吧!“

They said, get me a tutor in what I suck at.

他們說，幫我找一個家教來教我不會做的事

我們需要開始尋找具有這些特質的小孩們．

我覺得我們應該要把小孩子養育成，

to say, "Hey, let's be a lawyer or let's be a doctor,"

“嘿，當一個律師或當一個醫師吧！”

and we're missing that opportunity because

no one ever says, "Hey, be an entrepreneur."

因為從來沒有人說過 ”嘿，我們來當創業家吧！“

Entrepreneurs are people -- because we have a lot of them in this room --

創業家是 － 而這個房間裡面有很多這類的人 －

who have these ideas and these passions or see these needs in the world

那些具有著這些想法，具有這些熱情，或是看到了世界的需求，

然後決定站出來動手去做的人。

And we put everything on the line to make that stuff happen.

我們會用盡方法來實現這些想法。

We have the ability to get those groups of people around us

我們也有能力可以吸引身邊的人加入我們，

that want to kind of build that dream with us,

讓他們也想要和我們一起實現夢想。

to embrace the idea at a young age of being entrepreneurial,

在小時候就可以接受創業家的理念，

we could change everything in the world that is a problem today.

我們可以解決世界上所有的問題．

Every problem that's out there, somebody has the idea for.

每一個問題，總會有人會想到解決的辦法。

And as a young kid, nobody can say it can't happen

做為一個小孩，沒有做不到的的概念，

因為你還沒有足夠的知識去判斷，

什麼是可能的什麼是不可能的。

I think we have an obligation as parents and a society

我認為我們做為家長和社會都負有一個責任 －

the old parable: "If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day.

俗語說得好 “授人以魚不如授人以漁”．

If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime."

給一個人魚還不如教他如何釣魚．

If we can teach our kids to become entrepreneurial --

如果我們能夠教育孩子們成為創業家，

那些具有創業家特質的孩子們 －

like we teach the ones who have science gifts to go on in science,

就像我們培養具有科學天賦的孩子成為科學家一樣。

what if we saw the ones who had entrepreneurial traits

如果我們發掘那些具有創業家天賦的孩子們，

並且訓練他們成為創業家，世界會怎樣？

We could actually have all these kids spreading businesses

這些小孩很可能會在忙著擴張他們的事業，

instead of waiting for government handouts.

而不是在家裡等待政府的救濟．

What we do is we sit and teach our kids all the things they shouldn't do:

但是我們現在教導孩子們不要做這個，別做那個．

Right now we teach our kids to go after really good jobs,

現在我們教導小孩們要追求一份很好的工作，

you know, and the school system teaches them to go after things like

And the media says that it's really cool if we could go out

媒體則灌輸他們成為一名模特兒或是歌手

或是成為像Sidney Crosby(冰上曲棍球選手)那樣的運動明星，

Our MBA programs do not teach kids to be entrepreneurs.

我們的MBA教育並沒有教導孩子們如何成為創業家．

The reason that I avoided an MBA program --

other than the fact that I couldn't get into any

除了我從未申請合格的事實之外，

because I had a 61 percent average out of high school

因為我高中平均成績只有61％，

然後在加拿大唯一一間接受我入學的學校－Carlton，

the only school in Canada that accepted me, Carlton --

but our MBA programs don't teach kids to be entrepreneurs.

另外一個原因是我們的MBA課程並不教導如何成為創業家．

They teach them to go work in corporations.

他們教導學生如何進入大公司工作．

So who's starting these companies? It's these random few people.

那又是誰創立了這些公司呢？ 是那些很少數的人士．

Even in popular literature, the only book I've ever found --

甚至在大眾文學中，我所能找到的唯一一本書 －

and this should be on all of your reading lists --

that makes the entrepreneur into the hero is "Atlas Shrugged."

把創業家朔造成英雄人物的是 “阿特拉斯擺脫重負”  (又譯 “阿特拉斯聳聳肩”)．

Everything else in the world tends to look at entrepreneurs

其他人則帶著有色眼鏡看待創業家，

Both my grandfathers were entrepreneurs. My dad was an entrepreneur.

我外公和爺爺都是創業家，我父親也是。

Both my brother and sister and I, all three of us own companies as well.

我們三兄妹都各自開了自己的公司．

because it's really the only place we fit.

We didn't fit in the normal work. We couldn't work for somebody else

我們不適合做普通的工作，我們沒辦法在其他人底下工作

because we're too stubborn and we have all these other traits.

因為我們太固執，而且我們也還有一些其他性格．

但是孩子們也可以成為創業家．

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