财富精英励志演讲22:拉里·佩奇:梦想的力量(5)(在线收听

   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 little competition.
  不过,既然没有别的人疯狂到会做这件事情,你就没有竞争对手了。
  In fact,there are so few people this crazy that I feel like I know them all by first name.
  事实上,疯狂的人很少,甚至可以说是屈指可数,以至于我都知道他们姓甚名谁。
  They all travel as if they are pack dogs and stick to each other like glue.
  他们勇敢前行,像胶水一样互相吸引在一起。
  The best people want to work on the big challenges.
  优秀的人爱接受大挑战。
  That is what happened with Google.
  这就是在谷歌发生的事情。
  Our mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.
  我们的目标就是组合全球的信息,使其随手可得,随处可用。
  How can that not get you excited?
  那怎么能不让大家兴奋呢?
  But we almost didn’t start Google actually because my co-founder Sergey
  但是我们那时几乎启动不成谷歌,
  and I were too worried about dropping out of the Ph.D. program.
  因为我和联合创始人谢尔盖都太担心拿不到博士学位。
  None of you have that true sense.
  你们中没人有这样的担心吧。
  You are probably on the right track if you feel like a sidewalk worm during a rainstorm!
  要是你觉得自己是暴风雨下人行道上的一条蚯蚓,那很可能你就真的走对路了。
  That is about how we felt after we maxed out three credit cards buying hard disks off the back of a truck.
  那就是我们刷爆了三张信用卡,从一辆货车的车尾买来硬盘后的感觉。
  That was actually the first hardware for Google.
  那就是谷歌最早的硬件设备。
  Parents and friends: more credit cards always help.
  家长和朋友们:多点信用卡总是有用的。
  What is the one sentence summary of how you change the world?
  如何用一句话总结你该如何改变世界?
  Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting!
  那就是在那些让人极度兴奋的事情上发奋努力。
  As a Ph.D. student, I actually had three projects I wanted to work on.
  当我在读博士的时候,其实我有三个项目是想做的。
  Thank goodness my advisor said, “Why don’t you work on the web for a while?”
  谢天谢地,我的导师对我说,“为什么你不先做一会网络的事呢?”
  He give me some seriously good advices
  他给了我一些特别好的建议
  because the web was growing with people and activity,even in 1995!
  因为早在1995年时,网络就已经和人们的生活紧密相连了。
  Technology and especially the Internet can really help you be lazy. Lazy?
  科技,尤其是因特网真的能让人变懒。变懒?
  What I mean is a group of three people can write software that then millions can use and enjoy.
  我的意思是一个三人的小组可以写出让数百万人喜爱使用的软件程序。
  Can three people answer the phone a million times?
  但三个人可以接上百万次电话吗?
  Find the leverage in the world, so you can be truly lazy!
  找到翘起地球的杠杆,你就能真的可以懒起来!
  Overall, I know it seems like the world is crumbling out there,
  总而言之,我知道这个世界看起来分崩离析,
  but it is actually a great time in your life to get a little crazy,
  但这确是你们人生中一个伟大的时代,你们可以疯狂一点,
  follow your curiosity, and be ambitious about it.
  追随自己的好奇心,雄心勃勃地实现它。
  Don’t give up on your dream.
  不要放弃你们的梦想。
  The world needs you all!
  世界需要你们所有人。
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