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英語勵志美文欣賞1

　　Stay True to Yourself

　　做真正的自己

　　But my idea of success is different today. And as you grow, you'll realise the definition of success changes. For many of you, today, success is being able to hold down 20 shots of tequila. For me, the most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity, and not to give into peer pressure; to try to be something that you're not. To live your life as an honest and compassionate person; to contribute in some way. So to conclude my conclusion: follow your Passion, stay true to yourself. Never follow anyone else's path, unless you're in the woods and you're lost and you see a path, and by all means you should follow that. Don't give advice, it will come back and bite you in the ass. Don't take anyone's advice. So my advice to you is to be true to yourself and everything will be fine.

　　但今日我對成功的定義變了，當(dāng)你長大，你就會發(fā)現(xiàn)這點。對你們中的很多人來說，成功的定義是能灌下20杯龍舌蘭酒。對我來說，生命中最重妥的事是:活得誠實!別屈從于同伴的壓力，把自己變成本不是的那個人。要活得真誠，有憐憫之心，在某些方面有所貢獻(xiàn)。這是結(jié)論的結(jié)論，追隨熱情，忠于自我。絕不要追隨別人的腳步，除非你在森林里迷了路才要這么做。那時你真的該那樣做。別給人忠告，它們會給你帶來麻煩。也別接受任何人的忠告。那么，我要給大家的忠告是，做真正的自己，一切都會順利的。

　　And I know that a lot of you are concerned about your future, but there's no need to worry. The economy is booming, the job market is wide open, the planet is just fine It's gonna be great. You've already survived a hurricane What else can happen to you? And as I mentioned before, some of the most devastating things that happen to you will teach you the most. And now you know the right questions to ask in your first job interview. Like, “Is it above sea level?”. So to conclude my conclusion that I've previously concluded, in the common cement speech, I guess what I'm trying to say is life is like one big Mardi Gras. But instead of showing your boobs, show people your brain, and if they like what they see, you'll have more beads than you know what to do with. And you'll be drunk, most of the time.

　　我知道在莊很多人都在擔(dān)心自己的前途，但不用擔(dān)心，經(jīng)濟(jì)正急速增長，就業(yè)市場求才若J蜀，地球也好得很。一切都會好的，你們都經(jīng)歷過風(fēng)災(zāi)了，還有什么可怕的?如我以前所說的:從最慘痛的經(jīng)歷中可以吸收最多的教訓(xùn)?，F(xiàn)在你們知道在你們的第一場面試中該問什么樣的問題了吧?比如，公司高于海平面嗎?總結(jié)我之前的結(jié)論，我的“常見的水泥”演講，我想說的是，人生就像一場狂歡節(jié)嘉年華，但請展現(xiàn)你們的頭腦，而非胸部，如果人家欣賞的話你就有更多的金銀珠寶可以使用，而且在大多時間你都會醉。

英語勵志美文欣賞2

　　As an airport skycap checked through a customer at curbside, he accidentally knocked over theman's luggage.

　　一個機(jī)場行李搬運員在航站樓邊幫一個旅客搬行李時無意 中撞翻了這個人的箱包。

　　He quickly collected the fallen bags and apologized for the mishap. Unappeased, the travelerburst into an angry tirade, raging and swearing at the skycap for his clumsiness.

　　他趕快收拾起掉落的行李，并且為他的 過失道歉。然而那個旅客一點不領(lǐng)情，他大發(fā)脾氣，言辭激烈， 粗暴地罵那個行李員笨拙。

　　Throughout the traveler's rant, the baggage handler simply apologized and smiled. The angryman continued to berate the skycap, until he finally headed off to catch his plane.

　　叫罵過程中，那個行李員始終都是微 笑道歉。那個暴怒的旅客一直不停地訓(xùn)斥那個行李員，直到最后 他去趕飛機(jī)。

　　Even then the baggage handler remained calm and passively smiled.

　　即使這樣，那個行李員依然保持著平靜和微笑。

　　The next customer in line witnessed the incident and marveled at the skycap's professionalismand control.

