Commencement addresses at top American universities,Make a difference

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Be an Attacker
做一个进攻者 / 31
美国在线前首席执行官史蒂夫?凯斯在北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校2013年毕业典礼上的演讲

So the key is to keep learning. Be curious. Be open. Be flexible. Let your life unfold as a series of chapters. Don’t be so fixated on a specific ending that you neglect to open the door when opportunity knocks.
因此，关键就是要不断学习。要求知好学，要虚怀若谷，要灵活变通。要让你们的人生呈现出一段段不同的篇章。不要固守在某个结局上，而忘了在机遇敲门时去打开那扇门。



Relationships Matter
人际关系非同小可 / 49
美国航空公司首席执行官威廉?帕克在范德堡大学欧文商学院2013年毕业典礼上的演讲

Be the person people want on their team. Be the person people want to work for someday. And be that person all the time to everyone. It will make your life more pleasant and it will certainly help your career.
做一个被团队需要的人。做一个有一天人们会愿意为你效劳的人。每时每刻都要做这样的人，对每个人都要始终如一。这将令你的人生更加愉悦，并会有助于你的事业。



Get On a Rocket Ship Whenever You Get the Chance
一有机会就要登上飞船 / 59
脸谱网首席运营官谢丽尔?桑德伯格在哈佛商学院2012年毕业典礼上的演讲

Build your skills, not your resume. Evaluate what you can do, not the title they’re going to give you. Do real work. Take a sales quota, a line role, an ops job, don’t plan too much, and don’t expect a direct climb. If I had mapped out my career when I was sitting where you are, I would have missed my career.
充实你的技能，而不是填充你的简历。评价自己的能力，而不要评价他们给你的头衔。做实事。接下一个销售指标，一个边缘化职位，一个实际操作岗位，不要好高骛远，别指望一步登天。如果当我坐在你们的位置上时就规划好我的职业生涯，我会错过我现在的事业。



What Is Most Worthwhile in Life Does Not Have a Price
生命中最珍贵的东西是无价的 / 75
卡尔索集团主席卡洛斯?斯利姆?埃卢在乔
治?华盛顿大学2012年毕业典礼上的演讲

Success is not being recognized by others. It is not about an external opinion. It is about an internal state of being. It is the harmony between the soul and our emotions that are fed by love, family, friendship, authenticity, and honesty. The fundamental and permanent values that are far superior to professional, economic, social or political success.
成功不是由别人来认定的。它无关外界的看法，而是关乎内心的状态，是被爱、亲情、友情、真实及坦诚滋养的灵魂与情感的和谐共生，是一种根本的、永恒的价值准则，远胜过事业上、财富上、社交上和政治上的成功。



Be an Adorer of Life
做一个热爱生活的人 / 81
谷歌执行董事长埃里克?施密特在波士顿大学2012年毕业典礼上的演讲

Life is not lived in the glow of a monitor. Life is not a series of status updates. Life is not about your friend count—it’s a friend who actually you can count on.
生活不是整日对着电脑显示器，也不是不停地更新状态。生活中最重要的不是你的朋友的数量，而是有一个你可以依赖的朋友。



To Have Different Chapters in Your Life
人生中要有不同的篇章 / 97
MTV电视网前首席执行官汤姆?弗雷斯顿在圣迈克斯学院2012年毕业典礼上的演讲

I encourage you all to embrace all the twists and turns that await you and do not to get stuck on any one path or any one way of seeing things. Along the way, as you are writing the story of your life, remind yourself that a great life almost always consists of many different chapters. So be sure to have them.
我鼓励你们去接受前方等待着你们的坎坷波折，不要一条路走到底，也不要用一成不变的眼光去看待事物。当你们谱写自己的人生故事时，要记住，伟大的人生几乎都是由许多不同的篇章组成的。所以一定要拥有这些不同的篇章。



Make Change Your Ally
与变化为友 / 113
施乐集团首席执行官乌苏拉?伯恩斯在麻省理工学院2011年毕业典礼上的演讲

Set your sights on changing the world—in leaving this planet a little better than you found it. That need not be as grandiose as it sounds. It can take the form of getting involved with one of the big ideas of our time, or working for an organization that creates decent jobs for its workers, or raising a family that will carry good values into the future.
要立志于改变世界—让这个世界变得更加美好一些。这话听上去有些浮夸，但事实并非如此。只需要你参与到我们这个时代的某个伟大设想中去，抑或是在一家为员工创造体面就业机会的机构工作，抑或是抚育一个家庭，将美德延续到未来。



Do Not Lean Back, Lean In
勇往直前，不要退缩 / 123
脸谱网首席运营官谢丽尔?桑德伯格在巴纳德学院2011年毕业典礼上的演讲

We will never close the achievement gap until we close the ambition gap. But if all young women start to lean in, we can close the ambition gap right here, right now, if every single one of you leans in. Leadership belongs to those who take it. Leadership starts with you.
要想与男性取得一样的成就，那就要填平志向上的鸿沟。但如果所有年轻女性都开始积极行动起来，我们此时此刻就能跨越鸿沟，如果你们每一个人都为之努力的话。领导权属于那些敢于担当的人。领导权要在你们手中开启。


