人生的決擇。亞馬遜總裁普林斯頓畢業演講全

Tomorrow, in a very real sense, your life -- the life you author from scratch on your own -- begins.
How will you use your gifts? What choices will you make?
Will inertia be your guide, or will you follow your passions?
Will you follow dogma, or will you be original?
Will you choose a life of ease, or a life of service and adventure?
Will you wilt under criticism, or will you follow your convictions?
Will you bluff it out when you're wrong, or will you apologize?
Will you guard your heart against rejection, or will you act when you fall in love?
Will you play it safe, or will you be a little bit swashbuckling?
When it's tough, will you give up, or will you be relentless?
Will you be a cynic, or will you be a builder?
Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind?

明天，非常現實地說，你們從零塑造自己人生的時代即將開啟。

你們會如何運用自己的天賦?你們又會作出怎樣的抉擇?
你們是被慣性所引導，還是追隨自己內心的熱情?
你們會墨守陳規，還是勇於創新?
你們會選擇安逸的生活，還是選擇一個奉獻與冒險的人生?
你們會屈從於批評，還是會堅守信念?
你們會掩飾錯誤，還是會坦誠道歉?
你們會因害怕拒絕而緊閉心門，還是會在面對愛情時勇往直前?
你們想要波瀾不驚，還是想要搏擊風浪?
你們會在嚴峻的現實之下選擇放棄，還是會義無反顧地前行?
你們要做憤世嫉俗者，還是踏實的建設者?
你們要不計一切代價地展示聰明，還是選擇善良?

I will hazard a prediction. When you are 80 years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your life story, the telling that will be most compact and meaningful will be the series of choices you have made. In the end, we are our choices. Build yourself a great story. Thank you and good luck!

我要做一個預測：在你們80歲時某個追憶往昔的時刻，只有你一個人靜靜對內心訴說著你的人生故事，其中最為充實、最有意義的那段講述，會被你們作出的一系列決定所填滿。最後，是選擇塑造了我們的人生。為你自己塑造一個偉大的人生故事。謝謝，祝你們好運!(Jeff Bezos，亞馬遜創始人，總裁)

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