成功人士的8个特质 - 理查德·圣约翰：英语精读讲义

Now my subject is success, 表達脈絡

现在我的主题是成功，

so people sometimes call me a a motivational speaker.

所以人们有时称我为励志演说家。

But I want you to know right up front, 短語搭配

但我想一开始就让你们知道，

I'm not a motivational speaker.

我不是一个励志演说家。

I couldn't pass the height requirement. 短語搭配

我都达不到身高要求。

And I couldn't motivate anybody.

而且我无法激励任何人。

My employees actually call me a de motivational speaker. 習語

我的员工其实叫我“反励志演说家”。

What I try to be is an informational speaker. 語法

我努力想成为的是一个信息传递演说家。

I went out and found out some information about success 短語動詞

我走访并寻找了一些关于成功的信息

and I'm just here to pass it on. 短語動詞

而我来这里只是为了传递它。

And my story started over 10 years ago on a plane. 表達脈絡

我的故事开始于10多年前的一架飞机上。

I was on my way to the TED conference in California 短語搭配

当时我正在去加州参加TED大会的路上

and in the seat next to me was a teenage girl

我旁边座位上是一个十几岁的女孩

and she came from a really poor family

她来自一个非常贫穷的家庭

but she wanted to get somewhere in life. 習語

但她想在生活中有所建树。

And as I tapped away on my computer, 短語搭配

当我在电脑上敲击时，

she she kept asking me questions 語法

她不停地问我问题

then out of the blue she asked, 習語

然后她突然问，

"Are you successful?"

“你成功吗？”

I said,

我说，

"No,

“不，

I'm not successful.

我不成功。

Terry Fox, my hero,

我的英雄特里·福克斯（Terry Fox），

now there's a big success.

那才叫大获成功。

He lost a leg to cancer 短語搭配

他因癌症失去了一条腿

then ran thousands of miles and raised millions for cancer research. 短語搭配

然后跑了数千英里，为癌症研究筹集了数百万美元。

Or Bill Gates.

或者是比尔·盖茨。

Guy owns his own plane, 用詞

人家有自己的飞机，

doesn't have to sit next to some kid asking him questions." 語法

不需要坐在某个问他问题的小孩旁边。”

But then I told her about some of the stuff I'd done. 用詞

但后来我告诉了她一些我做过的事情。

I love communications

我热爱传播

and I've won lots of awards in marketing.

而且我在营销方面赢过很多奖项。

I love running

我喜欢跑步

and I still sometimes run in my age group,

我有时仍然参加我这个年龄组的赛跑，

old farts over 60. 用詞

60岁以上的老骨头。

My fastest marathon is 2 hours and 43 minutes

我跑得最快的一次马拉松是2小时43分钟

to run the 26 miles or 42 kilometers.

跑完了26英里也就是42公里。

I've run over 50 marathons on all seven continents.

我在七大洲跑过50多场马拉松。

This was a run my wife and I did up the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in Peru.

这是我和我妻子在秘鲁印加古道跑到马丘比丘的一次赛跑。

And to qualify for the seven continents, 短語搭配

为了获得七大洲的资格，

we had to run a marathon in Antarctica.

我们必须在南极洲跑一次马拉松。

But when we got there,

但是当我们到达那里时，

it didn't look nice and calm like this.

那里看起来并不像这样美好和平静。

It looked like this.

它看起来是这样的。

The waves were so high we couldn't get to shore. 語法

海浪太高了，我们没法上岸。

So we sailed 200 miles further south

所以我们向南又航行了200英里

to where the seas were calm 語法

到了海面平静的地方

and ran the entire 26 mile marathon on the boat.

并在船上跑完了26英里的全程马拉松。

422 laps around the deck of that little boat.

在那艘小船的甲板上绕了422圈。

My wife and I have also climbed two of the world's seven summits, 文化背景

我和我的妻子还攀登了世界七大洲最高峰中的两座，

the highest mountains on each continent.

每个大陆的最高山峰。

We climbed Aconcagua,

我们攀登了阿空加瓜山，

the highest mountain on the American continent,

美洲大陆的最高峰，

and Kilimanjaro,

和乞力马扎罗山，

the highest mountain in Africa.

非洲的最高峰。

Well, to be honest, 語氣意圖

嗯，老实说，

I puked my way to the top of Kilimanjaro. 習語

我是吐着爬上乞力马扎罗山顶的。

I got altitude sickness. 用詞

我得了高原反应。

I got no sympathy from my wife. 短語搭配

我没有得到妻子的同情。

She passed me and did a lap around the top

她超过了我，在山顶绕了一圈

while I was still struggling up there.