　　排隊等候的另一位顧客目睹了整個事件，對行李員的職業(yè) 水準(zhǔn)和控制力贊嘆不已。

“I have never seen such restraint and humility,” he said. “How do you keep your cool whensomebody is attacking you so viciously?”

“我從沒見過如此的克制與謙卑。”他說， “當(dāng)別人這么惡毒的攻擊你時，你是怎么保持冷靜的?”

“It's easy,” the skycap answered. “He's going to Denver, but his bags are going to Detroit.”

“很簡單?！毙欣顔T答道：“他要去丹佛，但是他的行李會 去底特律。”

　　That is certainly ONE way of managing attitudes, but here is a more constructive approach.Have you heard of the A-B-C method of managing your attitude? It's simple and effective.

　　這當(dāng)然是一種處事的態(tài)度，但我們還有更富建設(shè)性的方法。你聽說過一個叫“A-B-C”的處事方法嗎?這是個簡單而 有效的方法。

“A” stands for the “Activating Event.” Let's say you get stuck in traffic. The traffic jam is theactivating event.

“A”表示“引發(fā)亊件”。比如說你遇到交通堵塞，塞車就是 那個引發(fā)事件。

“B” stands for your “Belief System.” You believe that traffic is only getting worse and you'll havemore and more days like this ahead.

“B”表示你的“信念系統(tǒng)”。你相信交通會越來越糟，以后 像這樣的日子會越來越多，

“C” stands for the “Consequence of the Event.” You become angry. You want to honk yourhorn. Your stomach is tied in knots and you bang the dashboard with your fist.

“C”代表“事件結(jié)果”。你開始生氣，你想要鳴汽車?yán)? 你的胃扭成了一團(tuán)，你用拳頭使勁砸儀表盤。

　　The problem is...most people jump directly from “A” to “C.” They get stuck in traffic and becomeangry. They think the traffic jam made them upset. They don't realize that they didn't HAVE toget angry. They skipped an important step!

　　問題是……很多人會從“A”直接跳到“C”。他們遇到塞車 就暴怒，他們認(rèn)為塞車讓他們難受，他們認(rèn)識不到他們根本沒必 要憤怒，他們漏掉了最重要的一步。

　　Let's try it again:

　　我們來再試一追：

“A” - you get stuck in traffic.

“A” 一你遇到塞車。

“B” - you believe that you were given some unexpected and extra time to spend in solitude,to listen to a great tape or to plan your day.

“B” 一一你認(rèn)為你得到了意外的或額外的時間可以一個人^ 待會兒，聽聽動聽的音樂，或者計劃一下一天的時間，

“C” - the consequence is that you feel gratitude for the gift of time.

“C”——結(jié)果就是你會感激這份時間的禮物。

　　I have a friend who is fond of saying, “A traffic jam has no power to make us angry. It juststops our car.” He is aware that between the activating event and the consequence issomething that we control: our beliefs about what is happening.

　　我有個朋友總喜歡說：“塞車本身沒有讓我們發(fā)怒的鷹力， 它只是讓車子停下來而已?！彼涝谝l(fā)事件和結(jié)果之間的東 西是我們所能控制的，即對于正在發(fā)生的事情的看法。

　　The next time you have a problem -- at home or at work, big or small -- decide to manage yourattitude toward it. Practice the A-B-C method.

　　下次你遇到問題——無論在家里還是在單位，也無論大 小——先決定你對這件事要采取什么態(tài)度。

　　You probably can't change “A,” the activating event. But try changing “B,” your beliefs aboutthe problem. When you change your beliefs, you also change “C,” the consequences of thesituation.

　　試試這個“A-B-C” 法，也許你改變不了 “A”，那個引發(fā)事件，但是試著把握“B”， 你對這個問題的信念。當(dāng)你改變了信念，你也就改變了 “C”， 亊情的結(jié)果。

　　It's as simple as A-B-C. Manage your beliefs, and you'll manage to be a lot happier!

　　像A-B-C—樣簡單，掌握了你的信念，你就能獲得更多的 快樂!

