【正文】 thinking that matters, he 39。t feel right, don39。re meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless of what you39。ve kept a journal since I was 15—so I now have volumes of , I39。t read the copy—because I wanted to be spontaneous—and I39。t like the way I now I am black and bald and sitting on a pretty even worse than being bald, I really hated, hated, hated being sent to report on other people39。re never going to find , I grew up not loving the name, but once I was asked to change it, I thought, well, it is my name and do I look like a Suzie to you? So, I thought, no, it doesn39。t feel first sign, as President Hennessy was saying, was when they tried to change my news director said to me at the time, “Nobody39。d say, “Ohmigod, I can39。t you hate it when somebody says, “I39。ve ever received: I interviewed with a reporter when I was first starting out in then many years later, I saw the same she said to me, “You know what? You really haven39。m not going to get anywhere without that , I finished my coursework, I turned in my final paper and I got the my dad was very I know that, if anything happens, that one credit will be my I also know why my dad was insisting on that diploma, because, as put it, “The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take that away from you.” And learning is really in the broadest sense what I want to talk about today, because your education, of course, isn39。re going to do without that degree.” And I39。m going to let this college thing go and I only had one credit , my father, from that time on and for years after, was always on my case, because I did not 39。t go to went to Tennessee State I never would have gotten my diploma at all, because I was supposed to graduate back in 1975, but I was short one I figured, I39。m so happy to be here, just happy that I finally, after four years, get to see her 39。08, is my , I was thrilled when President Hennessy asked me to be your Commencement speaker, because this is the first time I39。由此，你 成為更完整和強(qiáng)大的人（a fuller and a stronger person）。最 重要的是，不要過(guò)分謹(jǐn)慎。在 兩年前的哈佛事件中，有個(gè)學(xué)生談到我說(shuō)的大學(xué)生需要重新思考人生決定的觀點(diǎn)，他說(shuō)“我們已經(jīng)做出了決定，我們?cè)缭谥袑W(xué)時(shí)就已經(jīng)決定成為能夠進(jìn)入哈佛的高材 生。但為風(fēng)險(xiǎn)投資公司工作就可以。（You39。你會(huì)給我談?wù)撁褡?性、語(yǔ)言和宗教。不僅如此，光有道德想象力還不夠。從其內(nèi)容來(lái)看，“為美國(guó)而教”完全不同于高盛或者麥肯錫公司或哈佛醫(yī)學(xué)院或者伯克利法學(xué)院，但從它在精英期待的體系中的地位來(lái)說(shuō)，完全是一樣的。當(dāng)你進(jìn)入大學(xué)，人家給你眾多選擇，或法律或醫(yī)學(xué)或投資銀行和 咨詢(xún)以及其他，但你同樣也可以做其他事，做從前根本沒(méi)有人想過(guò)的事(something that no one has thought of before)?！暗赖隆痹谶@里無(wú)關(guān)對(duì)錯(cuò)，而是與選擇有關(guān)。她 還說(shuō)，這個(gè)年輕的女孩子說(shuō)哈佛學(xué)生把他們的自我效能帶到了世界上，如她所說(shuō)的“創(chuàng)新”（innovative）。后來(lái)參加這次討論的一個(gè)學(xué)生 給我聯(lián)系，這個(gè)哈佛學(xué)生正在寫(xiě)有關(guān)哈佛的畢業(yè)論文，討論哈佛是如何給學(xué)生灌輸她所說(shuō)的“自我效能”（selfefficacy），一種相信自己能做一切 的意識(shí)。你拒絕了上大學(xué)預(yù)修歷史課（AP history）時(shí)的美妙體驗(yàn)的誘惑，也無(wú)視你在醫(yī)學(xué)院第四年的兒科學(xué)輪流值班時(shí)照看孩子的可怕感受。s next）。s easy, the way the system works, to simply go with the flow.）我不是說(shuō)這個(gè)工作容易，而是說(shuō)做出這種選擇很容易。（The 19yearold who could do so many things, and was interested in so many things, has bee a 40yearold who thinks about only one thing.）難怪年長(zhǎng)的人這么乏味無(wú)趣。再讀三年大學(xué)，三五年法學(xué)院或醫(yī)學(xué)院或博士，然后再干若干年住院實(shí)習(xí)生或博士后或助理教 授。錯(cuò)誤之處在于這個(gè)體系遺漏的地方：即任何別的東西（everything else）。你 能進(jìn)入這所大學(xué)說(shuō)明你在某些技能（skills）上非常出色。