What advice would they give to their 18-year-old selves if they had the opportunity? Take a listen.

如果有機會的話，究竟他們會對 18 歲的自己做出什麼建議呢？聽聽看吧！

I think loving what you do and working hard at what you do are the two best things that you can do.

我想，愛你所做的事和努力做你所做的事是兩件你能做得最好的事。

And when you cease to love it, find something else.

而若你對它的熱愛稍減，就找其他的事。

Don't worry so much about being right. Be right, do your analysis, but be effective.

別總為做的正確而過度擔心。做對，做好分析，但要有效且有力。

So many times, we get lost in being right and not being effective. And then we actually leave it up to the effective people that are wrong.

多少次我們總是在想做的正確而非做的有效而迷失了。而我們其實是讓那些有效的人做錯的事。

So it would be try to be effective within the bounds of reasonable witness, as well as being right and figuring things out.

所以最好的是在合情合理的界線內做的有效，並且做的正確以及有脈絡地解決事情。

The best advice I would give anybody is don't go into a field for money. Go into a field because you have a passion about what that field entails in terms of activity.

我給任何人最好的建議就是，不要鑽入金錢的領域。你鑽研的區塊應該是，你對它所包含承襲的活動抱有熱情。

State it slightly differently, I tell the youngsters I speak with, where I will tell myself at age 18:

立足的和其他人稍稍不同，這是我告訴年輕人的，也是我會告訴18歲的我的事。

Do what you love, love what you do. Because if you do what you love and you love what you do, you're bound to be successful.

做你所愛，愛你所做。因為一旦你從事你所愛且愛你所從事的，你就註定會成功。

I guess my biggest advice is be aware that there will be setbacks, and it's all about how you respond to them.

我想我最大的建議是，留意那些挫折，因為成功與否在於你如何對付它們。

So when I was 18, I thought life was just a linear progression from one stage to the next. And I've learned it takes a more interesting path than that.

所以當我 18 歲時，我以為人生只是一條斜直線的進程，一階段一階段的。但我發現人生其實走的比那路徑更加有趣。

Do what you enjoy, find what you wanna spend your time doing, and then focus on it.

做你所熱衷的，找到你想花時間從事的，然後專注於那工作。

And when I say focus on it, it doesn't mean trying to become a CEO when you're 18.

而當我說專注於它時，那並不代表叫你在 18 歲時就當 CEO。

It means actually spending the time heads down, and really tryna learn and understand the business,

我指的是把姿態放低，並努力學習且了解事業的運作，

and making that investment in your future as opposed to focusing on kind of the end result that old we're really on early on.

相比之下，別把那些對未來的投資當做那麼年輕時的重心。

Ok, so what advice would you give your 18-year-old self, Eric?

-好的，所以艾瑞克你會對 18 歲的你做什麼建議呢？

-Oh gosh! I've never thought about it. -I'll tell you what I would say.

-喔！我從沒想這問題呢！-我告訴你我會說些什麼。

-I mean I followed some of that advice, which is choose nothing for the sake of money... -Yes, that's why. I'll tell you one thing that I've learned, it was just (to) make mistakes.

-我的意思是我有依照那些建議，就是不是選擇和金錢相關的......。-是的，那就是原因啦！我來告訴你我學到的一件事，

I'm not sure I've ever learned from the success that I've had, but I've learned a lot from mistakes.

那就是犯錯。我不確定我是否從我所得到的成功中學到什麼，但在我所犯的錯誤中我學到的很多。

-It's made me better and stronger. So actually making mistakes.. -That's sort of a rally in Christ.

犯錯讓我變得更好更強。所以犯錯事實上...-那就好比讓人振奮的事。

You know for the Millennial generation as well, right? Don't be afraid to fail?

你知道 Y 世代沒錯吧？別害怕跌倒？

-Yeah, I believe it. It just my own experiences... -Clearly, nothing afraid to fail is easier said than done.

-對呀，我相信。只是這讓我想起我的自身經驗...。-很明顯地，不怕失敗嘴上說比真的如此容易多了。

Exact, and the mean thing is just for learn from every mistake you make. Be open to it, realize the mistake, don't be defensive.

而且，以開放的心態面對，了解錯誤，不要太武裝自己。

What would you advise your 18-year-old self beyond that?

你會對 18 歲時的你做什麼除了上面的建議呢？

The greatest thing actually I found, as I've gotten older, is the older I am, the less I know. At 18 I knew everything.

我發現最棒事情是，隨著我年紀增長，我越老所知的是越少。18 歲時的我知道任何事。

-Today, there's so much left to learn. I love it actually. I love just being here and learning from you and the others. -It's why it's a great business.

- 今天實在還有太多事可以學了。我非常喜歡。我喜歡就坐在這裡，從你和其他人身上學到東西。

It is a great business to be in, we're very fortunate.

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