成功人士的8個特質 - 理查·聖約翰：英語精讀講義

Now my subject is success, 表達脈絡

現在我的主題是成功，

so people sometimes call me a a motivational speaker.

所以人們有時稱我為勵志演說家。

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

但我想一開始就讓你們知道，

I'm not a motivational speaker.

我不是一個勵志演說家。

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

我都達不到身高要求。

And I couldn't motivate anybody.

而且我無法激勵任何人。

My employees actually call me a de motivational speaker. 慣用語

我的員工其實叫我「反勵志演說家」。

What I try to be is an informational speaker. 文法

我努力想成為的是一個資訊傳遞演說家。

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

我走訪並尋找了一些關於成功的資訊

and I'm just here to pass it on. 片語動詞

而我來這裡只是為了傳遞它。

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

我的故事開始於10多年前的一架飛機上。

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

當時我正前往加州參加TED大會

and in the seat next to me was a teenage girl

我旁邊座位上是一個十幾歲的女孩

and she came from a really poor family

她來自一個非常貧窮的家庭

but she wanted to get somewhere in life. 慣用語

但她想在生活中有所建樹。

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

當我在電腦上敲打時，

she she kept asking me questions 文法

她不停地問我問題

then out of the blue she asked, 慣用語

然後她突然問，

"Are you successful?"

「你成功嗎？」

I said,

我說，

"No,

「不，

I'm not successful.

我不成功。

Terry Fox, my hero,

我的英雄泰瑞·福克斯（Terry Fox），

now there's a big success.

那才叫大獲成功。

He lost a leg to cancer 片語搭配

他因癌症失去了一條腿

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

然後跑了數千英里，為癌症研究籌集了數百萬美元。

Or Bill Gates.

或者是比爾·蓋茲。

Guy owns his own plane, 用詞

人家有自己的飛機，

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

不需要坐在某個問他問題的小孩旁邊。」

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

但後來我告訴了她一些我做過的事情。

I love communications

我熱愛傳播

and I've won lots of awards in marketing.

而且我在行銷方面贏過很多獎項。

I love running

我喜歡跑步

and I still sometimes run in my age group,

我有時仍然參加我這個年齡組的賽跑，

old farts over 60. 用詞

60歲以上的老骨頭。

My fastest marathon is 2 hours and 43 minutes

我跑得最快的一次馬拉松是2小時43分鐘

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.

我在七大洲跑過50多場馬拉松。

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

這是我和我妻子在秘魯印加古道跑到馬丘比丘的一次賽跑。

And to qualify for the seven continents, 片語搭配

為了獲得七大洲的資格，

we had to run a marathon in Antarctica.

我們必須在南極洲跑一次馬拉松。

But when we got there,

但是當我們到達那裡時，

it didn't look nice and calm like this.

那裡看起來並不像這樣美好和平靜。

It looked like this.

它看起來是這樣的。

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

海浪太高了，我們沒法上岸。

So we sailed 200 miles further south

所以我們向南又航行了200英里

to where the seas were calm 文法

到了海面平靜的地方

and ran the entire 26 mile marathon on the boat.

並在船上跑完了26英里的全程馬拉松。

422 laps around the deck of that little boat.

在那艘小船的甲板上繞了422圈。

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

我和我的妻子還攀登了世界七大洲最高峰中的兩座，

the highest mountains on each continent.

每個大陸的最高山峰。

We climbed Aconcagua,

我們攀登了阿空加瓜山，

the highest mountain on the American continent,

美洲大陸的最高峰，

and Kilimanjaro,

和吉力馬札羅山，

the highest mountain in Africa.

非洲的最高峰。

Well, to be honest, 語氣意圖

嗯，老實說，

I puked my way to the top of Kilimanjaro. 慣用語

我是吐著爬上吉力馬札羅山頂的。

I got altitude sickness. 用詞

我得了高山症。

I got no sympathy from my wife. 片語搭配

我沒有得到妻子的同情。

She passed me and did a lap around the top

她超過了我，在山頂繞了一圈

while I was still struggling up there.

