So what I want to argue for is not that we should give up on our ideas of success, but we should make sure that they are our own. We should focus in on our ideas, and make sure that we own them; that we are truly the authors of our own ambitions. Because it's bad enough not getting what you want, but it's even worse to have an idea of what it is you want, and find out, at the end of the journey, that it isn't, in fact, what you wanted all along.
我想说的是,我们不该放弃,我们对成功的想象,但必须确定那些都是我们自己想要的,我们应该专注于我们自己的目标,确定这目标是我们真正想要的,确定这个梦想蓝图出自自己笔下。因为得不到自己想要的已经够糟糕了,更糟糕的是,在人生旅程的终点,发觉你所追求的从来就不是你真正想要的。
然后…不知什么原因,我所做的事好像在某些人看来有了意义。我的头脑中好像响起一声警报。我说 “他是个实干家,他拥有所有问题的答案”,我要追随你,甘先生!于是我有了伙伴,然后,我有了更多的伙伴,然后,又有更多的人加入,有人后来告诉我,人们看到了希望,那时我什么也不知道。
作家必须是一个愿意沉默的人。
最好的企业是解决实际问题的。找到需求并满足它。