I went to my boss and told him I was going to start a company selling books on the internet.

我去找老闆，告訴他我要開一家公司，在網上賣書。

He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened carefully to me, and finally said, "That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn't already have a good job." You can have a job, or you can have a career, or you can have a calling.

他帶著我在中央公園走了很久，仔細地聽我說，最後說："這聽起來是個非常好的主意，但對於一個還沒有一份好工作的人來說，這個主意會更好。你可以有一份工作，也可以有一份事業，還可以有一種召喚。

And if you can somehow figure out how to have a calling, you have hit the jackpot, because that's the big deal.

如果你能以某種方式想出如何獲得召喚，那你就中了大獎，因為這才是大事。

I met Jeff Bezos 25 years ago, and he told me, "Dave, I want you to invest in my company.

25 年前，我遇到了傑夫-貝佐斯，他對我說："戴夫，我希望你投資我的公司。

What are you doing?

你在幹什麼？

I'm going to start a bookstore in my garage.

我要在我的車庫裡開一家書店。

Okay, and I'm going to put it online.

好的，我要把它放到網上去。

People will buy online, and I'm going to ship out of my garage.

人們會在網上購買，而我要從我的車庫裡發貨。

But if you invest in me, Dave, someday I'm going to be the richest man in the world.

但如果你投資我，戴夫，總有一天我會成為世界首富。

I'll do over $100 billion." First of all, there is no such thing as $100 billion 25 years ago.

我會超過 1000 億美元"。首先，25 年前根本沒有 1000 億美元這回事。

Statistically, there's no such thing.

據統計，沒有這種情況。

Countries didn't have $100 billion.

各國沒有 1000 億美元。

Our national debt wasn't $100 billion.

我們的國債不是 1000 億美元。

And this dude's telling me, at 26 years old, that he's going to be the richest man in the world, because he has a garage and the internet.

這傢伙告訴我，26 歲的他將成為世界首富，因為他有一個車庫和互聯網。

That was his truth.

這就是他的真實想法。

No, but he did not know it, and neither did I.

不，但他不知道，我也不知道。

But the difference between him and I is, I was laughing, scoffing, and jesting at him, and he was already applauding himself, going, "At the right way, at the perfect time, I'm going to make as much as I can as quickly." And I'm sitting there going, there's no way this is going to be a big business.

但我和他的不同之處在於，我在嘲笑他，譏諷他，戲弄他 而他已經在為自己鼓掌了，他說："在正確的時間，正確的方法 我要儘快賺到儘可能多的錢。"我坐在那裡想 這不可能成為大生意的

Do something you're very passionate about, and don't try to chase what is kind of the hot passion of the day.

做一些你非常熱愛的事情，不要試圖追逐時下最熱門的激情。

Seen in that light, it really was a difficult choice.

從這個角度看，這確實是一個艱難的選擇。

But ultimately, I decided I had to give it a shot.

但最終，我還是決定試一試。

I didn't think I'd regret trying and failing, and I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all.

我不認為自己會為嘗試和失敗而後悔，我懷疑自己會一直被根本不嘗試的決定所困擾。

After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my passion, and I'm proud of that choice. As a young boy, I had been a garage inventor.

經過深思熟慮，我選擇了一條不太安全的道路，追隨自己的激情，我為自己的選擇感到自豪。小時候，我曾是車庫裡的發明家。

I'd invented an automatic gate closer out of cement-filled tires, a solar cooker that didn't work very well out of an umbrella and aluminum foil, baking pan alarms to entrap my siblings.

我用水泥填充的輪胎髮明瞭自動閉門器，用雨傘和鋁箔發明了不太管用的太陽能灶，用烤盤警報器誘捕我的兄弟姐妹。

I'd always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my passion. There's a military phrase that I especially love, and it says, "Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast." And I have seen that in every endeavor I've ever been in.

我一直想成為一名發明家，她希望我能追隨自己的熱情。我特別喜歡一句軍事用語，它說 "慢就是順，順就是快"。在我從事的每一項工作中，我都看到了這一點。

That's the kind of thing that really allows you to make progress.

這樣才能真正取得進步。

You know, you get certain gifts in life, and you want to take advantage of those.

你知道，人的一生會得到一些天賦，你要好好利用這些天賦。

I guess my advice on adversity and success would be to be proud, not of your gifts, but of your hard work and your choices.

關於逆境和成功，我的建議是，不要為自己的天賦感到驕傲，而要為自己的努力和選擇感到驕傲。

So, you know, you may be the kinds of gifts you get in life, you know, you might be really good at math.

所以，你知道，你可能會在生活中得到各種天賦，你知道，你可能真的很擅長數學。

It might be really easy for you.

這對你來說可能真的很容易。

That's a kind of gift.

這是一種天賦。

But practicing that math and taking it to the next step, that could be very challenging and hard and take a lot of sweat.