Don’t Play It Safe
不入虎穴，焉得虎子 / 137
美国模拟器件公司董事会主席雷?斯塔塔在麻省理工学院2010年毕业典礼上的演讲

Don’t be afraid to fail or make mistakes—odds are you will many times. Failure is not always bad. In fact people don’t learn by doing things right. They learn by making mistakes and then reflecting on what went wrong.
不要惧怕失败或是犯错——有可能你会犯很多次错。失败并不总是坏事。实际上，从正确的事情中学不到什么，通过犯错并且反省哪儿出错才能学到东西。


We Are What We Choose
我们的选择塑造我们的人生 / 151
亚马逊首席执行官杰夫?贝佐斯在普林斯顿大学2010年毕业典礼上的演讲

Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy—they’re given after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you’re not careful, and if you do, it’ll probably be to the detriment of your choices.
聪明是一种天赋，而善良是一种选择。天赋得来很容易—毕竟它们是生而有之的。而选择则颇为不易。一不小心，你就可能被天赋所迷惑，若真是这样，这可能会影响到你作出的选择。



To Hold Accountable in Life
承担起生活中的责任 / 159
摩根大通首席执行官杰米?戴蒙在雪城大学2010年毕业典礼上的演讲

Continue to be true to yourself and your values, be resilient, be honest, be humble, never stop holding yourselves accountable, and you will not only have the kind of life you wish and deserve, you will also do your part to make this country and the world a better place for generations to come.
继续忠于自己和自己的价值观，做到坚韧、诚实、谦虚，永远不能停止担负责任，这样，你们不仅将拥有你们所希望并应得的那种生活，而且还将尽到自己的一份力量，为我们的后辈创造一个更加美好的国家和世界。



Joining Apple Is the Best Decision I Ever Made
加盟苹果是我最明智的决定 / 173
苹果首席执行官蒂姆?库克在奥本大学2010年毕业典礼上的演讲

There are times in all of our lives when a reliance on gut or intuition just seems more appropriate—when a particular course of action just feels right. And interestingly I’ve discovered it’s in facing life’s most important decisions that intuition seems the most indispensable to getting it right.
在我们所有人的人生中，有时候靠勇气或直觉行事似乎更加合适 —当某种做法正好感觉不错的时候。有趣的是，我发现恰恰就是在面临人生最重要的抉择时，直觉是让你作出正确选择的最不可或缺的因素。



You Are Your Conscience
你自己就是良知 / 185
Pharmacyclics公司首席执行官鲍勃?达根在加利福尼亚大学圣塔芭芭拉分校2009年毕业典礼上的演讲

Be prepared to adjust and improvise, to recognize that defeat is a stepping stone. Be humble in your successes and always give honor to those that came before you and provided you the hard won knowledge that you now use to make your own success.
要准备好随机应变，要承认失败是一块垫脚石。成功了要保持谦逊，对那些教给你得来不易的知识，使你今天能够有所成就的前辈们要始终保持敬意。



A New Vision of the American Dream
新的美国梦 / 197
加德纳理财公司首席执行官克里斯?加德纳在加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校2009年毕业典礼上的演讲

A new vision of the American Dream where appreciation is greater than expectation. A new vision that says: for too long, a lot of us have been living in exile in a place called “things”, and it’s time for us to come home to friends, families, and folks.
在这个新的美国梦中，感恩要大于期待。这个新的美国梦告诉我们，我们很多人在一个名叫“物质”的地方放逐了太久，该是时候让我们回归家园，回到朋友、家人和亲人身边了。



Don’t Give Upon Your Dream
不要放弃你的梦想 / 203
谷歌首席执行官拉里?佩奇在密歇根大学2009年毕业典礼上的演讲

Overall, I know it seems like the world is crumbling out there, but it is actually a great time in your life to get a little crazy, follow your curiosity, and be ambitious about it. Don’t give upon your dream. The world needs you all.
总体上看，我知道看上去好像世界就快要崩塌，但其实这正是你人生中的一个大好机会，疯狂一点，追随你的好奇心，要有远大的抱负。不要放弃你们的梦想。世界需要你们每一个人。



I Do Have One Big Regret
我有一个大大的遗憾 / 215
微软前首席执行官比尔?盖茨在哈佛大学2007年毕业典礼上的演讲

Don’t let complexity stop you. Be activists. Take on big inequities. I feel sure it will be one of the great experiences of your lives.
不要因为事情的复杂性而停住脚步。做一个行动主义者。将解决人类的不平等视为己任。我深信它将成为你生命中最光荣的经历之一。



Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish
求知若饥，虚心若愚 / 231
苹果前首席执行官史蒂夫?乔布斯在斯坦福大学2005年毕业典礼上的演讲

Don’t be trapped by dogma—which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
不要囿于教条，那是在接别人的思想成果而活。不要让别人聒噪的意见盖过自己的心声。最重要的是，要有勇气听从自己的内心和直觉。


Never Sell Your Soul
千万不要出卖自己的灵魂 / 243
惠普前首席执行官卡莉?菲奥莉娜在北卡罗来纳农工州立大学2005年毕业典礼上的演讲

What I mean by not selling your soul is don’t be someone you’re not, don’t be less than you are, don’t give up what you believe.
我所说的不要出卖自己的灵魂，就是不要违背真我，不要轻贱自己，不要放弃自己的信念。