“The sidelines are not where you want to live your life. The world needs you in the arena.”
「场边不是你想过日子的地方,这世界需要你在舞台中央。」– 提姆·库克 (苹果执行长)
- 提姆·库克 (1960- ) 为现任苹果公司执行长,他于 1998 年加入苹果,担任营运部门总裁,接着升任营运长,在贾伯斯离职后继任执行长,在此之前他曾在 IBM 及康柏电脑 (Compaq)。
“Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.”
「主动是不用别人讲就做对的事。」– 雨果 (作家)
“If you don’t take charge of shaping your own destiny, others will apply their agenda to you.”
「你若不主动建构自己的命运,别人将会把他们的计画加诸在你身上。」– 埃里克‧爱伦包夫博士 (成功教练)
“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规划,你将可能落入别人的规划。而猜猜他们可能为你规划了什么?不多。」– 吉姆‧罗恩 (励志作家)
“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.”
「卓越的人与其它人的差别是卓越的人主动创造他们的生活,而其它人是被他们的生活所创造,被动的观望生活接下来要带他们去哪。两者的差别是充实生活与仅仅生存的差别。」– 麦克‧格伯 (创业作家)