美文欣賞:讓過(guò)去過(guò)去讓未來(lái)到來(lái)
Regret can be a terrible addiction. Those who suffer from it so often become bitter and full of self-pity.
后悔是一件很可怕的東西, 它會(huì)讓人上癮. 那些經(jīng)常感到后悔的人會(huì)變得更加悲天憫人, 自顧自憐.
It is an emotion that serious entrepreneurs cannot afford: they must keep pressing onwards and should not look back with remorse, dwelling on errors of long ago.
而對(duì)于企業(yè)家來(lái)說(shuō), 他們絕對(duì)不可以對(duì) “后悔” 這種情緒上癮. 他們必須時(shí)刻堅(jiān)持前進(jìn), 不能總是回望很久以前犯下的錯(cuò)誤而懊悔自責(zé).
As Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, said: “When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” Entrepreneurs must learn to manage the conflict between constant experimentation – which means lots of painful mistakes – and a fear of failure, which can lead to paralysis.
正如電話(huà)機(jī)的發(fā)明者亞歷山大?格拉漢姆?貝爾所言, “當(dāng)人生的一扇門(mén)關(guān)閉了, 總會(huì)有另一扇門(mén)為你打開(kāi); 然而, 我們卻經(jīng)常久久地回顧那扇關(guān)閉了的`門(mén), 懊悔不已, 卻沒(méi)有看到那扇為我們打開(kāi)的門(mén).” 企業(yè)家必須學(xué)會(huì)如何平衡各種不斷的嘗試和害怕失敗的心理之間的矛盾. 這些嘗試可能意味著許多痛苦的失誤, 而害怕失敗的心理則可能導(dǎo)致你停滯不前.
Likewise, past glory can be a killer. For example, Greg Dyke, who is a clever fellow, still harks back too much to his resignation as director-general of the BBC. He should move on and stop moaning about the injustice of it all.
同樣的, 過(guò)去的榮耀也可能是毀滅你的殺手. 比如說(shuō), 格里格?戴克, 一個(gè)頭腦聰明的人, 至今仍然對(duì)他當(dāng)初辭去BBC總裁一職耿耿于懷. 他應(yīng)該立即停止抱怨所有的不公, 繼續(xù)前進(jìn).
And Tim Waterstone should give up trying to buy back his bookshop chain, which he finally left more than 10 years ago (after selling it once and then getting involved again). He has tried to repurchase it at least five times, if rumour is to be believed. Possibly the root of the problem is that he exaggerates the chain’s importance, once saying: “Waterstone’s does more for the day-to-day cultural life of the nation than perhaps anything or anyone else.”
而蒂姆?沃特斯通, 既然十年前已經(jīng)決定離開(kāi)他的連鎖書(shū)店了, 現(xiàn)在就應(yīng)該放棄試圖回購(gòu)連鎖書(shū)店的計(jì)劃(他曾經(jīng)將書(shū)店出售, 后來(lái)又買(mǎi)回來(lái)). 如果傳言屬實(shí)的話(huà), 他曾經(jīng)至少五次試圖將它買(mǎi)回來(lái). 問(wèn)題的根源可能是, 他過(guò)于高估書(shū)店的價(jià)值. 他曾說(shuō), “Waterstone’s 在本國(guó)日常文化生活層面上所做的貢獻(xiàn)是任何東西和任何人都不能比擬的.”
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