“The sidelines are not where you want to live your life. The world needs you in the arena.”
「場邊不是你想過日子的地方,這世界需要你在舞台中央。」– 提姆·庫克 (蘋果執行長)
- 提姆·庫克 (1960- ) 為現任蘋果公司執行長,他於 1998 年加入蘋果,擔任營運部門總裁,接著升任營運長,在賈伯斯離職後繼任執行長,在此之前他曾在 IBM 及康柏電腦 (Compaq)。
“Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.”
「主動是不用別人講就做對的事。」– 雨果 (作家)
“If you don’t take charge of shaping your own destiny, others will apply their agenda to you.”
「你若不主動建構自己的命運,別人將會把他們的計畫加諸在你身上。」– 埃里克‧愛倫包夫博士 (成功教練)
“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s. And guess what they might have planned for you? Not much.”
「如果你不安排自己的人生規劃,你將可能落入別人的規劃。而猜猜他們可能為你規劃了什麼?不多。」– 吉姆‧羅恩 (勵志作家)
“The difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next. The difference between the two is the difference between living fully and just existing.”
「卓越的人與其它人的差別是卓越的人主動創造他們的生活,而其它人是被他們的生活所創造,被動的觀望生活接下來要帶他們去哪。兩者的差別是充實生活與僅僅生存的差別。」– 麥克‧格伯 (創業作家)