小扎哈佛大学2017届毕业演讲节选

今天读到小扎在哈佛2017届毕业生毕业典礼上的演讲,立即成了扎粉了。这个还小我们几岁的犹太裔美国大男孩原来是这么个有情怀的人。

Today I want to talk about three ways to create a world where everyone has a sense of purpose: by taking on big meaningful projects together, by redefining equality so everyone has the freedom to pursue purpose, and by building community across the world.

今天我想谈谈创造一个每个人都有使命感的世界的三种方法:一起做有意义的项目;通过重新定义平等,使每个人都有追求目标的自由;在全世界建立社群。

But let me tell you a secret: no one does when they begin. Ideas don't come out fully formed. They only become clear as you work on them. You just have to get started.

但我想告诉你一个秘密:没有人从一开始就知道如何做,想法并不会在最初就完全成型。只有当你工作时才变得逐渐清晰,你只需要做的就是开始。

In our society, we often don't do big things because we're so afraid of making mistakes that we ignore all the things wrong today if we do nothing. The reality is, anything we do will have issues in the future. But that can't keep us from starting.

在我们的社会里,我们并不经常做一些伟大的事,因为我们害怕犯错。如果我们什么都不做,我们就忽视了今天所有的错误。事实上,我们所做的任何事情将来都会有问题。但这不能阻止我们开始。

The second is redefining equality to give everyone the freedom they need to pursue purpose.

第二件事是,重新定义平等,让每个人都有追求目的的自由。

Now, an entrepreneurial culture thrives when it's easy to try lots of new ideas. Facebook wasn't the first thing I built. I also built games, chat systems, study tools and music players. I'm not alone. JK Rowling got rejected 12 times before publishing Harry Potter. Even Beyonce had to make hundreds of songs to get Halo. The greatest successes come from having the freedom to fail.

现在,只要在尝试很多新想法的时候,创业文化就会蓬勃发展。 Facebook并不是我做的第一件事,我还做过游戏、聊天系统、学习工具和音乐播放器。我并不孤独, 因为JK罗琳在出版《哈利波特》之前被拒绝了12次,即使碧昂丝也不得不写了数百首歌曲,才有了今天Halo这首歌获得的光环。最大的成功来自于我们享有失败的自由。

We all know we don't succeed just by having a good idea or working hard. We succeed by being lucky too. If I had to support my family growing up instead of having time to code, if I didn't know I'd be fine if Facebook didn't work out, I wouldn't be standing here today. If we're honest, we all know how much luck we've had.

我们都知道,想要成功,光凭一个好想法,或者一个好的工作态度,是远远不够的。幸运也是成功很重要的因素。如果当初,我无法花时间编写代码,而是必须勤工俭学补贴家用,如果我无法承受“万一Facebook不能成功”这一假设,我今天都不会站在这里。诚实地想一想,我们都知道,(能够有今天)自己是多么的幸运。

We can all make time to give someone a hand. Let's give everyone the freedom to pursue their purpose -- not only because it's the right thing to do, but because when more people can turn their dreams into something great, we're all better for it.

花一点时间,去帮助其他人,这是我们每个人都可以做到的。让我们通过此举,让每个人都有实现人生目标的自由——不仅因为这样做是正确的,更是因为当人们可以把梦想变为伟大的现实时,我们每个人都会变得更好。

Change starts local. Even global changes start small -- with people like us. In our generation, the struggle of whether we connect more, whether we achieve our biggest opportunities, comes down to this -- your ability to build communities and create a world where every single person has a sense of purpose.

改变源于身边。甚至全球性的改变也是源自微小的事物 —— 和我们一样的人。在我们这一代,我们的努力能否连接更多人和事,能否把握我们最大的机遇,都归结于这一点 —— 你是否有能力搭建社群并且创造一个所有人都能有使命感的世界。

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