全英Talk｜100%坚持，远比98%坚持更容易
转录文字：It is actually easier to hold your principles 100 percent of the time坚持原则百分之百不动摇than it is to hold them 98 percent of the time.反而比坚持百分之九十八更容易This is a life lesson provided by这是哈佛商学院前教授 a former Harvard business professor Clayton Christensen克莱顿·克里斯坦森的人生箴言And professor Christensen 克里斯坦森教授本人also graduated from Harvard University many decades ago.也是数十年前从哈佛毕业的校友He had seen his classmates and alumni 他目睹了许多同窗和校友becoming very successful in their careers.在事业上取得巨大成功Many of them became CEOs or CFOs of important organizations不少人成为知名企业的CEO或CFOand they married someone who were better-looking than them.还娶到了颜值远超自己的伴侣But decades later, things started to change.但几十年后 情况开始发生变化Many successful Harvard graduates ended up in prisons许多哈佛大学的优秀毕业生最终锒铛入狱because they fell into huge troubles 因为他们陷入了巨大的麻烦like financial scandals, insider trading scandals, 比如财务丑闻 内幕交易丑闻or even sex scandals.甚至性丑闻They had many life crises 他们遭遇了诸多人生危机and some of them had divorces.其中一些人还经历了离婚The idea of "just this once"这种"就这一次"的想法has put a lot of young, talented, smart people让许多年轻有为的聪明人in dangerous positions.陷入了危险境地And he emphasized in his book that他在书中特别强调most of us think that important ethical decisions in our lives 我们大多数人都以为人生中重要的道德抉择will be delivered with a blinking red neon sign:会伴随着闪烁的红色霓虹灯警示出现Caution, important decision ahead.注意 前方有重要抉择The problem is life seldom works that way.问题是人生往往不按套路出牌It comes with no warning signs.它总是悄然而至毫无预兆Instead, most of us will face 相反 大多数人要面对的a series of small everyday decisions是日常生活中一连串的小选择that rarely seem like they have high stakes attached.看似无关紧要实则暗藏玄机You know, 要知道the marginal cost of bending your rule just one time破例一次的边际成本seems really trivial,看似微不足道but the likelihood of you 但重蹈覆辙的doing it over and over again is pretty high.概率却相当高Once you open the door for it, 一旦你开了这个口子you will continue doing that wrong thing. 就会在错误的路上越走越远And in the end, you'll pay the price of it, 最终必将自食其果and the price might be unbearable.而代价可能是无法承受的So personally, I cannot agree more with this idea.所以个人而言 我完全赞同这个观点You know, I have seen 要知道 我见过many smart kids at prestigious universities.很多名校的聪明孩子They were completely 他们明明完全capable of achieving great academic success,有能力取得优异的学术成就but they decided to take shortcuts 却选择走捷径and even cheated on exams. 甚至在考试中作弊But the consequence of that cheating behavior, 但这种作弊行为的后果even though many young people see it as trivial or unimportant, 尽管很多年轻人觉得微不足道can come with you forever.可能会伴随你一生In the end, 最终those cheating students were kicked out of school.那些作弊的学生都被开除了学籍They didn't get a degree连学位都没拿到and no school or employer would hire them没有学校或雇主愿意聘用他们because they've already lost their reputation.因为他们已经名誉扫地And you know this is just a small example要知道这还只是个小例子and life comes with a lot of temptations 生活中充满各种诱惑and tricky circumstances. 和棘手的情况And in your 20s or 30s, 在二三十岁的年纪you will encounter many tricky circumstances.你会遇到许多棘手处境So for example,举个例子when I was working 当我还在as a business operator and also educator at a large company,一家大公司担任业务运营兼教育工作者时our supervisor asked our team 主管要求我们团队to produce a marketing video of a ordinary young teacher 制作一个普通青年教师becoming a successful principal on the campus.逆袭成为校园成功校长的宣传视频So as a previous journalist, 作为一名前新闻记者the first thing I did was to check the fact, 我做的第一件事就是核实事实whether there was a real person behind the story. 确认这个故事背后是否真有其人And I asked employees 我询问了who worked at that company for many years在那家公司工作多年的员工And I couldn't find the real person behind it.但始终找不到故事的原型人物Then I had a very fierce argument with my supervisor.随后我与主管爆发了激烈争执I said, "if there's a real person behind the story, 我说 如果故事有真实原型we can reproduce the scenes.我们可以还原现场If there's no real person behind it, 如果没有真实人物we cannot create fake news.就不能制造假新闻This is fake news." 这就是假新闻And I said, 'I'm out.最后我表示 我退出I will not be part of this program." 不会参与这个项目So at that moment, it definitely took me courage那一刻 我确实需要鼓起勇气to say this out loud in front of my team. 才能在团队面前大声说出这些话But I never regret it. 但我从未后悔Because I know if i'm going to have a long career 因为我知道 如果我想在in the media industry or the education industry,传媒行业或教育行业长期发展trust is the most valuable asset I can have.信任就是我最宝贵的资产I will never sacrifice my professional reputation 我绝不会为了某个小项目for that small project or for short term interests. 或短期利益牺牲职业声誉In your life, 人生路上making hard decisions that align with your values做出符合价值观的艰难抉择is more important than any kind of short term interests. 远比任何短期利益都重要The idea of just this once can actually这种就这一次的想法 lead you down the path that you never want to go.可能会让你走上一条不归路On the other hand,另一方面if you are able to hold your principles 100 percent of the time,如果你能始终如一地坚守原则you can save a lot of mental energy and time. 就能节省大量精力和时间You can devote your time and energy 你可以把时间和精力to more important things in your life.投入到人生更重要的事情上So for young people who are watching this video, 所以观看这个视频的年轻人never ever bend your rule. 永远不要打破自己的原则Think about what is right, what is wrong明辨是非对错and know your values,清楚自己的价值观know your principles and know what you stand for.坚守你的原则和立场If you give in to just this once, 如果纵容自己 就这一次you will regret where you end up.你会后悔自己最终的下场Many politicians didn't start out as bad people.很多政客最初并非坏人They were willing to sacrifice themselves for the country 他们曾愿意为国家牺牲自我to serve the country, 报效祖国but in the end, because of wrong decisions, 但最终却因决策失误they ended up being corrupt. 沦为了腐败分子And many young athletes 还有那些who were well respected by young people around the world备受全球年轻人尊重的年轻运动员suddenly got caught up abusing drugs突然深陷滥用药物的丑闻And you've seen 你也见过many young celebrities who were beautiful许多光鲜亮丽的年轻明星and who were worshipped by fans around the world 被全球粉丝追捧崇拜suddenly lost their reputation overnight. 却在一夜之间身败名裂So if you want to have a happy, stable life 如果你想拥有幸福安稳的生活and long term success,和长远的成功hold your principles, 就要坚守原则not just sometimes, but all the time.不是偶尔坚持 而是始终如一So here's a quote I want to read to you from the book我想给大家念一段书中的话How Will You Measure Your Life? 来自《如何衡量你的人生》Look, I know that as a general rule, 听着 我知道按常理most people shouldn't do this,大多数人都不该这么做but in this particular extenuating circumstance, 但在这种特殊情有可原的情况下just this once, it's okay. 就破例一次 没关系的And the voice in our head seems to be right.而我们内心的声音似乎很有道理The price of doing something wrong just this once偶尔犯错的代价usually appears alluringly low. 往往看起来诱人地低廉It suckers you in 它会让你鬼迷心窍and you don't see where that path is ultimately headed而你却看不清这条路的最终归宿or the full cost that the choice entails.也不明白这个选择要付出的全部代价