而我還在那裡掙扎向上。

In spite of that, 文法

儘管如此，

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

我們仍在一起，並且已經超過35年了。

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

在這年頭我會說這就是一種成功。

So I said to the girl,

所以我對那個女孩說，

"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,

然後她說，

"Okay.

「好的。

So are you a millionaire?"

那你是百萬富翁嗎？」

Cuz when I grew up,

因為我長大的時候，

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

談論錢是不禮貌的。

But I figured I had better be honest 文法

但我認為我最好誠實一點

and I said,

我就說，

"Yeah,

「是的，

I'm a millionaire.

我是個百萬富翁。

But I don't know how it happened.

但我不知道它是怎麼發生的。

I never went after the money 片語動詞

我從沒有去追逐金錢

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

而且錢對我來說沒那麼重要。」

She said,

她說，

"Maybe not to you, 語氣意圖

「也許對你不是，

but it is to me.

但對我是。

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

我不想一輩子都窮。

I want to get somewhere.

我想出人頭地。

But it's never going to happen." 語氣意圖

但這永遠都不會發生。」

I said,

我說，

"Well,

「好吧，

why not?"

為什麼不呢？」

She said,

她說，

"Well, you know,

「嗯，你知道，

I'm not very smart.

我不是很聰明。

I'm not doing great in school."

我在學校的成績不太好。」

I said,

我說，

"So what? 語氣意圖

「那又怎樣？

I'm not smart.

我也不聰明。

I barely passed high school. 用詞

我高中勉強及格。

I had absolutely nothing going for me. 慣用語

我完全沒有任何優勢。

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

我從沒被選為最受歡迎或最可能成功的人。

I started a whole new category,

我開創了一個全新的類別，

most likely to fail.

最可能失敗的人。

But in the end, 表達脈絡

但到最後，

I did okay.

我做得還不錯。

So if I can do it, 文法

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.

然後她問了我那個大問題。

"Okay,

「好吧，

so what really leads to success?" 片語搭配

那麼到底是什麼導致了成功？」

I said,

我說，

"Jeez, sorry,

「哎呀，對不起，

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."

我不知道我是怎麼做到的。」

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

於是我下了飛機，去參加TED大會

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

我站在一個滿是各領域極其成功的人士的房間裡，

business,

商業、

science,

科學、

arts,

藝術、

health,

健康、

technology,

科技、

the environment,

環境，

when it hit me. 慣用語

這時我突然想到。

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

我為什麼不問問他們是什麼幫助了他們成功

and find out what really leads to success for everyone?

並找出到底是什麼讓每個人都能成功呢？

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

所以我很興奮地走出去，開始和這些偉大的人交談

when the self-doubt set in. 片語動詞

這時自我懷疑開始出現了。

I mean,

我的意思是，

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

人們為什麼要和我說話？

I'm not a famous journalist.

我不是著名的記者。

I'm not even a journalist. 語氣意圖

我甚至不是記者。

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

所以我準備在專案還沒開始前就停止，

when who comes walking towards me 文法

這時誰向我走來呢

but Ben Cohen,

正是班·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冰淇淋的共同創辦人。

I figured it was now or never. 慣用語

我想機不可失時不再來。

I pushed through the self-doubt, 片語動詞

我克服了自我懷疑，

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

跳到他面前說，

"Ben,

「班，

I'm working on this project.

我正在做這個專案。

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

我甚至不知道該問你什麼，

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

但你能告訴我什麼幫助你成功了嗎？」

He said,

他說，

"Yeah,

「好的，

sure.

當然。

Come on. 語氣意圖

來吧。

Let's go for a coffee." 語氣意圖

我們去喝杯咖啡。」

And over coffee and ice cream,

在喝咖啡和吃冰淇淋的時候，

Ben told me his story.

