巴菲特：职业在于选择

 　　So, I think I got the point across to’em, but you ought to take a j- when you get out of here, take a job you love. Don’t take a job that, ya know, you think is gonna look good on your resume¹. Take a job you love. You may change it later on, but you’ll jump out of bed in the morning… I mean, when I got out of Columbia, the first thing I tried is to go to work for Graham immediately, I offered to go to work for ’em for nothing. He said I was overpriced, but I kept pestering² him. I went out to Omaha and I sold securities³ for three years, and I kept writing him and giving him ideas and all this, and finally, I went to work for him for a couple of years, and, it was a great experience.

　　呃，我想他们也明白我的意思了，但是，你离开这儿去找活儿干时，一定要找份你喜欢的。别因为想给你简历贴金而找工作，你要找份你热爱的工作。你可以过些时候再跳槽，但因为它，你早上会兴奋地从床上跳起…… 我是说，当我从哥伦比亚大学毕业时，我最先尝试的就是立即去为葛拉汉工作。我都说不拿报酬了，可他仍说我不够格，但是我仍一再向他请求。后来我去了奥马哈，卖了三年证券，但期间我不间断地给他写信，讲讲我的好点子啊 。

　　But I always really worked in a job that I, ya know, loved doing.And you should really take a job,that if you were independently wealthy, you would take. That’s the job to take because that’s the one that you’re gonna have great fun in, you’ll learn something, you’ll be excited about it, and you can’t miss.You may go do something else later on, but you’ll get way more out of it, and I don’t care what the starting salary is, or anything of the sort. I don’t know how I got off on that,but I- there I am. So I do think that if you think you’re going to be a lot happier if you’ve got Two-X instead of X, you’re probably making a mistake. I mean, you ought to find something you like that works⁴ with that, and you’ll get in trouble if you think that making Ten-X or Twenty-X is the answer to everything in life,

　　我总是投入到我热爱的职业中去。你们真的应该从事自己喜欢的工作，如果你的经济宽裕而独立，你就该这么做。你定这样的工作是因为你会从中得到很多快乐，你将会从中受益，会感到兴奋，你不能错过它。你以后可能去做些别的事儿，但是做它，你会收获更多。我不在乎我的起薪是多少，或诸如此类的事。我不知道自己当初是如何喜欢上这份工作的，不过，我就是喜欢它。我确信，如果觉得得到两倍比得到一倍会让你更高兴，你很可能就错了。我是说，你应该找到一份你喜欢的工作去做，拿那份工资。如果你觉得挣10 倍或20 倍的工资，生活就无忧了，那么，你就会遇上麻 烦了。因为那样的话，你会做些傻事，比如在不该借钱时借钱，或者老板想让你“偷工减料”的时候“偷工减料”，等等。这对你没有任何意义，当你回想这段经历时，你不会为此而高兴。

1 resume   

v.（中断后）继续，恢复；n.摘要，简历

参考例句：

• We'll stop now and resume at two o 'clock.我们现在停下来，到两点再干。
• My resume shows that I have the right qualifications for the job.我的简历表明我正符合这项工作的条件。

2 pestering   

使烦恼，纠缠( pester的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He's always pestering me to help him with his homework. 他总是泡蘑菇要我帮他做作业。
• I'm telling you once and for all, if you don't stop pestering me you'll be sorry. 我这是最后一次警告你。如果你不停止纠缠我，你将来会后悔的。

3 securities   

n.有价证券；安全( security的名词复数 )；保证；担保；有价证券

参考例句：

• When Mr. Green mentioned government securities, they came alive. 格林先生一提到政府证券，他们的精神就为之一振。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Her money is tied up in securities and is not available to her at present. 她的钱用来买了股票，目前她还不能支用。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。