三人行必有我师 孔子曰“三人行，则必有我师。” 是故弟子不必不如师，师不必贤于弟子。 闻道有先后，术业有专攻，如是而已。 Confucius said "If three men are walking together, one of them is bound to be good enough to be my teacher." A student is not necessarily inferior to his teacher, nor does a teacher necessarily be more virtuous and talented than his s

Mr.Dawson was an old grouch, and everyone in town knew it. Kids knew not to go into his yard to pick a delicious apple, even off the ground, because old Dawson, they said, would come after you with his ball bullet gun. 道森先生是个坏脾气的老头子，镇上的每个人都知道这个。小孩们知道不能到他的院子里摘美味的苹果，甚至掉在地上的也不能捡，因为据他们说，老道森会端着他的弹丸猎枪跟在你

Many people think that they have to accept whatever life throws at them. They&#39ll say, &quotThis is my fate, my destiny. I cannot change it.&quot许多人认为人应该认命接受生活跑给自己的一切。他们会说：“这就是我的命运，是命中注定的。要改变它我无能为力。”Of course not!当然不是这样!You don&#39t have to suffer needlessly. Your destiny depends on you, not on an

An old farmer lived on a farm in the mountains with his young grandson. Each morning grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his holy book. One day the grandson asked, &quotgrandpa! I try to read the holy book just like you but I don&#39t understand it, and what I do understand I f

Like my friend Warren Buffet,就像我的朋友沃伦·布非一样，I feel particularly lucky to do something every day that I love to do.我为每天都能做自己热爱的事情而感到无比幸运。He calls it &quottap-dancing to work.&quot他称之为“踢踏舞工作”。My job at Microsoft is as challenging as ever,我在微软的工作永远充满挑战，but what makes me &quottap-dance to work&quot is wh

So here’s my final story:以下是我要说的最后一个故事：On a day like today,就像今天的某一日，you might feel exhilarated—like you’ve just been shot out of a cannon at the circus—and even invincible.你们可能感到欣喜若狂,就像你刚从马戏团的大炮口被射了出来——甚至更加所向无敌。Don’t ever forget that incredible feeling.绝不要忘了那种难以名状的美妙感觉。But also: always remember that

My third story is about death.我的第三个故事是关于死亡When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: &quotIf you live each day as if it was your last, someday you&#39ll most certainly be right.&quot It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every mo

I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I&#39ve ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That&#39s it. No big deal. Jus

I&#39ve always been an optimist我天生乐观，and I suppose that is rooted in my belief that the power of creativity and intelligence can make the world a better place.坚信人类凭创造力和聪明才智可以让世界日益美妙，这一设想一直根植于我的内心深处。For as long as I can remember, I&#39ve loved learning new things and solving problems.自从记事起，我就热衷于接触新事物

My Dad became a professor at uh... Michigan State,我的父亲后来成了···密歇根州立大学的教授，and I was an incredibly lucky boy.我是一个非常幸运的孩子。A professor’s life is pretty flexible,教授的生活安排是非常有弹性的，and he was able to spend oodles of time raising me.父亲能有大量的时间来培养我。Could there be a better upbringing than university brat?还有比大学校园更

In fact, there was a fellow.实际上，有一个同僚。He was in Omaha, who used to say, he looked with three things in hiring people: integrity, intelligence and energy.奥哈马市有一位先生说，当他雇人时，他会看三个方面：诚信，智能，和精力。And he said if the person did not have the first two, the later two would kill him,雇一个只有高智力和精力，却没有诚信的人会毁了雇者。beca

I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams.我认为,通常追寻雄心万丈的梦想更容易些。I know that sounds completely nuts.我知道这听起来完全是一派胡言。But, since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition.不过,既然没有别的人疯狂到会做这件事情,你就没有竞争对手了。In fact,there are so few people this crazy that I feel

I had one of those dreams when I was 23.我23岁的时候,就做过一个那样的梦。When I suddenly woke up,我猛然惊醒,I was thinking: What if we could download the whole web, and just keep the links?想着:如果我们能把整个网络下载下来,但仅保存链接会怎样?And I grabbed a pen andstarted writing!然后我抓起一支笔写了起来。Sometimes it’s important to wake up and stop dreami

And then I would throw in a hooker.然后，我这里再给你们下个跘儿。I would say that be part of owning 10% of this person,在你买进10％你的同学的余生时，you have to get rid of, to short 10% of somebody else in the class.你还要卖出10％的另外一个同学的余生。That is more fun, isn’t it?这不是很有趣吗？And you think that who do I want to go short of?你会想我到底卖谁呢？A

Everyone in my family went here to Michigan: my brother, my Mom, my Dad—all of them.我们家的所有成员都毕业于密歇根大学:我哥哥、我妈妈和爸爸——我们全家。My Dad actually got the quantity discount :he got all three and a half of his degrees here.我的父亲在学位数量上可能要打个折：他从密歇根大学拿到了三个半学位。His Ph.D. was in Communication Science because they thoug

