馬云在教師節(jié)正式卸任阿里巴巴董事局主席,作為優(yōu)秀的企業(yè)家和曾經(jīng)的英文教師,他都留下了哪些發(fā)人深省的英文格言呢?
01.Most people die tomorrow evening
我們先來看看退休的英文怎么說:
To retire:退休
對于 movers and shakers (大佬們)來說,退休就是:
To step down:引退;下臺;讓位
多年的從業(yè)生涯讓馬云說出了很多金句:
Quote:格言
Quotable:值得(或適合)引用的
Inspiring quotes:激勵人心的格言
今天要看的第一句就是:
Today is hard, tomorrow will be even worse, but the day after tomorrow will be beautiful. Most people die tomorrow evening.
今天很難,明天更糟。但是后天就都好了。可惜很多人沒熬過明天晚上。
“我太難了!”這句話只能說說而已。
02.Try to change something
Once in your life, try something. Work hard at something. Try to change something.
一生中至少要嘗試做些事情。努力做些什么,試著去改變什么。
改變世界,從身邊做起。
03.Find the right people
Try to find the right people, not the best people.
試著去尋找最合適的人才,而不是最優(yōu)秀的人才。
適合當下時機的才是最好的,F(xiàn)acebook 的 COO 雪莉·桑德伯格也說過,世界上沒有完美的答案。
04.Empower others
If you want to win in the 21st century, you have to empower others, making sure other people are better than you are. Then you will be successful.
在21世紀,你必須會為他人賦能,確保手下比你還要優(yōu)秀。這樣你就能成功。
領(lǐng)導不是自己單干,而是讓他人發(fā)揮自己的能力。
Empower:授權(quán);賦能
05.Make smart people work together
I always find people smarter than I am. Then my job is to make sure smart people can work together. Stupid people can work together easily, smart people can't.
我總是尋找比我聰明的人,可以說我的工作就是讓聰明的人一起工作。不聰明的人易于合作,聰明的人卻很難配合。
聰明的人通常不是好的合作者,你贊同嗎?
06.Have a different mindset
If you have a different mindset, you will have a different outcome.
非凡的思維模式導向非凡的結(jié)果。
很多人的問題其實不在于不努力,而是難以轉(zhuǎn)換思維,對嗎?
Mindset:觀念模式;思維傾向
07.Leadership is your instinct
Leadership is your instinct, then it's your training. Leaders are always positive, they never complain.
領(lǐng)導力首先是一種天性,然后才是后天的訓練。領(lǐng)導者總保持積極,從不抱怨。
領(lǐng)導力是天生的,社畜力也是天生的嗎?
Instinct:直覺;天性;本能
08.Learn from other people's mistakes
Instead of learning from other people's success, learn from their mistakes. Most of the people who fail share common reasons (to fail), whereas success can be attributed to various different kinds of reasons.
不要模仿別人的成功,而是去從他們的錯誤中學習。很多人都因為同樣的原因失敗,但是影響成功的因素就太多了。
成功很難復制,但從別人的錯誤中學習是可行的。
Be attributed to:歸因于
09.Focus on your customer
Forget about your competitors, focus on your customers.
忘掉你的競爭對手,專注于消費者。
競品調(diào)查固然重要,但優(yōu)秀的產(chǎn)品和服務必然是顧客導向的:
Competitor /kəmˈpɛtətər/:競爭對手
Competition-oriented:競爭導向的
Customer-driven:消費者驅(qū)動
10.Be kind
We need to think about how to create good companies. We need to make our clients, society, employees, ourselves and our families happy. Only good companies like this can last.
我們需要思考怎樣才能創(chuàng)造一個好的公司——必須讓我們的客戶、社會、員工、自己和家人都快樂。只有做到這些,一個公司才能長久。
大企業(yè)必然要以人為本、創(chuàng)造福祉才能經(jīng)久不衰