Um, uh, it is a skill, a learnable, teachable skill.

嗯，嗯，這是一種技能，一種可學、可教的技能。

Um, uh, and I don't buy into the idea that, you know, are leaders born or made.

我不相信領導者是天生的還是後天培養的。

You know, they're not born.

你知道，他們不是天生的。

Um, some people are, uh, learn the skill young from experiences or mentors or teachers or coaches.

嗯，有些人是從經驗、導師、老師或教練那裡學到技能的。

Um, but they develop it.

嗯，但他們開發了它。

Um, uh, which means anyone can learn to be a leader, uh, at any point in their lives.

這意味著，任何人都可以在人生的任何階段學習成為領導者。

Um, in the Marine Corps, uh, if you enlist in the Marine Corps, uh, you can't change your mind.

呃，在海軍陸戰隊，呃，如果你應徵入伍，呃，你就不能改變主意。

You'll go to Paris Island to boot camp or to San Diego to Camp Pendleton, and you signed your contract.

你要去巴黎島的新兵訓練營或聖迭戈的彭德爾頓營，你已經簽了合同。

Whether you like it or not, you can't quit.

不管你願不願意，你都不能放棄。

They'll make you into a Marine.

他們會把你變成陸戰隊員

That's what it says.

就是這麼說的。

It says we make Marines when you go to boot camp.

上面寫著，當你去新兵訓練營時，我們會讓你成為海軍陸戰隊員。

If you choose the officer route, if you choose to commission, it's different.

如果你選擇軍官路線，如果你選擇委派，情況就不同了。

It's 10 weeks of grueling training, and the only thing your contract says is you have to do the first four weeks.

這是為期 10 周的艱苦訓練，而你的合同只規定你必須完成前四周的訓練。

But for six weeks, you can quit at any time for any reason.

但在這六週內，您可以隨時以任何理由退出。

No, no questions asked.

沒有，沒有問題。

And the reason is, is the Marine Corps have a belief that the first criterion to being a leader is you have to want to be one.

原因在於，海軍陸戰隊堅信，成為領導者的首要標準是你必須想成為領導者。

And if you don't want to be one, they don't want you.

如果你不想成為他們的一員，他們也不會要你。

Because it is an awesome responsibility.

因為這是一項重大的責任。

It is often thankless.

這往往是吃力不討好的。

It is often lonely.

它往往是孤獨的。

It is often difficult.

這往往是困難的。

And you have to really be up for that kind of journey.

你必須真正準備好迎接這樣的旅程。