【正文】 eet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, “。morning, boys. howamp。39。s the water?”。 and the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, “。what the hell is water?”。... simple awareness。 awareness of what is so real and essential, so hidden in plain sight all around us, all the time, that we have to keep reminding ourselves over and over:”。this is water。”。”。this is water?！?。it is unimaginably hard to do this, to stay conscious and alive in the adult world day in and day out。
　　有兩條小魚一起在水里游，碰到一條老魚迎面游過來。老魚向他們點點頭，并說：”。早上好，孩子們。水怎么樣?”。這兩條小魚繼續(xù)往前游了一會兒后，其中一條小魚實在忍不住了，看了一下另一條小魚，問道：”。水到底是什么東西?”?！??！：唵蔚囊庾R。對我們生活中如此真實、如此必不可少、無處不在、無時不在的事物的意識，需要我們一遍一遍地提醒自己：”。這是水?！??！?。這是水?！薄Ｌ焯於急３忠庾R清醒而鮮活，在成人世界中做到這點，是不可想象地難。
　　3. michael uslan
　　邁克爾。奧斯蘭movie producer 電影制片人indiana university 印第安納大學(xué)may 06, XX
　　XX年5月6日you must believe in yourself and in your work. when our first batman movie broke all those boxoffice records, i received a phone call from that united artists exec who, years before, had told me i was out of my mind. now he said, “。michael, iamp。39。m just calling to congratulate you on the success of batman. i always said you were a visionary?！薄?you see the point here 。 donamp。39。t believe them when they tell you how bad you are or how terrible your ideas are, but also, donamp。39。t believe them when they tell you how wonderful you are and how great your ideas are. just believe in yourself and youamp。39。ll do just fine. and, oh yes, donamp。39。t then forget to market yourself and your ideas. use both sides of your must have a high threshold for frustration. take it from the guy who was turned down by every studio in hollywood. you must knock on doors until your knuckles bleed. doors will slam in your face. you must pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and knock again. itamp。39。s the only way to achieve your goals in life。
　　你必須相信你自己，對自己的工作充滿信心。當(dāng)我們的第一部電影《蝙蝠俠》創(chuàng)下史無前例的票房紀錄時，我接到了藝術(shù)家聯(lián)合會會長的電話，他在數(shù)年之前曾說我瘋了。如今他說：”。邁克爾，我給你打電話祝賀《蝙蝠俠》的成功。我總說你是一位有遠見的人?！?。你看，關(guān)鍵在這里，當(dāng)他們說你有多差，你的想法有多糟的時候，不要信他們的話，同時，當(dāng)他們告訴你你有多么了不起，你的想法多美妙時，也不要相信他們。你就只相信你自己，這樣你就能做好。還有，那就是，不要忘記推銷你自己和你的想法。左右大腦你都得用。要能經(jīng)受得住挫敗。這是被好萊塢每一家制片廠拒絕過的人的經(jīng)驗。你必須去敲一扇扇的門，直到指關(guān)節(jié)流血。大門會在你面前砰然關(guān)上，你必須重振旗鼓，彈去身上的灰塵，再敲下一扇門。這是實現(xiàn)你人生目標的唯一辦法。
　　4. woody hayes
　　伍迪。海耶斯college fooball coach 大學(xué)橄欖球教練ohio state university 俄亥俄州立大學(xué)may 14, 1986
　　1986年5月14日in football we always said that the other team couldnamp。39。t beat us. we had to be sure that we didnamp。39。t beat ourselves. and thatamp。rsquo。s what people have to do, too 。 make sure they donamp。39。t beat themselves.... youamp。39。ll find out that nothing that es easy is worth a dime. as a matter of fact, i never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face. never。
　　在橄欖球場上，我們總是說其他隊戰(zhàn)勝不了我們。我們必須做到不把自己打垮。所有人也都必須這么做，確保自己不要被自己打垮。……。……。你會發(fā)現(xiàn)，來得容易的東西總是一文不值。事實上，我從來沒有看到哪位橄欖球運動員是帶著微笑完成阻截的。從來沒有。
　　5. bradley whitford
　　布蘭德利?；萏馗５耡ctor 演員university wisconsin madison 威斯康辛大學(xué)麥迪遜分校may 17, XX
