比尔盖茨十大人生定律改变孩子一生比尔-盖茨的十大人生规则 他被誉为电脑奇才、20 世纪最伟大的计算机软件行业巨人;他在 36 岁时就成为世界上最年轻的亿万富翁;他声称,将不留一分钱给他的后代并准备把自己 95%的财富捐赠给慈善机构;他被《时代》周刊评为在数字技术领域影响重大的 50 人之一;他连续两年被英国《金融时报》评为全球最受尊重的企业家——他就是世界首富,微软创始人威廉-亨利-盖茨。让我们来听听,比尔-盖茨成功背后的人生规则。 Life is not fair, get used to it. 生活是不公平的;要去适应它。 The world won"t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself. 这世界并不会在意你的自尊。这世界指望你在自我感觉良好之前先要有所成就。 You will not make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won"t be a vice president with a car phone, until you earn both. 高中刚毕业你不会一年挣 4 万美元。你不会成为一个公司的副总裁,并拥有一部装有电话的汽车,直到你将此职位和汽车电话都挣到手。 If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesn"t have tenure. 如果你认为你的老师严厉,等你有了老板再这样想。老板可是没有任期限制的。 Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping; they called it opportunity. 烙牛肉饼并不有损你的尊严。你的祖父母对烙牛肉饼可有不同的定义;他们称它为机遇。 If you mess up, it"s not your parents" fault, so don"t whine about our mistakes, learn from them. 如果你陷入困境,那不是你父母的过错,所以不要尖声抱怨我们的错误,要从中吸取教训。 Before you were born, your parents weren"t as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parents" generation, try "delousing" the closet in your own room. 在你出...