英語勵志美文欣賞3

　　Spiritual Handholds on Life

　　By Dr. Fred Dow Fagg, JR

　　The view of the high Sierra Lake, nestled in the snow and rock slightly below the timber line,was beautiful from my vantage point some five hundred feet above its shimmering surface. Iwas anxious to rejoin my companions and try the fishing before are afternoon shadow -edging out from the surrounding array of peaks - entirely covered the lake. Just a shortdistance beyond the intervening shale, the trail zigzagged down to the valley. I disliked thethought of returning by the long, tedious trail I had ascended, and decided to chance the shale- even though part of it lay above a sheer drop-off of several hundred feet.

　　I started working my way over the loose rock with considerable caution and had covered abouthalf the distance when I became aware of a slight but persistent yielding of the shale undermy feet. Desperately, I looked for something that would offer support and lurched forward tograsp a light outcropping of solid rock just as the surface shale underfoot - loosened from itsfoundation by the warm noonday sun - cascaded downward and disappeared over the cliff.Several seconds passed before I heard it rattle into the lake.

　　Finally - after due consideration of the folly of short cuts - I managed to move from handholdto handhold and, at last, pulled myself to the trail by the aid of a dwarf juniper root. I haveforgotten how many trout I caught that afternoon, but I have not forgotten the value ofhandhold.

　　Handholds are needed also during the course of everyday life. They provide security when thethings we depend upon seem to be slipping out from under us. What are the spiritualhandholds I have found to be most value?

　　First, the teachings of the humble carpenter of Nazareth - for their insistence on thesupreme worth of the individual, for their stressing of the significance of sympatheticunderstanding, and for their unsurpassed evidence of dauntless faith.

　　Second, the conviction that, while every person should delight in making a courageous andself-reliant effort to live up to his capabilities, there are well-springs of power outside himselfthat can be tapped - if he will avail himself of them.

　　Third, that the nature of this world and of the people in it is determined more by our individualvision, understanding and conduct than by any material environmental factors, and that - inother words - nothing will produce the good world but the good man.

　　These are the principal spiritual handholds I have found to possess enduring value. Theyoffer both an exciting challenge and a calm assurance. They are the things I believe.

　　小弗雷德.道.法格博士

　　坐落在高山上的謝拉湖，依偎在積雪與巖石的懷抱中，巖層往上是一片森林。從高出湖面約500英尺的觀景點看下去，湖面微波蕩漾，美不勝收。我著急與同伴再次會合，準(zhǔn)備在午后周圍群山的陰影尚未籠罩全湖之前，一起釣魚。離錯層的頁巖不遠(yuǎn)，便是一條通往山谷的蜿蜒小路。我不想再走上山時所走的那條漫長而乏味的小道，便決定試著走上頁巖——雖然這其中一段路的下面是幾百英尺的垂直峭壁。

　　我小心翼翼地走在松動的頁巖上。大約走到一半時，我發(fā)現(xiàn)腳下的頁巖正一點點地不斷下滑。我急忙尋找可以抓住的東西。我向前一撲，抓住了一塊露出地表的堅硬巖石。就在這時，腳下被午后陽光照射的發(fā)熱的頁巖表層開始松動，從山上滑了下去，消失在峭壁上。幾秒鐘后，我聽到它落進(jìn)湖中的聲音。

　　稍微考慮了一下抄近路這愚蠢行為的后果后，我想辦法從一個支撐點挪到另一個支撐點，最終借助一棵矮松的根將自己拉到小路上。那天下午釣了多少鮭魚，我已經(jīng)不記得了，但我絕對忘不了支撐點的重要性。

　　在日常生活中，支撐點也是非常重要的。當(dāng)我們的依靠即將從腳下溜走時，支撐點會帶給我們安全的保障。我發(fā)現(xiàn)的最有價值的精神支撐是什么呢?

