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林書豪的成功教會我們的10個人生道理 Lessons from Lin’s Success

1. Believe in yourself when no one else does. Lin’s only the 4th graduate from Harvard to make it to the NBA. He’s also one of only a handful of Asian-Americans to make it. He was sent by the Knicks to play for their D-League team 3 weeks ago in Erie, PA. He’d already been cut by two other NBA teams before joining the Knicks this year. You’ve got to believe in yourself, even when no one else does.

即使沒人相信你也不能絕望。林書豪只是第四位能夠進入NBA的哈佛學生。他也只是一小撮能夠登陸NBA的亞裔美國人之一。在三個星期前，他還曾被尼克斯隊下放到NBDL球隊賓州伊利海鷹隊。在這個賽季加盟尼克斯隊之前，林書豪曾被兩支其他的NBA球隊裁掉。即使沒人相信你了，你也不能對自己絕望。

2. Seize the opportunity when it comes up. Lin got to start for the Knicks because they had to start him. They had too many injuries. Baron Davis was gone. The other point guards were out. Carmelo Anthony was injured. Amare Stoudemire had to leave the team because of a family death. Lin could have squandered the opportunity and we would have never have noticed. But he made the most of it. You never know when opportunities are going to arise in life. Often, they’re when you least expect them. Make the most of them. Don’t fritter them away.

當機會來臨時要好好把握。尼克斯隊之所以讓林書豪打上首發，實屬無奈之舉， 他們的傷病球員太多了。拜倫 戴維斯(Baron Davis)一直無法上場。其他控球后衛也不能出戰。卡梅羅·安東尼( Carmelo Anthony)受傷了。阿瑪雷 斯塔德邁爾(Amare Stoudemire)因爲家人去世而離隊奔喪。如果林書豪浪費掉這個機會，他將不會得到我們的關注。但是他很好地利用了這個機會。在生活中，你從不知道 機會何時會降臨。通常，在你最不期待的時候，機會就會出現。盡最大限度地利用這些機會，不要揮霍掉了。

3. Your family will always be there for you, so be there for them. It wasn’t until a few days ago that Lin got his contract guaranteed by the Knicks for the rest of the season. Before that, he could have been cut at any time. He had to sleep on his brother’s couch on the Lower East Side to get by. His family always believed in him and picked him up when he could have gotten down on himself. That made him continues to believe. If you want your family to believe in you like that, you’ve got to be there for them too when they need it.

3.你的家人將一直支持你，因此你不應讓他們失望。直到最近幾天，林書豪才獲得 尼克斯隊的保障性合同，不用爲餘下來的賽季而擔憂。在這之前，他隨時都可能被球隊裁掉。此前他只能在紐約市下東區的哥哥家睡沙發。他的家人一直都相信他， 在他快要放棄的時候也給予他支持。這使他堅守自己的信念。如果你希望家人像這樣支持你，你需要在適當的時候有所表現，不要讓他們失望。

4. Find the system that works for your style. Lin isn’t Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant. He’s not a pure scorer. He’s a passer and distributor – who can also score very well. It didn’t work for him in Golden State or Houston – where he was before landing at the Knicks. But Mike D’Antoni’s system at the Knicks has been perfect for him to show off his strengths. You’ve got to do your best to understand what your strengths are and then ensure that you’re in a system (a job or organization or industry) that is a good fit for those strengths. Otherwise, people overlook the talents you bring to the table.