而我还在那里挣扎向上。

In spite of that, 語法

尽管如此，

we're still together and have been for over 35 years. 語法

我们仍在一起，并且已经超过35年了。

I'd say that's a success these days.

在这年头我会说这就是一种成功。

So I said to the girl,

所以我对那个女孩说，

"Well, you know,

“嗯，你知道，

I guess I have had some success." 語氣意圖

我想我也算取得了一些成功。”

And then she said,

然后她说，

"Okay.

“好的。

So are you a millionaire?"

那你是百万富翁吗？”

Cuz when I grew up,

因为我长大的时候，

it was bad manners to talk about money. 文化背景

谈论钱是不礼貌的。

But I figured I had better be honest 語法

但我认为我最好诚实一点

and I said,

我就说，

"Yeah,

“是的，

I'm a millionaire.

我是个百万富翁。

But I don't know how it happened.

但我不知道它是怎么发生的。

I never went after the money 短語動詞

我从没有去追逐金钱

and it's not that important to me." 語法

而且钱对我来说没那么重要。”

She said,

她说，

"Maybe not to you, 語氣意圖

“也许对你不是，

but it is to me.

但对我是。

I don't want to be poor all my life.

我不想一辈子都穷。

I want to get somewhere.

我想出人头地。

But it's never going to happen." 語氣意圖

但这永远都不会发生。”

I said,

我说，

"Well,

“好吧，

why not?"

为什么不呢？”

She said,

她说，

"Well, you know,

“嗯，你知道，

I'm not very smart.

我不是很聪明。

I'm not doing great in school."

我在学校的成绩不太好。”

I said,

我说，

"So what? 語氣意圖

“那又怎样？

I'm not smart.

我也不聪明。

I barely passed high school. 用詞

我高中勉强及格。

I had absolutely nothing going for me. 習語

我完全没有任何优势。

I was never voted most popular or most likely to succeed. 文化背景

我从没被选为最受欢迎或最可能成功的人。

I started a whole new category,

我开创了一个全新的类别，

most likely to fail.

最可能失败的人。

But in the end, 表達脈絡

但到最后，

I did okay.

我做得还不错。

So if I can do it, 語法

所以如果我能做到，

you can do it."

你也能做到。”

And then she asked me the big question.

然后她问了我那个大问题。

"Okay,

“好吧，

so what really leads to success?" 短語搭配

那么到底是什么导致了成功？”

I said,

我说，

"Jeez, sorry,

“哎呀，对不起，

I don't know.

我不知道。

I guess somehow I did it.

我想我莫名其妙就做到了。

I don't know how I did it."

我不知道我是怎么做到的。”

So I get off the plane and go to the TED conference

于是我下了飞机，去参加TED大会

and I'm standing in a room full of extraordinarily successful people in many fields, 短語搭配

我站在一个满是各领域极其成功的人士的房间里，

business,

商业、

science,

科学、

arts,

艺术、

health,

健康、

technology,

技术、

the environment,

环境，

when it hit me. 習語

这时我突然想到。

Why don't I ask them what helped them succeed 語氣意圖

我为什么不问问他们是什么帮助了他们成功

and find out what really leads to success for everyone?

并找出到底是什么让每个人都能成功呢？

So I was all excited to get out there and start talking to these great people

所以我很兴奋地走出去，开始和这些伟大的人交谈

when the self-doubt set in. 短語動詞

这时自我怀疑开始出现了。

I mean,

我的意思是，

why would people want to talk to me? 語氣意圖

人们为什么要和我说话？

I'm not a famous journalist.

我不是著名的记者。

I'm not even a journalist. 語氣意圖

我甚至不是记者。

So I was ready to stop the project before it even began, 語法

所以我准备在项目还没开始前就停止，

when who comes walking towards me 語法

这时谁向我走来呢

but Ben Cohen,

正是本·科恩（Ben Cohen），

famous co-founder of Ben and Jerry's ice cream. 文化背景

著名的Ben and Jerry's冰淇淋的联合创始人。

I figured it was now or never. 習語

我想机不可失时不再来。

I pushed through the self-doubt, 短語動詞

我克服了自我怀疑，

jumped out in front of him and said, 短語搭配

跳到他面前说，

"Ben,

“本，

I'm working on this project.

我正在做这个项目。

I don't even know what to ask you, 語氣意圖

我甚至不知道该问你什么，

but can you tell me what helped you succeed?" 語氣意圖

但你能告诉我什么帮助你成功了吗？”

He said,

他说，

"Yeah,

“好的，

sure.

当然。

Come on. 語氣意圖

来吧。

Let's go for a coffee." 語氣意圖

我们去喝杯咖啡。”

And over coffee and ice cream,

在喝咖啡和吃冰淇淋的时候，

Ben told me his story.

