無論是經營人生或者經營事業,每天都要面對非常多艱難的抉擇,例如,工作與生活到底該怎麼取得平衡?擺在眼前的機會,到底會通往康莊大道還是死巷?
《經理人》月刊「名人的勵志課」專欄,特別蒐集了知名CEO、傑出工作者對於人生與事業的看法。以下擷取了10句名言,希望帶給大家更多鼓舞和啟發,為自己做出最好的決定:
個人篇
當你苦惱工作與生活的平衡時……
Some 80% of your life is spent working. You want to have fun at home; why shouldn’t you have fun at work?
你的生命大約8成都耗費在工作上。你想要在家享受樂趣,何不在工作中也這麼做?
——理查‧布蘭森(Richard Branson),英國維京集團(Virgin Group)創辦人。
I don’t think of work as work and play as play. It’s all living.
我不認為工作與玩樂涇渭分明。這都是生活。
——理查‧布蘭森(Richard Branson)
當你對自己的決定缺乏信心時……
You are better off trying something and having it not work and learning from that than not doing anything at all.
嘗試一些事、遭遇失敗後從中學習,比你什麼事都不做更好。
——馬克‧佐克伯(Mark Zuckerberg),Facebook創辦人。
It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours, and you’ll drift in that direction.
最好和比你優秀的人在一起。選擇言行勝於你的夥伴,你就會漸漸變得和他們一樣。
——華倫‧巴菲特(Warren Buffett),在2013年《富比士》雜誌(Forbes)全球富豪排行榜名列第四。
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當你覺得自己因為忙亂而迷失自我時……
It’s actually a rare and precious thing to discover what it is you love to do, and I encourage you to remain unapologetically consumed by it. Be faithful to your gift and very confident in its value.
能夠找到你所愛的天職,是一件難得又珍貴的事。我鼓勵你理直氣壯地投入其中,相信自己的天分,並對它的價值深具信心。
—強納森.艾夫(Jonathan Ive),蘋果設計部資深副總。
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If you're an overnight sensation, you can be yesterday's news in no time, whereas building something slowly and carefully that has value and quality, that's what's going to have legs.
假如你一夜成名,不久後也可能成為昨日黃花;但是如果能放慢步調,仔細經營價值和品質,你就能走得更長遠。
—安娜‧溫圖(Anna Wintour)。《Vogue》雜誌總編輯,是全球時尚產業的關鍵人物,也是電影《穿著Prada的惡魔》裡女魔頭主管米蘭達的角色原型。
事業篇
在瞬息萬變的市場裡,仍然有最根本的經營原則……
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In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.
在商業世界裡,後視鏡往往比擋風玻璃更為清晰。
—華倫‧巴菲特(Warren Buffett)。他以「後視鏡」和「擋風玻璃」比喻「過去」和「未來」,意指回顧歷史比預測未來容易。
If you only do things where you know the answer in advance, your company goes away.
如果你只做事先就知道答案的事,你的公司很快會消失。
—傑夫‧貝佐斯(Jeff Bezos),美國電子商務巨頭亞馬遜(Amazon)公司創辦人。
Business opportunities are like buses, there is always another one coming.
商機就像公車,總是會有下一班。
—理查‧布蘭森(Richard Branson)
A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.
公司的品牌就像人的名聲。把困難的事情做好,就能換得好名聲。
—傑夫‧貝佐斯(Jeff Bezos)