尋找適合你風格的體制。林書豪不是邁克爾 喬丹(Michael Jordan)或者科比 布萊恩特(Kobe Bryant)。他不是純正的得分手。他是傳球手和球權分配者——但也能很好的得分。在加盟尼克斯隊之前，他先後爲金州勇士隊和休斯頓火箭隊效力，但是那 裏不適合他。麥克 德安東尼(Mike D'Antoni)在尼克斯隊的體制非常適合他，能讓他展現自己的優點。你應該盡最大所能去了解自己的長處，之後確保你所處的體制(職位或者組織或者行 業)非常適合這些長處。否則，你所展現的才華只會被忽略。

5. Don’t overlook talent that might exist around you today on your team. You probably manage people at your own company today. Are you sure you don’t have a Jeremy Lin living among you now? How do you know that “Mike” couldn’t do amazing things if you gave him a new project to run with? How do you know “Sarah” isn’t the right person to take the open job in London that you’ve been talking over with your colleagues? We put people around us in boxes. He’s from Harvard. He’s Asian-American. Not sure he can play. How many assumptions have you made about talent around you? Don’t be like the General Managers in Golden State and Houston, and let talent slip through your fingers. With all their money, scouts, and testing, they didn’t have a clue what they had in their hands. Do you know what your people (or even yourself) are really capable of? Take off the blinders of assumptions you wear when you look at the world.

不要忽視團隊裏可能存在的人才。你現在可能負責管理企業內部的人員。你確定 自己身邊不存在林書豪這樣的人才?你怎麼知道若讓“馬某某”負責某個新項目他不會有優異的表現?對於你和同事一直談論的倫敦的空缺職位，你如何確定“沙某 某”不是任職的合適人選?我們對身邊的人有各種成見。林書豪來自哈佛大學。他是美籍華人。他不一定能在NBA玩得轉。你對身邊的人才有多少各種各樣的假 設?不要像金州或者休斯頓的球隊經理那樣，讓人才從手中溜走。儘管他們擁有資金、球探，還進行了試訓，但是他們並不清楚自己手上有什麼牌。你知道自己的手 下(甚至你自己)真正擅長於什麼嗎?在觀察世界的時候，請摘下你的有色眼鏡。

6. People will love you for being an original, not trying to be someone else. You’ve got to be you. You can’t be some 2nd rate copy of Michael Jordan. There will never be another Michael Jordan. Just be Jeremy Lin — yourself. Whatever that is. That doesn’t mean you don’t work hard — it just means you find what you’re good at and do it. Fans will love you for being you, just like they love Jeremy Lin. Judy Garland said it best: Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

人們喜歡你是因爲你保持自我，而不是模仿他人。你應該保持自我，而不是做邁 克爾·喬丹的二流複製品。世上不可能有另外一個邁克爾·喬丹。只需要做林書豪——你自己。不管那是什麼。這不意味着你不需要努力——只是意味着你應該找到 自己擅長的，然後堅持下去。球迷們會因爲你保持自我而愛上你，就像他們喜歡林書豪一樣。朱迪·加蘭(Judy Garland)此言妙矣：“永遠做一流版本的自己，不做二流版本的別人。”(Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.)

7. Stay humble. If you one day are lucky enough to have newspapers want to put you on the cover in order to sell more, don’t let it get to your head. It’s been remarkable watching how humble Lin remains through all this media frenzy. It makes his teammates and fans love him that much more.

保持謙遜。如果有一天，你飛黃騰達，報紙媒體爲了增加銷量而希望將你放在頭版，不要讓榮譽衝昏了頭腦。值得注意的是，即使現在所有媒體都瘋狂追逐林書豪，他依然保持謙遜。這會讓隊友和球迷更加喜愛他。

8. When you make others around you look good, they will love you forever. I didn’t know how good Tyson Chandler was, until I saw him playing with Jeremy Lin. Lin has set Chandler up many times over the last week for easy dunks because he drew the defense and then passed the ball. That’s partly why the Knicks are playing so well. They are all working harder to share the ball with others. And it’s beautiful to watch. And when the media swarms Lin, he tells them how good his teammates are. Do the same with your peers and reports.