本告诉了我他的故事。

Now here we are over 10 years later 表達脈絡

现在10多年过去了

and I've interviewed over 500 successful people face-to-face 用詞

我已经面对面采访了500多位成功人士

and collected thousands of other success stories.

并收集了数千个其他成功故事。

I wanted to find the common factors for success in all fields. 短語搭配

我想找到各个领域成功的共同因素。

So I had to interview people

所以我不得不采访

in in careers ranging from A to Z. 習語

从A到Z各个职业的人。

These are just the careers I interviewed beginning with the letter A

这些只是我采访过的以字母A开头的职业

and in most cases more than one person.

而且在大多数情况下不止一个人。

I interviewed six successful accountants,

我采访了六位成功的会计师（accountants），

five corporate auditors,

五位企业审计师（auditors），

five astronauts who had been into space, 語法

五位去过太空的宇航员（astronauts），

four actors who had won the Academy Award for Best Actor, 文化背景

四位获得过奥斯卡最佳男主角奖的演员（actors），

three of the world's top astrophysicists,

三位世界顶尖的天体物理学家（astrophysicists），

six of the world's leading architects,

六位世界领先的建筑师（architects），

and oh yeah,

噢对了，

four Nobel Prize winners. 文化背景

四位诺贝尔奖获得者（Nobel Prize winners）。

Yeah,

是的，

I know, it doesn't start with A,

我知道，这不是以A开头的，

but it's kind of cool.

但这挺酷的。

And I want to say a sincere

而且我想真诚地

thanks to all the great people that I've interviewed over the years.

感谢这些年来我采访过的所有伟大的人。

This really is their story,

这真的是他们的故事，

I'm just the messenger. 習語

我只是个信使。

The really big job was taking all the interviews

真正庞大的工作是收集所有的采访

and analyzing them word by word, 短語搭配

逐字逐句地分析它们，

line by line,

一行一行地，

and sorting them into all the factors that people said helped them succeed.

并将它们分类成人们所说的帮助他们成功的所有因素。

And then you start to see the big factors

然后你开始看到

that are common to most people's success. 短語搭配

大多数人成功所共有的重要因素。

Altogether,

总而言之，

I analyzed and sorted millions of words.

我分析并整理了数百万个词。

Do you know how much work that is? 語氣意圖

你知道那有多大的工作量吗？

It's all I do,

这是我所做的全部，

day and night, 短語搭配

日以继夜，

sort and analyze.

分类并分析。

I'll tell you,

我跟你说，

if I ever get my hands on that kid on the plane. 習語

如果我再遇到飞机上的那个孩子。

Actually,

事实上，

if I do, 語法

如果我遇到了，

I'll thank her.

我会感谢她。

Cuz I've never had so much fun 語法

因为我从未觉得如此有趣过

and met so many interesting people.

并遇到了这么多有趣的人。

And now I can answer her question.

现在我可以回答她的问题了。

I discovered the eight traits successful people have in common, 短語搭配

我发现了成功人士共有的八个特质，

or the eight to be great. 習語

或者是成就伟大的八个要点。

Love what you do.

热爱你做的事。

Work really hard.

非常努力地工作。

Focus on one thing, 表達脈絡

专注于一件事，

not everything.

而不是每一件事。

Keep pushing yourself. 短語搭配

不断逼迫自己。

Come up with good ideas. 短語動詞

想出好主意。

Keep improving yourself and what you do.

不断提升自己和你所做的事。

Serve others something of value 語法

为他人提供有价值的服务

because success isn't just about me, 表達脈絡

因为成功不仅仅是关于我、

me,

我、

me.

我。

And persist,

坚持不懈，

because there's no overnight success. 習語

因为没有一夜成名。

Why did I pick these?

我为什么选这些？

Because when I added up all the comments in my interviews, 短語動詞

因为当我在采访中汇总所有评论时，

more people said those eight things helped them than anything else. 語法

说这八件事帮助了他们的人比其他任何因素都多。

The eight traits are really the heart of success, 習語

这八个特质真正是成功的核心，

the foundation.

是基础。

And then on top, 習語

然后在这之上，

we build the specific skills that we need for our particular field or career.

我们建立我们特定领域或职业所需的具体技能。

Technical skills,

技术技能，

analytical skills,

分析技能，

people skills,

人际交往技能，

creative skills,

创造力技能，

lots of other skills we can add on top depending on our field.

根据我们所在的领域，我们还可以加上许多其他的技能。

But no matter what field we're in, 語法

但无论我们在什么领域，

these eight traits will be at the heart of our success.

这八个特质都将是我们成功的核心。