　　首先，是拿撒勒卑微的木匠的教誨——他堅決主張個人價值至上，強(qiáng)調(diào)同情與理解的重要性，并為堅定的信仰提供了無可厚非的證明。

　　其次，盡管我們每個人都應(yīng)該樂于勇敢、獨立地發(fā)揮自己的能力，但也要相信，只要我們愿意，我們也能從外界獲得力量之源。

　　再次，除了物質(zhì)環(huán)境因素外，世界和人類的本質(zhì)更多的是取決于我們個人的視野、理解和行為。也就是說，唯有出色的人才能創(chuàng)造出美好的世界。

　　這些便是我所發(fā)現(xiàn)的精神支撐點，它們具有永恒的價值。它們給予我們的不僅是刺激的挑戰(zhàn)，還有令人安心的承諾。這就是我信仰的一切。

　　英語勵志美文欣賞：你知道自己的特殊才能嗎?

　　Do you know your special talent?

　　Anne Heywood

　　What I am about to say may appear to be plugging my own business, but it’s what I know best—and I believe it deeply and sincerely. I believe that every human being has a talent—something that he can do better than anyone else. And I believe that the distinction between so-called “creative” talents and ordinary run-of-the-mill talents is an unnecessary and a man-made distinction. I have known exterminators and typists, waitresses and machinists whose creative joy and self-fulfillment in their work could not be surpassed by Shakespeare’s or Einstein’s.

　　When I was in my teens, I read a quotation from Thomas Carlyle: “Blessed is he who has found his work. Let him ask no other blessedness.” At the time I thought that was a pretty grim remark, but I know now that Mr. Carlyle was right. When you find the thing that you can do better than anything else in the world, then all the wonderful byproducts fall in line: financial security, happy personal relationships, peace of mind. I believe that until you find it, your search for the byproducts will be in vain.

　　I also believe that in the process of searching, no experience is ever wasted, unless we allow ourselves to run out of hope. In my own case, I had 34 different jobs before I found the right one. Many of those jobs were heartbreakingly difficult. A few of them involved working with unscrupulous and horribly unpleasant people. Yet, in looking back, I can see that the most unpleasant of those jobs, in many cases, gave me the biggest dividends—the most valuable preparation for my proper life work.

　　And I have seen this happen in the destinies of hundreds of people. Periods which they thought were hopeless, dark, and of no possible practical value have turned out to be the most priceless experience they ever had. I know a girl who is a famous package designer for American industry. She was just given a promotion for which she competed with six well-qualified designers. Her past, like all of ours, had its good times and its bad times. One of the worst of the bad times was a period when she lost her husband and was left with two small children to support. She took a clerking job in a grocery store because her apartment was on the floor above it and between customers she could run up and keep an eye on the babies.

　　It was a two-year period of great despair, during which she was constantly on the verge of suicide. Yet the other day when she told me of her promotion to the top package design job, she exclaimed in astonishment, “And do you know that the single factor which swung it in my favor was that I alone had over-the-counter experience with the customers who buy our packaged foods!”

　　When people talk about the sweet uses of adversity, I think they unduly stress a grim and kind of hopeless resignation, a conviction that, like unpleasant medicine, it’s somehow “good for us.” But I think it’s much more than that. I know that the unhappy periods of our lives offer us concrete and useful plus-values, chief among them a heightened understanding and compassion for others. We may not see it at the time, we may consider the experience entirely wasted, but, as Emerson says, “The years teach much which the days never know.”

　　我相信，所謂“創(chuàng)造性”才能與普通才能間的差距不過是一種人為的不必要的區(qū)別。除非我們允許自己放棄希望，否則任何經(jīng)歷都會在找尋的過程中發(fā)揮作用。

　　也許我要說的這些話看起來像是為自己的生意做宣傳，然而這卻是我最了解的東西……我對它的信仰真誠而深切。

　　我相信，每個人都是天才——相比別人而言，有些事他可能做得更好。我相信，所謂“創(chuàng)造性”才能與普通才能間的差距不過是一種人為的不必要的區(qū)別。我認(rèn)識的一些殺蟲員、打字員、女侍者和機(jī)械工，他們在工作中所創(chuàng)造的快樂與實現(xiàn)的自我價值，也許是莎士比亞或愛因斯坦也無法超越的。