My second story is about love and loss.我的第二个故事是关于热爱和得失I was lucky. I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a 2 billion dollars company with over 4000

When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog,当我年轻的时候, 有一本叫做“整个地球的目录”振聋发聩的杂志，which was one of the bibles of my generation.它是我们那一代人的圣经之一。It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park,它是一个叫Stewart Brand的家伙在离这里不远的Menlo Park书写的,and he

Well, that’s a short little sermon.上面我简单地我说了一下我的看法。So Let&#39s get on with what you’re interested in.下面就让我们开始谈谈你们所感兴趣的。And like I say, in go all over.就像我之前说的那样。So, I don’t know exactly how we gotta have this, but let&#39s start with a hand here someplace or other.我不知道接下来怎样进行，那我们从举手示意的同学开始提问题吧。There

And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents&#39 savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn&#39t see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life

My Dad was valedictorian of Flint Mandeville High School class of 1956 for about 90 kids.我的父亲1956年从弗林特曼德维尔高中毕业，这届大约有90 个学生，他发表了毕业演讲。I happened across his graduating speech recently, and it blew me away.最近我有幸读到了这段演讲，并被其折服。53 years ago my Dad said: “···we are entering a changing world,父亲在他53年前的毕业典礼上这样

That to me is absolutely fascinating.这于我而言，是绝对的百思不得其解。I mean if I ever write a book it will be called: Why Smart People Do Dumb Things.如果我要写本书的话，书名就是《为什么 聪明人净干蠢事》。My partner says it should be autobiographical. But this might be an interesting illustration.我的合伙人说那本书就是他的自传。这真 的是一个有趣的演示。They are perfec

And 17 years later I did go to college.在十七岁那年 ，我真的上了大学。But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford,但是我很愚蠢的选择了一个几乎和你们斯坦福大学一样贵的学校,and all of my working-class parent‘s savings were being spent on my college tuition.我父母还处于蓝领阶层，他们几乎把所有积蓄都花在了我的学费上面。After six months, I couldn&#39

But time is the friend of the wonderful business it is the enemy of the lousy business.时间是好生意的朋友，却是坏生意的敌人。If you are in a lousy business for a long time, you are going to get a lousy result even if you buy it cheap.如果你陷在糟糕的生意里太久的话，你的结果也一定会糟糕，即使你的买入价很便宜。If you are in a wonderful business for a long t

Now I get to work in a job that I love, but I have always worked in a job that I loved.我热爱我的工作，但是我从来如此，I loved it just as much when I thought it was a big deal or to make 1,000 bucks.无论我在谈大生意，还是只赚1000美元的时候，我也爱我所做的亊情。I urge you to work in jobs that you love.我希望你们也做自己喜欢的工作。I mean I think you are out o

Again, you can&#39t connect the dots looking forward再次说明的是,你在向前展望的时候不可能将这些片断串连起来；you can only connect them looking backwards.你只能在回顾的时候将点点滴滴串连起来。So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.所以你必须相信这些片断会在你未来的某一天串连起来。You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, ka

But we put in a bid on Wednesday morning. By that, I was in Boston Montana.星期三的早上，我们出了一个报价。那时，我已经在蒙塔那了。And I talked to Bill McDonough at the New York Federal.我和纽约储备局的比尔·麦克唐纳通了话。At 10 o&#39clock we were having a meet with bankers at 10 o’clock that morning in New York.他们在10点会和一批银行家碰头。And I called the

And yet 16 guys with very high IQs and very decent people entered into that game.我所不能理解的是，这16 个如此高智商的能人怎么就会玩这样一个游戏。You know I think it is madness.简直就是疯了。It is produced by an overall reliance to same extent on things.某种程度上，他们的决定基本上都依赖于一个客观上的联系。You know those guys would tell me back at Salomon, a six

Class of 2009!2009届的同学们，I don&#39t think I hurt you.我不认为这伤害了你们。First I’d like you to stand up, and wave and cheer your supportive family and friends!首先我希望大家都站起来，向支持你们的亲朋好友挥手致意！I’m sure you can find them out there.我相信你们都能在人群中找到他们。Show your love!把你们的爱表现出来吧!It is a great honor for me to be here today.今

I didn&#39t see it then,我当时没有觉察,but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me.但是事后证明，从苹果公司被炒是我这辈子发生的最棒的事情。The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again,less sure about everything.尽管前景为卜，但从头开始的轻松感取代了保

I&#39d like to just say a few words primarily and then the highlight for me will be getting your questions in a few minutes.我想先讲几分钟的套话，然后我就主要来接受你们的提问。I want to talk about what is on your mind.我想谈的是你们的所思所想。I urge you to throw a hard ball.我鼓励你们给我抛一些高难度的球，It’s more fun for me if you, if you feel a litt