這里的“做（do）”并不是指工作（job），“那(that)”并不是指你的專(zhuān)業(yè)（major）。除了在所有課程上都出類(lèi)拔萃之外，你還注重修養(yǎng)的提高，充滿熱情地培養(yǎng)了一些特殊興趣?？墒牵瑢?zhuān)業(yè)化的問(wèn)題在于它把你的注意力限制在一個(gè)點(diǎn)上，你所已知的和你想探知的東西 都限界于此（it narrows your attention to the point where all you know about and all you want to know about）。你從 生物化學(xué)專(zhuān)業(yè)的學(xué)生變成了博士，再變成心臟病學(xué)家，再變成專(zhuān)門(mén)做心臟瓣膜移植的心臟病醫(yī)生。”（“Hey, my dad39。s what smart kids do.）?；蛘哌M(jìn)入密歇根法學(xué) 院，或高盛集團(tuán)（GoldmanSachs）或麥肯錫公司（McKinsey）或別的什么地方。你為什么做它，到底為了什么?！?但另外一些學(xué)生，那種具有自我效能感或自我尊重的學(xué)生，考試得了優(yōu)秀會(huì)說(shuō)“我得優(yōu)秀是因?yàn)槲衣斆?。s just successful），而且是根據(jù)非常狹隘的成功定義而認(rèn)定的成功而已。而是要弄清楚自己到底想要什么，而不是父母、同伴、學(xué)校、或社會(huì)想要什么。我說(shuō)，那些在耶魯和斯 坦福這類(lèi)名校的孩子往往比較謹(jǐn)慎，去追求一些穩(wěn)妥的獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)。），最重要的是，它代表了清晰標(biāo)記的道路（a clearly marked path.）。具有道德勇氣的個(gè)人往往讓周?chē)娜烁械讲皇?服。其 中之一是我在就這些問(wèn)題與學(xué)生交流時(shí)經(jīng)常聽(tīng)到的一個(gè)術(shù)語(yǔ)“自我放任”（“selfindulgent”）。）想象我們現(xiàn)在面臨的局面。（It39。我不是在試圖說(shuō)服你們都成為音樂(lè)家或者作家。這些，同樣是羅網(wǎng)。大學(xué)剛開(kāi)始，成年時(shí)代也才剛開(kāi)始。s a very smart wants people to get to know her on her own terms, she in terms of who she , she never wants anyone who39。m so proud of Kirby, who graduates today with two degrees, one in human bio and the other in you, Kirby Cakes!That39。m not going to march with my by that point, I was already on 39。t know what you39。d say, “I don39。ve learned to getting ahead is being open to the lessons, lessons from the grandest university of all, that is, the universe 39。re all trying to do, bee more of I believe that there39。re like, “Listen, this is my is not about you.” So, it39。re only when you39。s a friendly name: Suzie.” Hi, can39。s then they said they didn39。d go back and I39。d one day I was reading copy and I called Canada “ca nada.” And I decided, this Barbara thing39。s where I learned that after eight months, I lost that said I was too was too since they didn39。re doing something right? How do you know that? It feels I know now is that feelings are really your GPS system for you39。 is what I39。re involving the wholeness of ourselves in our work, both our expertise and our , I say to you, forget about the fast you really want to fly, just harness your power to your your has your heart and success will e to , how do I define success? Let me tell you, money39。t feel right, don39。t pay attention to life39。it means acting with of you know that, as President Hennessy said, I started this school in I founded the school, where I39。s the simplest of Brooks wrote a poem for her 39。ve bequeathed to all of you know the story of how this great school came to be, how the Stanfords lost their only child to typhoid at the age of had every right and they had every reason to turn their backs against the world at that time, but instead, they channeled their grief and their pain into an act of a year of their son39。s actually a helper39。s no better way to make your mark on the world and to share that abundance with constant prayer for myself is to be used in service for the greater , let me end with one of my favorite quotes from Martin Luther said, “Not everybody can be famous.” And I don39。t have to make your subject and verb agree to don39。s up to you to decide, really, where will you now use those gifts? You39。t pull that off!Congratulations, 39。ve ever gotten to a college I want to tell you three stories from my