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大卫·L·卡尔霍恩(David L. Calhoun)商人 2005年发表于弗吉尼亚理工大学
我在通用公司为一个名叫杰克·韦尔奇的家伙工作了20年。他既是一位伟大的领导者,也是一位伟大的导师。过去是,现在也是。如果我必须找出这么多年他对我说的最慷慨激昂的主题,那就是自信。自信是最重要的,它是成功必不可少的,是所有在其他方面大相径庭的伟大领导者的共同特征。
如何获得自信?培养你内心的自信的秘诀是什么?
首先,你必须下决心每天都通过你的工作和家庭生活去获得智力、道德、技术与专业上的提高。你需要每天问自己:我是在加速还是在后退?我还在学习吗?我是在重复做同样的事情或就像奥蒂斯·瑞汀所说的那样“坐在海湾的码头上,看潮起潮落”?
对学习的渴望是不受年龄限制的。
培养自信的另一个重要途径是寻找最难做的工作,最枯燥的科学、工程或管理的挑战。
I worked for a guy named Jack Welch for twenty years at GE. He was, and is, a great mentor as much as a great leader. If I had to isolate the subject he spoke most passionately to me about, over all those years, it is that SELF CONFIDENCE is the most important, the indispensable characteristic of success, the common characteristic shared by great leaders whose talents may have varied widely in most other respects.
So, how do you get it? What is the secret to developing your own brand of self-confidence?
First, you must resolve to grow intellectually, morally, technically, and professionally every day through your entire work and family life. You need to ask yourself every day: Am I really up to speed or falling behind? Am I still learning? Or am I just doing the same stuff on a different day or as Otis Redding sings, “Sitting on the dock of the bay…watching the tide roll away?”
The lust for learning is age-independent.
Another important way to build your confidence is to seek out the toughest jobs, the most daunting scientific, engineering or management challenges.
布兰德利·惠特福德(Bradley Whitford)演员 2006年发表于威斯康辛大学麦迪逊分校
第一,爱上过程,结果自然会来。
第二,做你的事。
第三,一旦准备好,就付诸行动。
第四,你能做的,超出了你的想象。
第五,聆听。
第六,采取行动。
你有一个选择。要么你成为环境的被动受害者,要么你主动成为自己生活的英雄。行动可以消除冷漠、玩世不恭与绝望。
Number One: Fall in love with the process and the results will follow.
Number Two: Do your work.
Number Three: Once you’re prepared, throw your preparation in the trash.
Number Four: You are capable of more than you think.
Number Five: Listen.
Number Six: Take action.
You have a choice. You can either be a passive victim of circumstance or you can be the active hero of your own life. Action is the antidote to apathy and cynicism and despair.
伍迪·海耶斯(Woody Hayes)大学橄榄球教练 1986年发表于俄亥俄州立大学
在橄榄球场上,我们总是说其他队战胜不了我们。我们必须坚信我们不能打垮我们自己。所有人都必须这么做,确保自己不要被自己打垮。你会发现,来得容易的东西总是一文不值。事实上,我从来没有看到哪位橄榄球运动员带着微笑完成阻截的。从来没有。
In football we always said that the other team couldn’t beat us. We had to be sure that we didn’t beat ourselves. And that’s what people have to do, too——make sure they don’t beat themselves. You’ll find out that nothing that comes easy is worth a dime. As a matter of fact, I never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face. Never.
(下)(摘自2010年6月《英语沙龙》)