公眾人物畢業(yè)演講(MP3+字幕)第95期:耶倫紐約大學(xué)(5)

Kandel's life, I believe demonstrates how a persistent curiosity can help us reach ambitious goals even with great roadblocks in the way

坎德爾的一生 很好地證明了持續(xù)的好奇心對雄心壯志的實現(xiàn)有多么重要它能讓你不懼艱難險阻

A second tool for lifelong intellectual growth is a willingness to listen carefully to others

對于智力發(fā)展 受益終生的另一個工具是認(rèn)真傾聽他人的意愿

These days, technology allows us access to a great breadth of perspectives but it also allows us to limit what voices we hear to the narrow range we find most agreeable

現(xiàn)如今 科技讓我們具有了前所未有的信息獲取廣度不過我們還是更愿意將自己聽到的聲音限定在自己最贊同的那一狹小范圍內(nèi)

Listening to others especially those with whom we disagree tests our own ideas and beliefs

傾聽他人特別是那些你不贊同的人能夠測試我們自身的想法和信念

It forces us to recognize, with humility that we don't have a monopoly on the truth

它能迫使我們謙遜地承認(rèn)我們對真理并沒有壟斷權(quán)

Yankee Stadium is a natural venue for another lesson:

洋基體育場則見證了另一則啟示

You won't succeed all the time

沒人能夠總是成功

Even Ruth, Gehrig and DiMaggio failed most of time when they stepped to the plate

就算是魯斯 蓋里格和狄馬喬踏上棒球場時 很多時候也無法避免失敗

Finding the right path in life, more often than not, involves some missteps

探索正確人生道路的過程中 自然也無法避免犯錯

My Federal Reserve colleagues and I experienced this as we struggled to address a financialand economic crisis that threatened the global economy

我和美聯(lián)儲的同事都經(jīng)歷過這種挫折面對肆虐全球的金融和經(jīng)濟危機