Richard St. John: "Success is a continuous journey"

翻译人员: Coco Shen 校对人员: Geoff Chen

Why do so many people reach success and then fail?

为什么有这么多人在成功以后失败？

One of the big reasons is, we think success is a one-way street.

最主要的原因之一是，我们把成功当作一条单行道

So we do everything that leads up to success,

我们尽其所能地达到成功

but then we get there. We figure we've made it,

当我们到达那一步以后，我们觉得我们已经做到了

we sit back in our comfort zone,

我们便闲散下来

and we actually stop doing everything that made us successful.

不再继续那些当初让我们成功的努力

And it doesn't take long to go downhill.

用不了太久，事情就开始走下坡

And I can tell you this happens,

我可以告诉你这是怎么回事

because it happened to me.

因为这是我的亲身体验。

Reaching success, I worked hard, I pushed myself.

为了成功，我努力工作，我鞭策自己

But then I stopped, because I figured, "Oh, you know, I made it.

但我停了下来，因为我想"我已经做到了

I can just sit back and relax."

现在我可以坐着休息了。"

Reaching success, I always tried to improve and do good work.

为了成功，我总是试着做到最好，超越自己

But then I stopped because I figured, "Hey, I'm good enough.

我不再这么做是因为我想，"我已经够好了，

I don't need to improve any more."

我不再需要改进了。"

Reaching success, I was pretty good at coming up with good ideas.

为了成功，我总是有很多好的创意。

Because I did all these simple things that led to ideas.

因为我做了这些让我达到成功的事。

But then I stopped, because I figured I was this hot-shot guy

但我停下来了。因为我想我是个大腕了

and I shouldn't have to work at ideas, they should just come like magic.

我不用再想这些点子。它们会自动出现的。

And the only thing that came was creative block.

但唯一出现的是灵感障碍

I couldn't come up with any ideas.

我没办法再想出任何点子。

Reaching success, I always focused on clients and projects,

为了成功，我用心地关注我的客户和计划

and ignored the money. Then all this money started pouring in.

而不是金钱。但一旦公司开始赚钱

And I got distracted by it.

我就开始分心了

And suddenly I was on the phone to my stockbroker and my real estate agent,

我发现自己总是在与股票经纪人、地产经纪人讲电话

when I should have been talking to my clients.

在我应该花时间关心客户的时候

And reaching success, I always did what I loved.

为了成功，我总是做我最喜欢的事

But then I got into stuff that I didn't love,

但不喜欢的事慢慢接踵而来

like management. I am the world's worst manager,

像管理 － 我是世界上最糟糕的管理者

but I figured I should be doing it, because I was, after all,

但当时我觉得这就是我该做的

the president of the company.

因为我毕竟是公司的老板

Well, soon a black cloud formed over my head

很快地，乌云罩顶

and here I was, outwardly very successful,

我外表看上去成功

but inwardly very depressed.

但内心非常消沉

But I'm a guy; I knew how to fix it.

但身为一个男人，我知道该怎么解决

I bought a fast car.

我买了台跑车

(Laughter)

（笑声）

It didn't help.

但那没有解决问题

I was faster but just as depressed.

我拥有了速度但仍然消沉

So I went to my doctor. I said, "Doc,

于是我去看医生，我说"医生，

I can buy anything I want. But I'm not happy. I'm depressed.

这世界上没有什么是我要而买不到的，但我很不快乐

It's true what they say, and I didn't believe it until it happened to me.

人们说的都是真的，我以前不相信，直到亲身经历

But money can't buy happiness."

金钱是买不到快乐的。"

He said, "No. But it can buy Prozac."

他回答。”但可以买到百忧解。“

And he put me on anti-depressants.

于是他让我吃抗忧郁药

And yeah, the black cloud faded a little bit, but so did all the work,

乌云似乎有点消散了，但工作也是

because I was just floating along. I couldn't care less if clients ever called.

因为我如坠云中，我根本不在乎客户有没有与我联系

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And clients didn't call.

事实上也没有。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Because they could see I was no longer serving them,

因为他们知道我已经不再在乎他们

I was only serving myself.

我只在乎我自己。

So they took their money and their projects to others who would serve them better.

于是他们带着钱和计划到真正能服务他们的人那里去

Well, it didn't take long for business to drop like a rock.

很快的，我的事业如坠深渊

My partner and I, Thom, we had to let all our employees go.

我的合伙人和我只有让我们的员工走路

It was down to just the two of us, and we were about to go under.

只剩下我们两个，也差不多要完蛋了

And that was great.

但突然一切又好了

Because with no employees, there was nobody for me to manage.

因为没有员工，就不用管理

So I went back to doing the projects I loved.

我可以回去做我喜欢的计划

I had fun again, I worked harder and, to cut a long story short,

工作又开始有趣了，我也更努力工作。长话短说

did all the things that took me back up to success.

我又开始走回成功的道路

But it wasn't a quick trip.

但那不是条高速公路

It took seven years.

它总共花了我七年

But in the end, business grew bigger than ever.

但现在，我们的公司比之前更强大

And when I went back to following these eight principles,

我也继续履行我的八条原则

the black cloud over my head disappeared altogether.

在我头上的乌云消失了

And I woke up one day and I said,

某天早上我醒来，对自己说

"I don't need Prozac anymore."

”我不需要百忧解了。“

And I threw it away and haven't needed it since.

我把它扔了出去，再也没有碰过

I learned that success isn't a one-way street.

我学到成功不是一条单行道

It doesn't look like this; it really looks more like this.

它看起来不像这样，它看起来更像这样

It's a continuous journey.

是一条持续的长路

And if we want to avoid "success-to-failure-syndrome,"

如果我们不想染上”从成功到失败"症

we just keep following these eight principles,

只要持续地谨守这八条原则

because that is not only how we achieve success,

因为你要的不只是成功

it's how we sustain it.

更是保持成功。

So here is to your continued success.

愿我们都继续成功。

Thank you very much.

非常谢谢各位。

(Applause)

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