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大衛·L·卡爾霍恩(David L. Calhoun)商人 2005年發表於弗吉尼亞理工大學
我在通用公司為一個名叫傑克·韋爾奇的家伙工作了20年。他既是一位偉大的領導者,也是一位偉大的導師。過去是,現在也是。如果我必須找出這麼多年他對我說的最慷慨激昂的主題,那就是自信。自信是最重要的,它是成功必不可少的,是所有在其他方面大相徑庭的偉大領導者的共同特征。
如何獲得自信?培養你內心的自信的秘訣是什麼?
首先,你必須下決心每天都通過你的工作和家庭生活去獲得智力、道德、技術與專業上的提高。你需要每天問自己:我是在加速還是在後退?我還在學習嗎?我是在重復做同樣的事情或就像奧蒂斯·瑞汀所說的那樣『坐在海灣的碼頭上,看潮起潮落』?
對學習的渴望是不受年齡限制的。
培養自信的另一個重要途徑是尋找最難做的工作,最枯燥的科學、工程或管理的挑戰。
I worked for a guy named Jack Welch for twenty years at GE. He was, and is, a great mentor as much as a great leader. If I had to isolate the subject he spoke most passionately to me about, over all those years, it is that SELF CONFIDENCE is the most important, the indispensable characteristic of success, the common characteristic shared by great leaders whose talents may have varied widely in most other respects.
So, how do you get it? What is the secret to developing your own brand of self-confidence?
First, you must resolve to grow intellectually, morally, technically, and professionally every day through your entire work and family life. You need to ask yourself every day: Am I really up to speed or falling behind? Am I still learning? Or am I just doing the same stuff on a different day or as Otis Redding sings, 『Sitting on the dock of the bay…watching the tide roll away?』
The lust for learning is age-independent.
Another important way to build your confidence is to seek out the toughest jobs, the most daunting scientific, engineering or management challenges.
布蘭德利·惠特福德(Bradley Whitford)演員 2006年發表於威斯康辛大學麥迪遜分校
第一,愛上過程,結果自然會來。
第二,做你的事。
第三,一旦准備好,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。要麼你成為環境的被動受害者,要麼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。
Number One: Fall in love with the process and the results will follow.
Number Two: Do your work.
Number Three: Once you」re prepared, throw your preparation in the trash.
Number Four: You are capable of more than you think.
Number Five: Listen.
Number Six: Take action.
You 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.
伍迪·海耶斯(Woody Hayes)大學橄欖球教練 1986年發表於俄亥俄州立大學
在橄欖球場上,我們總是說其他隊戰勝不了我們。我們必須堅信我們不能打垮我們自己。所有人都必須這麼做,確保自己不要被自己打垮。你會發現,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帶著微笑完成阻截的。從來沒有。
In football we always said that the other team couldn」t beat us. We had to be sure that we didn」t beat ourselves. And that」s what people have to do, too——make sure they don」t beat themselves. You」ll find out that nothing that comes 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.
(下)(摘自2010年6月《英語沙龍》)