财富精英励志演讲103:艰难的抉择(4)

 　　I took another really important course called gaming theory while I was here. Gaming theory to me was fascinating because, with all due respect to my very erudite teachers Jake Jacoby took that course. It's a great course, but to me what gaming theory was an attempt by scientists to explain irrational¹ decision making and irrational framework. Not all decisions are rational; not all decisions are scientifically based. Many people in business are overcome at times by their fears, their resentments², their rivalries³, their agendas. It is part of life and business is a collection of people working together. I started out as a secretary. I was a medieval history major and philosophy major at Stanford University; it was really interesting but it would not pay the bills. I went on to law school, and discovered very quickly that I hated law school. So I quit. And then I had to pay the bills. And I took the only job that I knew I could do that would pay my bills and that was to be a secretary. Actually, secretary is big glorified⁴, I was a receptionist, I sat in front of the building I typed and I answered the phones. That was my job. I thought while I was a secretary that the people in the mail room must be fundamentally different from the people in the board-mom. In what I have learned, in the course of my life, and my career and what this book is all about is that people are people wherever you find them.

　　我选的另一门重要课程是博弈理论，博弈理论引人入胜，因为有我的恩师，傅学的杰克·嘉科比执教。这是一门很好的课程。对我来讲，博弈理论是科学家试图解释非理性决策和非理性构架的理论，并不是所有的决策都是理性的，不是所有的决策都是以科学为依据的。许多生意人有时会被本身的恐惧、怨恨、竞争和日常事务所压倒，这是生活的一部分，做生意就是一班人一起工作。我的第一份工作是当秘书，我曾在斯坦福大学主修中古史和哲学，这些专业非常有趣，但是不能应付生活需要。之后我去学习法学，但是很快我就发现我讨厌法学，因此我退学了。但是我要谋生，要做可以胜任的工作来嫌钱，就是当秘书。美其名曰秘书，实际上我是接待员，我所做的就是坐在大堂中打宇、搞电话。那就是我的工作。我当秘书时以为收发室的人和董事会的人有根本上的不同。而我在生活及职业生涯中学到的，也是这本书所谈论的却是，无论在哪里，人就是人。

1 irrational   

adj.无理性的，失去理性的

参考例句：

• After taking the drug she became completely irrational.她在吸毒后变得完全失去了理性。
• There are also signs of irrational exuberance among some investors.在某些投资者中是存在非理性繁荣的征象的。

2 resentments   

（因受虐待而）愤恨，不满，怨恨( resentment的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He could never transcend his resentments and his complexes. 他从来不能把他的怨恨和感情上的症结置之度外。
• These local resentments burst into open revolt. 地方性反感变成公开暴动。

3 rivalries   

n.敌对，竞争，对抗( rivalry的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The new government was torn by rivalries. 新政府由于各派对立而四分五裂。 来自辞典例句
• Rivalries could bring about pain and hatred or give rise to fighting. 竞争会带来痛苦、仇恨，或者引起争斗。 来自互联网

4 glorified   

美其名的，变荣耀的

参考例句：

• The restaurant was no more than a glorified fast-food cafe. 这地方美其名曰餐馆，其实只不过是个快餐店而已。
• The author glorified the life of the peasants. 那个作者赞美了农民的生活。