如果你能給身邊的人也添光加彩，那麼他們將一直喜歡你。我此前並不清楚泰 森·錢德勒(Tyson Chandler)有多優秀，直到看到他和林書豪一起打球。在上週，林書豪通過吸引防守後的傳球，爲錢德勒創造了很多輕鬆灌籃的機會。這也是尼克斯隊成績 這麼好的原因之一。他們更加努力地與隊友分享球權。這是非常令人賞心悅目的。當媒體簇擁在身邊時，林書豪告訴他們自己的隊友是多麼的優秀。在對待自己的同僚和報告時，請予以參照。

9. Never forget about the importance of luck or fate in life. Some people believe in God, some in destiny, some in luck. Whatever you believe in, be grateful for it.

不要忘記生活中運氣或命運的重要性。有些人相信主，有些人相信命運，有些人相信運氣。不管你信什麼，請保持感恩的心。

10. Work your butt off. Lin couldn’t have seized his opportunity if he hadn’t worked like crazy for years perfecting his skills. There are no short cuts to hard work. Success is a byproduct of that. If you’ve got a Tiger Mom who’s always pushed you to work hard, great. If not, let your conscience be your own Tiger Mom! Get up early, stay up late. Nobody gave Lin any free passes. Why should you get any? You can only control what you control and that means you’ve got to work harder than anyone else you know.

努力工作。如果過去這麼多年林書豪沒有努力訓練，從而完善自己的技術，他 就不可能抓住這個機會。努力工作是沒有捷徑可走的。成功只是努力工作的副產品。如果你有一個虎媽(Tiger Mom)，天天督促你努力工作，這就非常好。如果沒有，那請讓你的自覺成爲你自己的虎媽!早點起牀，晚點睡覺。林書豪沒有任何免費入場券。何況你呢?你只 能控制你所控制的東西，這意味着你應該比身邊的人更加努力。

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鼓勵女孩的十句話 Ten Words to Encourage Girls

Every woman is a treasure but way too often we forget how precious they are. We get lost in daily chores and stinky diapers, in work deadlines and dirty dishes, in daily errands and occasional breakdowns.

每個女人都是件珍寶，只是我們常常忘了自己有多珍貴。每天，我們不是被家務瑣事和尿布包繞，就是被髒兮兮的餐具和工作裏各種最後期限折騰得迷失了自己，在瑣碎中忙碌，並時常感到崩潰。

I put together a list of 10 things that all women should remember in order to stay balanced, grounded and amazing as we are born to be。

我整理了一張清單，列出10件所有女性應該記住的事，它們能讓我們迴歸女性的平衡、穩定和精彩。

1. You are beautiful

你很美麗

Every woman deserves to shine in this world, inside and out. Don’t let anything or anyone let you doubt how beautiful you are because you are a gem like no other。

每個女人都應活得神采飛揚，無論內心還是外在。別讓任何事、任何人使你質疑自己的美麗，因爲你本就是塊獨一無二的珍寶。

2. You are strong

你很堅強

Life sometimes seems too hard and difficult to understand but no matter what obstacles are standing in your way right now you have the power to overcome them. Sometimes your strength lies in stubbornness and determination but even more often it is hidden in your ability to go around obstacles and learn from the previous mistakes. Be strong as a fire that crushes everything in its way and like water that finds a way around any obstacle with gentle determination and a peaceful flow。

有時生活既艱難，又難懂，但無論你面對着怎樣的障礙，都要記住你有跨越它們的能力。有時候力量源自你的固執和決絕，但更多的時候，吸取以前的教訓，聰明地繞過障礙是你潛在的更大力量。要像火一樣勇猛無畏，殲滅一切眼前障礙;更要像水一樣具有柔中帶剛的力量，安靜地繞過挫折，獲得勝利。

3. You are THE BEST at being yourself

做自己的時候最棒

You have unique gifts and talents that no one else in this world has. Sometimes we feel that we need to be someone else in order to fit in, be a better mother or wife, or portray an image that we believe everyone else will love. No matter how hard you try to be someone else you will never be good enough. You will do the best and be the happiest only if you stop living by someone else’s standards and start using your unique potential to shine like a light in this world。