　　我在年少時曾讀過托馬斯.卡萊爾的一句話：“一個人若是找到適合自己的工作，他便是幸福的，請讓他別再祈求其他的幸福了。”當(dāng)時，我覺得這句話過于殘酷沉悶，而如今才知道卡萊爾先生是正確的。當(dāng)你找到世上你能做得最好的事情時，穩(wěn)定的收入、快樂的人際關(guān)系以及平靜的心情等所有奇妙的“副產(chǎn)品”都會接踵而來。我相信，除非你找到它，否則你對一切“副產(chǎn)品”的追求也不過是徒勞而已。

　　我也相信，除非我們允許自己放棄希望，否則任何經(jīng)歷都會在找尋的過程中發(fā)揮作用。就我而言，在找到合適的工作前，我曾嘗試過34種不同的工作。其中有很多工作的艱難程度簡直令人難耐。在有些工作中，還會與一些不道德且令人討厭的人相處。但是，回過頭來才領(lǐng)悟到，在很多情況下，我從那些最令人頭疼的工作中得到了最豐厚的報酬，它們成為我正確事業(yè)生涯的最有價值的準(zhǔn)備。

　　在成百上千人的命運中，我也看到了這一點。他們擁有的最寶貴的經(jīng)歷，正是那些曾經(jīng)被認(rèn)為絕望、黑暗、不可能有實用價值的時期。我的一位朋友現(xiàn)在是美國著名工業(yè)包裝設(shè)計師。最近，在與6位高水平設(shè)計師的競爭中，她脫穎而出，得到了提升。像我們所有人一樣，她的過去也有巔峰與低谷。她失去了丈夫，還得撫養(yǎng)兩個孩子，那是她最艱難痛苦的時期。她在自家樓下找了一份雜貨店營業(yè)員的工作，這樣一來，在沒有顧客時她就可以抽空跑上樓看看孩子。那是她最絕望的兩年，期間她幾度想要自殺。但是，在她告訴我她被提升為首席包裝設(shè)計師的那天，她驚嘆道：“你知道嗎?只有我與購買我們包裝食品的顧客有過直接的接觸，而這正是我獲得這份工作的唯一原因?！?/p>

　　我認(rèn)為，人們在談?wù)撃婢车囊嫣帟r，過度強(qiáng)調(diào)了一種冷酷與絕望的順從，一種良藥苦口般的信仰——逆境或多或少都有益于我們。然而，我覺得它的益處遠(yuǎn)不止此。我知道，生活中的不幸會帶給我們具體而有用的附加值，其中最主要的就是對人們更深切的理解與同情。也許，我們當(dāng)時并未意識到這一點，也許會認(rèn)為這些經(jīng)歷毫無價值，但是，正如愛默生所言：“年復(fù)一年所積累的學(xué)問，是每日每天所無法了解的?！?/p>

英語勵志美文欣賞4

　　一個人何時變老

“I dread to come to the end of the year,said a friend to me recently, ”it makes me realize I am growing old.”

　　William James, the great psychologist, said that most men are “old fogies at twenty-fiveHe was right. Most men at twenty-five are satisfied with their jobs. They have accumulated the little stock of prejudices that they call their ”Principles, “ and closed their minds to all new ideas; they have ceased to grow.

　　The minutea man ceases to grow-no matter what his years-that minute he begins to be old. On the other hand, the really great man never grows old.

　　Goethe passed out at eighty-three, and finished his Faust only a few years earlier; Gladstone took up a new language when he was seventy. Laplace, the astronomer, was still at work when death caught up with him at seventy-eight. He died crying, ”What we know is nothing; what we do not know is immense.“

　　And there you have the real answer to the question, ”When is a man old?“

　　Laplace at seventy-eight died young. He was still unsatisfied, still sure that he had a lot to learn.

　　As long as a man can keep himself in that attitude of mind, as long as he can look back on every year and say , ”I grew,“ he is still young.

　　The minute he ceases to grow, the minute he says to himself, ”I know all that I need to know,“--that day youth stops. He may be twenty-five or seventy-five, it makes no difference. On that day he begins to be old.

