Like my friend Warren Buffet, 就像我的朋友沃伦·布非一样， I feel particularly lucky to do something every day that I love to do. 我为每天都能做自己热爱的事情而感到无比幸运。 He calls it "tap-dancing to work." 他称之为“踢踏舞工作”。 My
So here’s my final story: 以下是我要说的最后一个故事： On a day like today, 就像今天的某一日， you might feel exhilarated—like you’ve just been shot out of a cannon at the circus—and even invincible. 你们可能感到欣喜若狂,就像你刚从马戏团的大炮口
My third story is about death. 我的第三个故事是关于死亡 When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right."
I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a co
I've always been an optimist 我天生乐观， and I suppose that is rooted in my belief that the power of creativity and intelligence can make the world a better place. 坚信人类凭创造力和聪明才智可以让世界日益美妙，这一设想一直根植于我的内心深
My Dad became a professor at uh... Michigan State, 我的父亲后来成了···密歇根州立大学的教授， and I was an incredibly lucky boy. 我是一个非常幸运的孩子。 A professor’s life is pretty flexible, 教授的生活安排是非常有弹性的， and he was able to spen
In fact, there was a fellow. 实际上，有一个同僚。 He was in Omaha, who used to say, he looked with three things in hiring people: integrity, intelligence and energy. 奥哈马市有一位先生说，当他雇人时，他会看三个方面：诚信，智能，和精力。 And he s
I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. 我认为,通常追寻雄心万丈的梦想更容易些。 I know that sounds completely nuts. 我知道这听起来完全是一派胡言。 But, since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have
I had one of those dreams when I was 23. 我23岁的时候,就做过一个那样的梦。 When I suddenly woke up, 我猛然惊醒, I was thinking: What if we could download the whole web, and just keep the links? 想着:如果我们能把整个网络下载下来,但仅保存链接会怎
And then I would throw in a hooker. 然后，我这里再给你们下个跘儿。 I would say that be part of owning 10% of this person, 在你买进10％你的同学的余生时， you have to get rid of, to short 10% of somebody else in the class. 你还要卖出10％
My second story is about love and loss. 我的第二个故事是关于热爱和得失 I was lucky. I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 yea
Everyone in my family went here to Michigan: my brother, my Mom, my Dad—all of them. 我们家的所有成员都毕业于密歇根大学:我哥哥、我妈妈和爸爸——我们全家。 My Dad actually got the quantity discount :he got all three and a half of his d
When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, 当我年轻的时候, 有一本叫做“整个地球的目录”振聋发聩的杂志， which was one of the bibles of my generation. 它是我们那一代人的圣经之一。 It was created by a fell
Well, that’s a short little sermon. 上面我简单地我说了一下我的看法。 So Let's get on with what you’re interested in. 下面就让我们开始谈谈你们所感兴趣的。 And like I say, in go all over. 就像我之前说的那样。 So, I don’t know exactly how we g
And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition.
My Dad was valedictorian of Flint Mandeville High School class of 1956 for about 90 kids. 我的父亲1956年从弗林特曼德维尔高中毕业，这届大约有90 个学生，他发表了毕业演讲。 I happened across his graduating speech recently, and it blew me a
That to me is absolutely fascinating. 这于我而言，是绝对的百思不得其解。 I mean if I ever write a book it will be called: Why Smart People Do Dumb Things. 如果我要写本书的话，书名就是《为什么 聪明人净干蠢事》。 My partner says it should be auto
And 17 years later I did go to college. 在十七岁那年 ，我真的上了大学。 But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, 但是我很愚蠢的选择了一个几乎和你们斯坦福大学一样贵的学校, and all of my working-class parent‘s savi
But time is the friend of the wonderful business; it is the enemy of the lousy business. 时间是好生意的朋友，却是坏生意的敌人。 If you are in a lousy business for a long time, you are going to get a lousy result even if
Now I get to work in a job that I love, but I have always worked in a job that I loved. 我热爱我的工作，但是我从来如此， I loved it just as much when I thought it was a big deal or to make 1,000 bucks. 无论我在谈大生意，还是只赚1