你擁有這世上獨一無二的天賦。有時我們會覺得：爲了更好融入這世界，我們得扮成別人，比如當個稱職的媽媽、妻子，或是扮演我們認爲人人都會喜歡的形象。然而，無論你多努力，也永遠當不了完美的“別人”。只有拋開別人的標準，挖掘自己的潛力，你才能成爲最好、最快樂的自己。

4. You deserve being taken care of and cherished

你值得被珍惜

We spend a big part of our lives trying to make others like us. The truth is that no one will ever like you if you don’t start loving yourself first. Give your love to others like you do every day already but don’t forget to leave some for yourself. Spend some time reading your favorite book, exercising, giving yourself a manicure or enjoy a relaxing bubble bath. You are worth it!

在一生中，我們花了許多力氣來讓別人喜歡我們。而事實上，如果不自愛，別人亦不會愛你。對他人付出的同時，也請記得留一些給自己。花點時間去讀書、鍛鍊吧，或是修指甲、泡個澡……無論哪樣，你都值得擁有!

5. You are rich。

你很富有

True wealth comes from within. Of course, money matters but so does the way you spend and treat it. If money is the only purpose of your life then you will never feel rich even if you become a millionaire. Treat money the way it was meant to – as means to existence rather than the ultimate source of happiness and joy. Right now write down 5 things that make you a rich person and keep this list where you will always see it。

真正的富有來自內心。錢很重要，但你對待金錢的方式也很重要。假如賺錢是你生活的唯一目標，那即使成爲百萬富翁，你也不會覺得開心。把錢看成是維持生存的工具吧，而不是能帶來快樂和幸福的源泉。現在開始，寫下5件能讓你覺得自己很富有的事，並把這張紙貼在醒目的地方。

6. You deserve pursuing your passion

你有追逐夢想的權利

Your passion is the integral part of you, the minute you lose it you will start losing yourself. Did you ever feel that you hardly even remember the girl you were when you were 16? What gave you that enthusiastic drive to pursue your goals and dreams?

夢想使你完整。一旦失去它你便將失去自己。是不是偶爾會覺得，你已經不記得自己16歲時的模樣了?那時候的自己，爲什麼總可以這麼開心?是什麼東西給了你熱情，讓你有動力去追逐自己的夢想和人生?

No matter how many years passed since you were 16, that girl still lives inside of you. Even though today you have responsibilities, chores and THE schedule you still need to make room for your passion。

無論你距離16歲有多遙遠，那個小女孩其實仍然存活在你心中。雖然現在的你可能揹負着各種責任和義務，但你仍舊該爲夢想留存着位置。

7. Your sensitivity is your biggest power

敏感正是你最強大的武器

You are delicate as a flower and you need love to survive. Don’t be afraid to show your weakness every once in a while and let your loved ones help you. Your power lies in multiplying the love and care that you receive and spreading it in the world around you。

你如花朵般嬌弱，需要愛的滋養。不要拒絕偶爾的示弱，讓你的愛人來幫助你吧。將收到的關愛加倍擴散到整個世界，這是你最大的能力。

8. You are courageous

你很勇敢

Living a full life means being bold and courageous in order to protect what you stand for and aspire for your biggest dreams. Every day we face choices and the course your life is taking depends greatly on how courageous you are when making decisions. Don’t settle for the easiest choice but rather use your courage to live a bold and full life。

過充實的人生意味着你將變得勇敢無畏，來保護自己堅持的東西，追尋自己的夢。我們每天都面對着挑戰，你面對選擇時有多大的勇氣決定了你能過怎樣的人生。不要貪圖安逸，勇敢地去過想要的充實人生吧。

9. You are perfect

你很完美

You are the masterpiece of perfection as long as you let your inner light shine and know how invaluable you are。

只要你的內心還存有微光，只要你始終明白自己有多珍貴，你就是上帝最完美的傑作。

10. You are what you want to be

你就是你想成爲的自己

Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen。

我們心中最深刻的願望就是內心真實自我的呼聲。我們需要學習尊重和傾聽內心的聲音。