“我懼怕臨近歲末年尾”，一位朋友最近對我說：“它使我意識到我正在變老。”

　　偉大的心理學(xué)家威廉·詹姆斯就曾說過，大多數(shù)人“25歲時就成了守舊落伍者”。他的話是對的。大多數(shù)人25歲時就滿足于他們的工作。他們已經(jīng)積累了一些他們稱之為“原則”的偏見，對所有新的思想關(guān)閉心靈之門;他們已經(jīng)停止成長。

　　一個人一旦停止成長--不管他年齡多大--他就開始衰老。反之，真正的偉人從來不會衰老。

　　歌德享年83歲，逝世前幾年才完成《浮士德》;格萊斯頓70歲時又開始學(xué)習(xí)一門外國語;法國天文學(xué)家拉普拉斯78歲死時還在工作著。臨死前，他大聲喊道：“我們所知的太少太少，我們所不知的太多太多。”

“一個人何時變老?”，從這類事例中對這個問題你已經(jīng)有了真正的答案。

　　拉普拉斯78歲逝世時依然年輕。他依舊不滿足，依舊感到許多東西要學(xué)。

　　一個人，只要他能夠保持這種心態(tài)，只要他在回首過去的一年時能夠說“我在成長”，他就依然年輕。

　　他一旦停止成長，他一旦對自己說“我該懂的都懂了”，這個時候他的青春也就完了。他可能在25歲時死去，也可能在75歲時死去，這都沒有區(qū)別。就在那一天，他開始變老。

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　　Feelings, Failure and Finding Happiness

　　感覺、失敗及尋找幸福

　　The world has so many lessons to teach you. I consider the world, this Earth, to be like a school and our life the classrooms. And sometimes here in this Planet Earth school the lessons often come dressed up as detours or roadblocks. And sometimes as full-blown crises. And the secret I've learned to getting ahead is being open to the lessons, lessons from the grandest university of all, that is, the universe itself. It's being able to walk through life eager and open to self-improvement and that which is going to best help you evolve, because that's really why we're here, to evolve as human beings. To grow into more of ourselves, always moving to the next level of understanding, the next level of compassion and growth.

　　這個世界將教會你們很多。我認(rèn)為這個世界，這個地球，就像一所學(xué)校，而我們的人生就像是教室。在世界這所大學(xué)里，有些課程會是人生的彎路或障礙，有些課程則充滿危機(jī)。而我所學(xué)到的應(yīng)對這一切的私、訣就是：勇于面對一切挫折與危機(jī)，世界本身就是世上最好的大學(xué)。在人生的旅途中，妥對生活充滿激情，并不斷提高自我，這就是進(jìn)化為人類并存在于世的意義。不斷提升自我，去追求人生的更高境界，去追求更高級別的憐憫和自我提高。

　　I think about one of the greatest compliments I've ever received: I interviewed with a reporter when I was first starting out in Chicago. And then many years later, I saw the same reporter. And she said to me, “You know what? You really haven't changed. You've just become more of yourself.”

　　我記得我所受到的最高的贊揚之一。剛在芝加哥開始工作時，我采訪了一個記者。很多年以后我們又見面了。她對我說：“你知道嗎?你一點也沒有變，你變得更自我了。”

　　And that is really what we're all trying to do, become more of ourselves. And I believe that there's a lesson in almost everything that you do and every experience, and getting the lesson is how you move forward. It's how you enrich your spirit. And, trust me, I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.

　　這就是我們一直努力在傲的，去做我們自己。我堅信你們會從自己做過的每一件事情上學(xué)到經(jīng)驗，這樣你們才能取得進(jìn)步。也只有這樣你們的心靈才能更加豐富。相信我，內(nèi)在的智慧比外在的財富更加珍貴。你運用智慧越多，你得到的也會越多。

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　　需要你付出的人，總是會給你一些回報，你可能不是能滿 足客戶要求的惟一供應(yīng)者，你應(yīng)如何使消費者特別注意你呢? 其中的竅門就在于提供物超所值的服務(wù)。

　　People who need your work have things to offer you.You probably are not the only person capable of providing what they need.What will distinguish you from the crowd? The attention you generate by doing more than you are being paid to do.

