When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like, if you live each day as if it were your last, someday you'll most certainly be right. 在我17岁的时候，我读到了一句话，说的是，如果你把每天都当作生命中的最后一天来过，终有一日，你会发现，你会有所成就。 It made an impression on me. And since then, for the past 33 years, I've looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, if today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today? And whenever the answer has been No for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. 这句话让我印象深刻。从那时开始，在接下来的33年中，每天早上，我都看着镜子中的自己，问自己，如果今天是我生命中的最后一天，我会想做什么？这件事，是我今天本来打算要去做的事吗？如果，连续几天，我的回答都是，不，那么，我就知道，我需要做出改变了。 Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything, all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure, these things just fallaway in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. 我很快就会走到生命尽头，记住这一点，我就能够正确地做出重大决定。因为，想到要面对生命的终结，你才会意识到真正重要的东西是什么，而其他的所有东西，比如别人的期待，所有的荣耀，对落魄和失败的恐惧，这些都不重要了。 Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. 你终有一天要走到生命尽头，记住这点，它能让你不顾一切地去奋斗，而不是害怕失去什么。你本来就是一无所有了，你有足够的理由去追寻内心的向往。 The first step before anybody else in the world believes it, is YOU have to believe it. There's no reason to have a plan B, because it distracts from plan A. 不管别人信不信，最重要的是，你自己首先要相信这一点。你没必要去留后路，因为这只会让你分心。 I honestly believe that if you're focused, and passionate, and driven, you can achieve anything you want to achieve in life. 我相信，如果你足够专注，你有足够的热情，你有足够的动力，你就能做成你想做的任何事情。 Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. 你的时间是有限的，所以不要浪费自己的时间，去过别人的生活。不要随大流，如果你这样做，你只是按照别人的意愿去生活而已。不要让别人的声音盖过你内心的声音。最重要的是，你要有勇气，跟着内心走，跟着直觉走，它们最清楚，你想要的是什么。 And ladies and gentlemen, I started working on my dream and most people don't work on their dreams, why? For many years I didn't. One is because of fear, the fear of failure. What if things don't work out? And the fear of success. What if they do and I can't handle it? 女士们，先生们，我早已开始为梦想努力，但很多人并不为自己的梦想努力，为什么？以前，在长达几年的时间内，我也没有这样做。一方面是因为害怕失败，要是努力却没用怎么办？另一方面是因为害怕成功，要是我做到了，但却无法长期保持，怎么办？ The other thing is that most people, ladies and gentlemen, they get comfortable. They stop growing. They stop working on themselves. They stop stretching. They stop pushing themselves. And they end up becoming very cynical about life. And they throw in the towel on themselves, on their families, and on their dreams. 女士们，先生们，很多人都贪图安逸。他们拒绝成长，他们停止提升自己，他们不再拓展自己，他们不再鞭策自己，他们变得愤世嫉俗。他们投降了，向自己投降，向家人投降，向梦想投降。