雙語(yǔ)勵(lì)志美文：你為什么成不了比爾·蓋茨

　　你為什么成不了比爾蓋茨?下面這篇文章將會(huì)給你答案。

　　More than any other entrepreneur, Bill Gates is the reason you're using a

　　personal computing device to look at this story right now. For that, he became the world's richest man. Now, Gates is no longer the world's richest man because he's busy spending his money trying to save the world from disease and poor education.When someone who has done, and is doing, such an incrediblethings – and has something to say – it's worth listening .

　　你能用個(gè)人電腦來(lái)看這篇文章，這就要?dú)w功于比爾·蓋茨，因此他能成為世界首富，而不是其他人?，F(xiàn)在，比爾-蓋茨已經(jīng)不再是世界上最富有的人了，那是因?yàn)樗τ诎奄嵉降腻X花掉，花在防治疾病和改善教育等世界性的大問(wèn)題上。如果有一個(gè)人曾經(jīng)獲得過(guò)那樣的成就，又正在做這樣的壯舉，那么他說(shuō)的話，值得我們每個(gè)人聽(tīng)一聽(tīng)。

　　1.On being a "business man"　　關(guān)于“做個(gè)商人”

　　"Of my mentalcycles, I devotemaybe ten percent to business thinking. Business isn't that complicated. I wouldn't want to put it on my business card."

　　“我只會(huì)把大約百分之十的精力用于思考經(jīng)商的問(wèn)題。做生意并不是什么復(fù)雜的事情。我甚至都不愿意在名片上印上商人這樣的字眼。”

　　2.On unhappy customers

　　關(guān)于不滿意的客戶

　　“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning . ”

　　“最不滿意的客戶就是學(xué)習(xí)的最好資源。”

　　3.On comparing yourself to others

　　關(guān)于與別人比較

　　“Don't compare yourself with anyone in this world...if you do so, you are insultingyourself . ”

　　“不要拿自己與世界上的任何人比。如果你把自己和別人比較，那是對(duì)自己的侮辱。”

　　4.On Steve Jobs

　　關(guān)于喬布斯

　　"The world rarely sees someone who has had the profoundimpact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come. For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it's been an insanelygreat honor. I will miss Steve immensely."

　　“世上很少有能像喬布斯那樣影響深遠(yuǎn)的人。他會(huì)影響很多代人。能和他在同一個(gè)時(shí)代工作，是我們的幸運(yùn)，也是莫大的榮幸。我會(huì)非常懷念喬布斯的。”

　　5.On success

　　關(guān)于成功

　　“Success is a lousy teacher. It seducessmart people into thinking they can't lose . ”

　　“成功是一個(gè)壞老師，它會(huì)誤導(dǎo)聰明人覺(jué)得自己不會(huì)失敗。”

　　6.On failure

　　關(guān)于失敗

　　"It's fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heedthe lessons of failure."

　　“慶祝成功沒(méi)有什么不好，但是從失敗中吸取經(jīng)驗(yàn)教訓(xùn)更重要。”

　　7.On fairness

　　關(guān)于公平

　　“Life's not fair, get over it!”

　　“生活本就不公平，不公平也要過(guò)下去!”

　　8.On using fear as a motivator

　　關(guān)于把恐懼當(dāng)做激勵(lì)

　　"In this business, by the time you realize you're in trouble, it's too late to save yourself. Unless you're running scared all the time, you're gone."

　　“在這個(gè)行業(yè)中，當(dāng)你意識(shí)到自己有麻煩了，就已經(jīng)太晚了。除非你時(shí)刻都在恐懼中前行，不然你就完蛋了。”

　　9.On getting good grades

　　關(guān)于取得好成績(jī)

　　“I failed in some subjects in exam, but my friend passed in all. Now he is an engineer in Microsoft and I am the owner of Microsoft . ”

　　“我有幾門考試沒(méi)過(guò)，但我的好朋友全部通過(guò)了。現(xiàn)在，他是微軟公司的一個(gè)工程師，而我是微軟的老板。”

　　10.On nerds　　關(guān)于呆子

　　"Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one."

　　“對(duì)呆子好一點(diǎn)，很有可能你以后要為呆子工作。