　　有天早晨，史瓦布來到他所經(jīng)營的一家鋼鐵工廠，看到有 一位公司的儲備速記員也在那里。當(dāng)史瓦布問他為什么這么 早來公司時，這位儲備速記員說他是來看看史瓦布先生是否 有什么急的信件或電報要處理。他比其他員工早到了好幾個 小時來上班。

　　Early one morning Charles Schwab arrived at one of the steel mills he managed.There, in the dawn's faint light, was a clerk from the company's stenography pool.When Schwab wondered what he was doing there were any letters or telegrams Schwab wanted sent right away.It would be hours before the rest of the staff arrived.

　　史瓦布向這位員工說了聲“謝謝”，并告訴他晚一點會需要他的幫忙。當(dāng)天晚上史瓦布回到辦公室時，身邊多了一位私入助理，而他就是在早上令史瓦布印象深刻的那位儲備速記員。

　　Schwab thanked the fellow and told him he might need him later that day.And he did.That night,as Schwab headed back to the main office,he tool along his new personal assistant,the fellow who had gotten his attention so early in the morning.

　　這位年輕人吸引史瓦布的地方，并非他的速記能力，而是 他愿意多付出一點點的進(jìn)取心。

　　It wasn't the fact that this young man was an extraordinary stenographer that got him attention.It was his habit of showing his personal initiative in going the extra mile.

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　　在困境中尋找成功的萌芽

　　There is no better school than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve my performance next time. Never again will I contribute to my downfall by refusing to face the truth and learn from my past mistakes. Because I know: gems cannot shine without polish, and I can not perfect myself without hardship.

　　Always will I seek the seed of triumph in every adversity.

　　I am better prepared , now ,to deal with any adversity . No matter what fate has in store for me to know that I will relish it or I will suffer it for only a brief,brief time.So very few understand this obvious truth while the rest allow their hopes and goals to vanish as soon as tragedy strikes. These unfortunately people carry with them, until they die their own bed of thorms and look to others. every day, for sympathy and attention.Adversity will never destroy the person with courage and faith

　　Always will I seek the seed of triumph in every adversity.

　　Now I know that there are no times in life when opportunity, the chance to be and do gathers so richly about my soul as when it has to suffer cruel adversity. Then everything depends on whether I raise my head or lower it in seeking help. Whenever I am struck down, in the future, by any terrible defeat, I will inquire of myself, after the first pain has passed, how I can turn that adversity into good. What a great opportunity that moment may present……to make the bitter root I am holding and transform it into fragrant garden of flowers.

　　Always will I seek the seed of triumph in every adversity.

　　譯文：

　　逆境是一所最好的學(xué)校。每一次失敗，每一次打擊，每一次損失，都蘊育著成功的萌芽，都教會我在下一次有更出色的表現(xiàn)。我再也不會逃避現(xiàn)實，也不會拒絕從以往的錯誤中獲取經(jīng)驗，我不再因此而促成自己的失敗。因為我知道，寶玉不經(jīng)磨礪就不能發(fā)光，沒有，我也不能完善自我。

　　我總是在困境中尋找成功的萌芽。

　　現(xiàn)在我已經(jīng)做好準(zhǔn)備，去對抗逆境。無論我今后面對什么樣的命運，我都將細(xì)細(xì)品味他，痛苦也會很快過去。只有少數(shù)人知道這個顯而易見的真理，其他人一旦悲劇降臨，希望和目標(biāo)就消失的無影無蹤了。這些不幸的人們致死都在苦難的深淵中，每天如坐針氈，祈求別人的同情和關(guān)注。逆境從來不會摧毀那些有勇氣有信心的人。

　　我總是在困境中尋找成功的萌芽。

　　現(xiàn)在我知道，靈魂倍受煎熬的時刻，也正是生命中最多選擇與機(jī)會的時刻。任何事情的成敗取決于我在尋求幫助時是抬起頭還是低下頭。無論何時，當(dāng)我被可怕的失敗擊倒，在最初的陣痛過去之后，我都要想方設(shè)法將苦難變成好事。偉大的機(jī)遇就在這一刻閃現(xiàn)-這苦澀的根必將迎來滿園芬芳!