　　XX年5月17日number one: fall in love with the process and the results will two: do your three: once youamp。39。re prepared, throw your preparation in the four: you are capable of more than you five: six: take have a choice. you can either be a passive victim of circumstance or you can be the active hero of your own life. action is the antidote to apathy and cynicism and despair。
　　第一，愛上過程，結(jié)果自然會來。第二，做你的事。第三，一旦準備好，就付諸行動。第四，你能做的，超出了你的想象。第五，聆聽。第六，采取行動。你有一個選擇。要么你成為環(huán)境的被動受害者，要么你主動成為自己生活的英雄。行動可以消除冷漠、玩世不恭與絕望。
　　6. jerry zucker
　　杰瑞。朱克director, movie producer 導(dǎo)演、電影制片人university of wisconsin 威斯康辛大學(xué)may 17, XX
　　XX年5月17日it doesnamp。39。t matter whether your dream came true if you spent your whole life yourself one question: if i didnamp。39。t have to do it perfectly, what would i try?nobody else is paying as much attention to your failures as you are. youamp。39。re the only one who is obsessed with the importance of your own life. to everyone else, itamp。39。s just a blip on the radar screen, so just move on。
　　如果你一生都在睡覺，你的夢想是否實現(xiàn)就無關(guān)緊要了。問你自己一個問題：如果我不是必須做得完美，那我還努力什么呢?沒有人會像你自己那樣對自己的失敗那么在意。你是唯一一個能追求自己的生活意義的人。對于其他所有人來說，你只是雷達熒光屏上的一個光點。所以，只管前行吧。
　　7. earl bakken
　　厄爾。巴肯businessman 商人university of hawaii 夏威夷大學(xué)may 16, XX
　　XX年5月16日by all reckoning, the bumblebee is aerodynamically unsound and shouldnamp。39。t be able to fly. yet, the little bee gets those wings going like a turbojet and flies to every plant its chubby little body can land on to collect all the nectar it can are the most persistent creatures. they donamp。39。t know they canamp。39。t fly, so they just keep buzzing give in to pessimism. donamp。39。t know that you canamp。39。t fly, and you will soar like an eagle. donamp。39。t end up regretting what you did not do because you were too lazy or too frightened to soar. be a bumblebee! and soar to the heavens. you can do it。
　　無論怎么考量，大黃蜂從空氣動力學(xué)上講是不健全、不應(yīng)該會飛的。但是，這種小蜜蜂卻像渦輪噴氣飛機一樣地展翅飛行，飛到它圓乎乎的身體能夠降落的任何植物上去采蜜。大黃蜂最堅韌的生靈，它們不知道自己不能飛，因此它們只管到處嗡嗡地飛個不停。千萬不要悲觀。不知道你不會飛，你會像鷹一樣高高飛翔。不要到頭來后悔自己因為太懶或太怕高飛而無所作為。做一只大黃蜂。飛到天上去。你能做到的。
　　8. john walsh
　　約翰。沃爾什author and art historian 作家和藝術(shù)歷史學(xué)家wheaton college 惠頓學(xué)院XX
　　XX年do one thing at a time. give each experience all your attention. try to resist being distracted by other sights and sounds, other thoughts and tasks, and when it is, guide your mind back to what youamp。39。re amp。39。m not warning against learning many things on many subjects. my warning is against distraction, whether you invite it or just let it happen. in baseball, highpercentage hitters know better: itamp。39。s “。focus”。 they talk about, and they prize it as much as strength. psychologists describe skilled rock climbers and tennis players and pianists as going beyond focus, to what they have called a “。flow”。 experience, a sense of absorption with the rock or the ball or the music in which the “。me versus it”。 disappears and thereamp。39。s a kind of oneness with the task that brings a joyful higher awareness, as well as successful performance. iamp。39。ve had these experiences, too little but not too late, and probably you have, too.