節錄Jeff Bezos於2011年在母校普林斯頓大學所進行的畢業演講 十分有感觸而且意味深遠，在這裡分享給大家。 ------------------------------------------- Tomorrow, in a very real sense, your life -- the life you author from scratch on your own -- bingins. How will you use your gifts? What choices will you make? Will inertia be your guide, or will you follow your passions? Will you follow dogma, or will you be original? Will you choose a life of ease, or a life of service and adventure? Will you wilt under criticism, or will you follow your convictions? Will you bluff it out when you're wrong, or will you apologize? Will you guard your heart against rejection, or will you act when you fall in love? Will you play it safe, or will you be a little bit swashbuckling? When it's tough, will you give up, or will you be relentless? Will you be cynic, or will you be a builder? Will you be cleverat expense of others, or will you be kind? I will hazard a prediction. When you are 80 years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal vision of your life story, the telling that will be most compact and meaningful will be the series of choices you have made. In the end, we are our choices. Build yourself a great story. Thank you and good luck! -------------------------------------------------------------- 明天，完全由你們所撰寫的嶄新人生新頁，真的要開始了。 你將如何發揮你的天賦？你會做甚麼樣的選擇？ 你會照習慣行事，還是你將追求熱情？ 你會墨守陳規，還是選擇創新獨特？ 你會選擇安逸的生活，還是選擇奉獻與冒險的人生？ 當你碰到批評時會畏縮屈從，還是堅持自己的信念？ 在你犯錯時，你會哄騙掩飾，還是坦誠地道歉？ 你會因為怕被拒絕而不敢敞開心房，或是願意墜入愛河？ 你會選擇打安全牌，還是會浪漫一點，超過冒險的極限？ 遇到困難時，你會放棄，還是不顧一切繼續前行？ 你會當個憤世忌俗的批評者，還是個務實的實踐者？ 你會為了展現自己的聰明才智而傷害他人，還是選擇仁慈？ 我敢說，當你們80歲的時候，靜靜地回想且在心裡對自己說這一生的真實故事時，其中最為鮮明而有意義的將會是你們所做的一連串選擇。人生就是由許多的選擇所創造的。為自己創造一個偉大的人生故事吧，祝你們好運! --

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