3篇勵志故事：成就事業的秘訣是專注

　　You want to succeed for your families and yourselves. And there is no more powerful force through which to do that than through education and know how.

　　你想要為了你的家人以及你自己而成功，除了通過教育和學習，沒有什么更強大的力量能做到這一點。

　　I’m proud that LaGuardia and Goldman Sachs have teamed up to support small businesses. Through this partnership, I’ve seen how many LaGuardia students are juggling school, job and family. And, I’ve seen how these students and all of you push yourselves and persevere.

　　我很自豪的是，拉瓜迪亞社區大學和高盛集團聯手提出了對小企業的支持。通過這個合作，我也看到了多少拉瓜迪亞社區大學的學生在學校，工作和家庭中游刃有余。我也看到了這些同學，還有在座的所有人如何不斷勉勵自己，而且持之以恒下去。

　　By virtue of being here today, you have proven to yourself that you belong. And now that you belong, feed off your ambition. That means being focused, disciplined, demanding, self critical and open minded. Your challenges won’t fall away. In fact, they may get steeper.

　　僅僅是今天能夠出現在這里，你們已經證明了自己的定位。現在你們已經有了定位，接下來就去壯大自己的野心。這意味著專注，自律，嚴格，自我批判和開放的心態。事實上，你們要面對的挑戰不會消失，而會更加嚴峻。

　　That, my friends, is life. But just as the struggles are great, so are the rewards. There’s another way to look at it: ask yourself if you really have a choice. You already knew the answer to that question the first day you walked into LaGuardia. We owe it to our families and to ourselves to keep striving.

　　我的朋友們，這就是生活。但是奮斗越是艱辛，回報也會更加豐厚。用另一個方式看問題：問問你自己，你是不是真的有選擇。當你們走進拉瓜迪亞社區大學的第一天，你們已經知道了這個問題的答案。我們必須為了自己的家庭和自己而不斷努力。

　　This is certainly not the easiest of economic times, but there’s always an economic cycle. In the course of the next 50 years of your life, you’ll see alot of cycles, and like this one, you’ll get through it. Don’t get caught up in unrealistic optimism or detached pessimism.

　　現在顯然不是最好的經濟時期，但是經濟總是有一個周期的。在你們人生的下一個五十年，你們會經歷很多周期，和這次一樣，你們能夠順利渡過。不要有任何不切實際的樂觀或者是過分的悲觀。

　　Still, a lot can change rapidly and with a lot of force. Your security rests in knowing how to do a variety of things — and being able to do them better than others.

　　盡管如此，世上還會發生許多不測，帶來巨大影響。你們的安全感來自于知道如何做各種各樣的事情——而且比其他人做得都要好。

　　And that knowledge and ability can be obtained only through a willingness to strike out for something better. That could mean changing careers or pushing for a new idea or strategy in your current one. In either case, push yourself to try something new and to grow with each move.

　　而只有不斷追求卓越，才能獲得這些知識和能力。這意味著改變職業道路或者追求目前職業新的想法、新策略。不管是哪種情況，你都應該逼迫自己嘗試新的事物，在每一步中成長。

　　After college, I went to law school for three years, and then into my dream job at a big NY law firm. But even though it had been my dream, I didn’t like it once I got there.

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