苏珊沃西基2014在约翰霍普金斯大学(13)
You need to be prepared to explore a bit
你需要做好探索的准备
to make decisions of what you find, enjoy, discover
在追寻 享受 发现的过程中做决定
I never would've experienced any of that
我将永远无法体会到这些
I never would've discovered that technology could be creative
我将永远无法发现技术的创造性
I never would've started my career in tech
我将永远无法开始自己的技术生涯
joined Google
加入谷歌
led YouTube
领导YouTube
if I tried to stick to a specific plan that I had made when I was your age
如果我在你们这么大的时候只是完全遵循一份计划
The Internet as we know it, didn't exist yet when I graduated
因特网在我毕业的时候甚至都不存在
We need to think about our plans being written in pencil not pen
我们的计划需要用铅笔而不是钢笔写
willing to change as the world changes and as we change
我们需要随世界和自身的变化 修改计划
I guarantee you, you will change course
我确信你们也会改变航向
go backward, spring forward, bounce sideways
可能倒退 可能前行 也可能侧移
some of you will need to adjust the plans that you currently have
现在的计划很有可能会发生变化
because it'll turn out to be the wrong fit
因为它并不能适应未来趋势
some of you will start a business
有些人会开公司
you have no idea right now that the world needs
你可能无法知道世界的需求是什么
some of you will fall in love and move half way across the world
有些人会陷入爱河 移居到地球的另一端
some of you could open a cupcake shop
有些人可能会开一家杯形蛋糕店
Thank you in advance of those people
我要提前感谢这些人
There's the old John Lennon quote
我引用约翰·列侬的一句老话
"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans"
"当你在忙于制定计划时 生活正离我们而去"
So as you sit there and look around and say man I still have a lot to figure out
也许你坐在这里 心里感到很茫然
I don't know exactly where I'm headed
不知道前路具体该怎么走
just know that's okay
这其实没什么
and your parents should hear that too, it's okay
这句话也要说给家长们 这没什么
If your parents have concerns, they can talk to my parents
如果家长们仍有疑虑 可以同我的父母交流一下
They are right over there in the front row
他们就在那里 坐在前排
My parents could probably write a book of their own
我父母甚至都可以写一本书
about their three crazy daughter and the journeys that we took along the way
讲述三个疯狂的女儿以及她们的人生旅程
a journey that encompass babysitting, investment banking
这包括照看婴儿 投行经营
trips across Siberia, learning Swahili
去西伯利亚旅行 学习斯瓦希里语
studying childhood obesity and starting a personal genomics company
研究儿童肥胖 开创个人基因组公司
So far we've turned out okay
到目前为止 我们都混得很不错
人物简介
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