　　我將一直在困境中尋找成功的希望。

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　　無論你只是位員工或公司老板，多付出一點點都可使你 成為公司里不可少的人物：你為公司提供其他人無法提供的 服務(wù)。也許其他人具備更多的知識、技術(shù)或聲望，但是，只有 你能提供公司不可缺少的服務(wù)。也許還有其他公司能提供公 關(guān)專業(yè)服務(wù)，但如果你能容忍在半夜二點時被叫醒，并且以“愿意做”的態(tài)度提供服務(wù)時、則客戶們將會記住你并會給你 高度評價。

　　Whether you are an employee or the head of your own company,going the extra mile makes you indispensable to others.You do for them what no one else does.There may be others with more knowledge,skill,or prestige,but you are the only one who provides something absolutely necessary.There may be seven other companies providing public relations expertise,but if you are the one who can be called upon at two in the morning with a can-do attitude when a disaster strikes,people will remember and value that.

　　有位在電影人才經(jīng)紀(jì)公司任職的年輕人，是該公司惟一 愿意每天，甚至每個小時，聽一位脾氣古怪的電影明星抱怨的 人。當(dāng)這位明星生氣罷工時，也是由這位年輕人(不是導(dǎo)演， 制作人或錄像室老板)去說服她回來工作，并因而使得招片能 趕上進(jìn)度，并為電影公司省下好幾百萬美金，他使自己成為照 顧重要明星的不可缺少的人。

　　One young man,working for a movie talent agency,was the only person willing to listen to a cantankerous star complain about her problems hour after hour,day after day.No one else took the time.When she threw a tantrum on the set studio,or her agent,was the only one to persuade her to go back to work.The movie went back on schedule,and millions of dollars were saved.He had made himself indispensable by befriending that important client.

　　除非你能成為某人或某團(tuán)體不可或缺的人物，否則你的 所得將永遠(yuǎn)無法超過一般的水平。你應(yīng)使你自己的地位，變 得重要到無人能取代你的地步，能使自己變得比別人強(qiáng)，并且 服務(wù)中有多付出一點點的精神及具積極進(jìn)取心的人，便可自 己決定自己的薪水。

　　You will never command more than average compensation until you become indispensable to somebody or some group.Make yourself so useful that it would be extremely difficult,if not impossible,to replace you.People who have pulled themselves out of the crowd and have included the priceless ingredients of going the extra mile and personal initiative in their service virtually write their own paychecks.

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　　Growth That Starts From Thinking

　　It seems to me a very difficult thing to put into words the beliefs we hold and what they make you do in your life. I think I was fortunate because I grew up in a family where there was a very deep religious feeling. I don’t think it was spoken of a great deal. It was more or less taken for granted that everybody held certain beliefs and needed certain reinforcements of their own strength and that that came through your belief in God and your knowledge of prayer.

　　But as I grew older I questioned a great many of the things that I knew very well my grandmother who had brought me up had taken for granted. And I think I might have been a quite difficult person to live with if it hadn’t been for the fact that my husband once said it didn’t do you any harm to learn those things, so why not let your children learn them? When they grow up they’ll think things out for themselves.

　　And that gave me a feeling that perhaps that’s what we all must do―think out for ourselves what we could believe and how we could live by it. And so I came to the conclusion that you had to use this life to develop the very best that you could develop.

　　I don’t know whether I believe in a future life. I believe that all that you go through here must have some value, therefore there must be some reason. And there must be some “going on.” How exactly that happens I’ve never been able to decide. There is a future―that I’m sure of. But how, that I don’t know. And I came to feel that it didn’t really matter very much because whatever the future held you’d have to face it when you came to it, just as whatever life holds you have to face it exactly the same way. And the important thing was that you never let down doing the best that you were able to do―it might be poor because you might not have very much within you to give, or to help other people with, or to live your life with. But as long as you did the very best that you were able to do, then that was what you were put here to do and that was what you were accomplishing by being here.

　　And so I have tried to follow that out―and not to worry about the future or what was going to happen. I think I am pretty much of a fatalist. You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

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