2015年商務英語BEC中級考試閱讀資料六

　　不要沉迷于昨日的成功

　　Today's advice comes from Autodesk Inc. CEO Carl Bass:

　　今天的嘉賓是Autodesk Inc.首席執(zhí)行官Carl Bass：

　　"I think it’s real easy as a leader to confusewhat the results are today with the actions that happened a while ago, BECause then you just start coasting."

　　“我認為作為領導者真的很容易混淆過去的行為與該行為所產(chǎn)生的結(jié)果，那就意味著你已經(jīng)開始走下坡路了。”

　　Bass says the problem is that companies use factors like revenueand profit to measure their success, but it's possible that these things are still positive even after a company has lost its original spark.

　　Bass表示，問題就在于公司總是在用績效和收益來衡量公司的成功與否。但是，計時在公司出現(xiàn)問題之后，這些東西可能還是顯示良好。

　　"I’ve been spending a lot more time trying to quantifyor figure out if what we’re doing is right, or whether what we’re really doing is just celebrating the result of things that happened a while ago."

　　“一直以來，我都花大量的時間嘗試著確定或指出是否我們在做的事情是正確的，或者是否我們真正在做的只是在享受之前的成果。”