但是，練習數學並將其推向下一步，這可能非常具有挑戰性，也非常困難，需要付出大量的汗水。

That's a choice.

這是一種選擇。

You can't really be proud of your gifts because they were given to you.

你不能真的為自己的天賦感到驕傲，因為它們是別人給你的。

You can be grateful for them and thankful for them.

你可以感激他們，感謝他們。

But your choices, you choose to work hard.

但你的選擇，你選擇努力工作。

You choose to do hard things.

你選擇做艱難的事情。

Those are choices that you can be proud of.

這些都是值得你驕傲的選擇。

You can choose.

您可以選擇

We all get to choose our life stories, and it's the choices that define us, not our gifts.

我們都可以選擇自己的人生故事，是選擇決定了我們，而不是天賦。

Everybody in this room has many gifts.

在座的各位都有很多天賦。

I have many gifts.

我有很多天賦。

You can never be proud of your gifts because they're gifts.

你永遠不能為自己的天賦感到驕傲，因為它們是天賦。

They were given to you.

它們是給你的。

You might be tall, or you might be really good at math, or you might be extremely beautiful or handsome, or, you know, there are many gifts.

你可能個子很高，可能數學很好，可能非常漂亮或英俊，或者，你知道，有很多天賦。

And you can only be proud, really, of your choices because those are the things that you are acting on.

實際上，你只能為自己的選擇感到自豪，因為這些都是你的行動。

And one of the most important choices that each of us has, and you know this just as well as I do, is you can choose a life of ease and comfort, or you can choose a life of service and adventure.

我們每個人都有一個最重要的選擇，你和我一樣清楚，那就是你可以選擇安逸舒適的生活，也可以選擇服務和冒險的生活。

And when you're 80, which one of those things do you think you're going to be more proud of?

當你 80 歲的時候，你覺得哪件事會讓你更自豪？

You're going to be more proud of having chosen a life of service and adventure.

你會為自己選擇了服務和冒險的生活而倍感自豪。

There's never been a better time to be alive.

現在是活著的最好時機。

I mean, it's just incredible the amount of inspiration that the world generates for me, and I think for a lot of people.

我的意思是，這個世界給我帶來的靈感之多令人難以置信，我想對很多人來說也是如此。

It's just, it's insane, the amount of change and invention and opportunity.

變化、發明和機遇之多，簡直令人難以置信。

Your life, the life you author from scratch on your own, begins.

你的生活，你自己從零開始創造的生活，開始了。

How will you use your gifts?

你將如何使用自己的天賦？

What choices will you make?

你會做出怎樣的選擇？

Will inertia be your guide, or will you follow your passions?

惰性會引導你，還是你會追隨自己的激情？

Will you follow dogma, or will you be original?

你是要遵循教條，還是要別出心裁？

Will you choose a life of ease or a life of service and adventure?

你會選擇安逸的生活，還是選擇服務和冒險的生活？

Will you wilt under criticism, or will you follow your convictions?

你是會在責備聲中萎靡不振，還是會堅持自己的信念？

Will you bluff it out when you're wrong, or will you apologize?

當你錯了時，你是會虛張聲勢，還是會道歉？

Will you guard your heart against rejection, or will you act when you fall in love?

你是會守住自己的心，防止被拒絕，還是會在墜入愛河時採取行動？

Will you play it safe, or will you be a little bit swashbuckling?

你是要穩紮穩打，還是要有點冒險精神？

When it's tough, will you give up, or will you be relentless?

遇到困難時，你是會放棄，還是會堅持不懈？

Will you be a cynic, or will you be a builder?

你是憤世嫉俗者，還是建設者？

Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind?

你會以犧牲他人利益為代價耍小聰明，還是心存善意？

Every time you figure out some way of providing tools and services that empower other people to deploy their creativity, you're really on to something. You know, you're very lucky if you have a career.

每當你想出一些提供工具和服務的方法，讓其他人有能力發揮自己的創造力時，你就真的是在做一件大事。要知道，如果你有一份職業，你就非常幸運了。

A lot of people end up with a job.

很多人最後都找到了工作。

If you don't love your work, you're never going to be great at it.

如果你不熱愛你的工作，你就永遠不可能在工作中取得優異成績。

Jules Verne, Mark Twain, Galileo, Newton, all the curious from the ages, would have wanted to be alive, most of all, right now.

儒勒-凡爾納、馬克-吐溫、伽利略、牛頓，所有古往今來的好奇者都希望自己現在還活著。

As a civilization, we will have so many gifts, just as you as individuals have so many individual gifts as you sit before me.

作為一個文明，我們將擁有如此之多的禮物，就像你們坐在我面前時擁有如此之多的個人禮物一樣。

How will you use these gifts, and will you take pride in your gifts or pride in your choices? www.mooji.org

您將如何使用這些天賦，您將以自己的天賦為榮，還是以自己的選擇為榮？ www.mooji.org