班告訴了我他的故事。

Now here we are over 10 years later 表達脈絡

現在10多年過去了

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

我已經面對面採訪了500多位成功人士

and collected thousands of other success stories.

並收集了數千個其他成功故事。

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

我想找到各個領域成功的共同因素。

So I had to interview people

所以我不得不採訪

in in careers ranging from A to Z. 慣用語

從A到Z各個職業的人。

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

這些只是我採訪過的以字母A開頭的職業

and in most cases more than one person.

而且在大多數情況下不止一個人。

I interviewed six successful accountants,

我採訪了六位成功的會計師（accountants），

five corporate auditors,

五位企業審計師（auditors），

five astronauts who had been into space, 文法

五位去過太空的太空人（astronauts），

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

四位獲得過奧斯卡最佳男主角獎的演員（actors），

three of the world's top astrophysicists,

三位世界頂尖的天體物理學家（astrophysicists），

six of the world's leading architects,

六位世界領先的建築師（architects），

and oh yeah,

噢對了，

four Nobel Prize winners. 文化背景

四位諾貝爾獎得主（Nobel Prize winners）。

Yeah,

是的，

I know, it doesn't start with A,

我知道，這不是以A開頭的，

but it's kind of cool.

但這挺酷的。

And I want to say a sincere

而且我想真誠地

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

感謝這些年來我採訪過的所有偉大的人。

This really is their story,

這真的是他們的故事，

I'm just the messenger. 慣用語

我只是個信使。

The really big job was taking all the interviews

真正龐大的工作是收集所有的採訪

and analyzing them word by word, 片語搭配

逐字逐句地分析它們，

line by line,

一行一行地，

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

並將它們分類成人們所說的幫助他們成功的所有因素。

And then you start to see the big factors

然後你開始看到

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

大多數人成功所共有的重要因素。

Altogether,

總而言之，

I analyzed and sorted millions of words.

我分析並整理了數百萬個字。

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

你知道那有多大的工作量嗎？

It's all I do,

這是我所做的全部，

day and night, 片語搭配

日以繼夜，

sort and analyze.

分類並分析。

I'll tell you,

我跟你說，

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

如果我再遇到飛機上的那個孩子。

Actually,

事實上，

if I do, 文法

如果我遇到了，

I'll thank her.

我會感謝她。

Cuz I've never had so much fun 文法

因為我從未覺得如此有趣過

and met so many interesting people.

並遇到了這麼多有趣的人。

And now I can answer her question.

現在我可以回答她的問題了。

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

我發現了成功人士共有的八個特質，

or the eight to be great. 慣用語

或者是成就偉大的八個要點。

Love what you do.

熱愛你做的事。

Work really hard.

非常努力地工作。

Focus on one thing, 表達脈絡

專注於一件事，

not everything.

而不是每一件事。

Keep pushing yourself. 片語搭配

不斷逼迫自己。

Come up with good ideas. 片語動詞

想出好點子。

Keep improving yourself and what you do.

不斷提升自己和你想做的事。

Serve others something of value 文法

為他人提供有價值的服務

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

因為成功不僅僅是關於我、

me,

我、

me.

我。

And persist,

堅持不懈，

because there's no overnight success. 慣用語

因為沒有一夜成名。

Why did I pick these?

我為什麼選這些？

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

因為當我在採訪中彙總所有評論時，

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

說這八件事幫助了他們的人比其他任何因素都多。

The eight traits are really the heart of success, 慣用語

這八個特質真正是成功的核心，

the foundation.

是基礎。

And then on top, 慣用語

然後在這之上，

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

我們建立我們特定領域或職業所需的具體技能。

Technical skills,

技術技能，

analytical skills,

分析技能，

people skills,

人際交往技能，

creative skills,

創造力技能，

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

根據我們所在的領域，我們還可以加上許多其他的技能。

But no matter what field we're in, 文法

但無論我們在什麼領域，

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

這八個特質都將是我們成功的核心。