财富精英励志演讲111:艰难的抉择(12)

 　　That day those two men taught me the leaders see the possibilities in others and possibilities in circumstances, and so I will close with my other side of career advice before I take your question, which is don't spend all your time worrying about the next job, do the job you have, do it with passion, do it with commitment. Do it with excellence¹, and do it with honor and integrity², learn everything you can in the job you are doing, focus on the possibilities where can you make a difference. Don't fixate on all the things you can't do, focus on the things you can do. And if you do that, opportunity will knock. People will present you with opportunities to do more, when opportunity knocks, do not be afraid to answer, do not be afraid to go outside your comforts to try something new to take a risk, maybe to make a mistake. It is what life and success are made of. I never had a plan to be a CEO, I never thought I would be a CEO, the first time it ever occurred to me that maybe I could be a CEO was when I graduated from Sloan, and probably because I saw a lot of CEOs walk through here, and I discovered watching all those CEOs, some of them I had enormous respect for, some I did not, some I like to have a drink with afterwards, some I hoped I never see again, some seemed comport³ themselves with excellence and honor, some did not. People are people wherever you go，and if you can choose to lead or not.

　　正是那天，两位男士教会我领导者是看得到他人的可能性和周遭的可能性的。接受你们提问之前我提出另一套职场忠告：不要把时间花在担忧下一份工作上，先做好现在的工作，做好现有的工作要有热忱、要有担当、要做到最好，至敬至诚，尽量在现在的工作中学习，专注于能对你有影响的可能性，不要纠缠于那些你不能做到的事情上，专注于你可以做到的。如果你做得到，机会随之而来，人们会让你有机会做得更多。当机会来临时，就要勇敢把握，不要怯于回应，不要害怕走出温室，去试试新的去冒险、去犯错。这是人生和成功的基础。我从未打算成为首席执行官，我从未想到会成为首席执行官。我第一次想到我可能成为首席执行官是在斯隆毕业的时候。可能是因为我见到许多首席执行官从这里走出去。同时，我发现我看着他们时，有些我很尊敬，有些不会，有些我希望能与之共斟一杯，有些我希望以后不会再见。有些人很出色并受人尊敬，有些人不是。无论何处，人就是人，你可以选择去领导，或是不去领导。

1 excellence   

n.优秀，杰出，(pl.)优点，美德

参考例句：

• His art has reached a high degree of excellence.他的艺术已达到炉火纯青的地步。
• My performance is far below excellence.我的表演离优秀还差得远呢。

2 integrity   

n.正直，诚实，诚恳，完整，完全，完善

参考例句：

• The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
• He is a man of the highest integrity.他是个极其正直的人。

3 comport   

vi.相称，适合

参考例句：

• His behavior did not comport with his office.他的行为与他的职务很不相称。
• A judge should comport himself authoritatively.法官举止必须要庄严。