Brick walls are there for a reason转：兰迪教授的最后一课
无以表达对兰迪波许教授的敬意和怀念。
从他的讲稿中摘了部分句子，与大家分享。
另：感谢原译者Lichao Chen (chenlc03@hotmail.com)的辛勤劳动。
Brick walls are there for a reason: they let us prove how badly we want things.
I mean it’s the greatest thing of cognitive dissonance you will ever see is the fact that I am in really good shape. In fact, I am in better shape than most of you. [Randy gets on the ground and starts doing pushups] [Applause]
我的意思是这将是你所见到的最大的认知失调，我的体力非常好。事实上，我比你们大部分人的体力都好。[兰迪趴下开始做俯卧撑] [掌声]
Is that when you see yourself doing something badly and nobody’s bothering to tell you anymore, that’s a very bad place to be. Your critics are your ones telling you they still love you and care.
当你看到自己把事情搞糟而没人劳神告诉你，这处境就很不妙。批评你的人是告诉你他们仍然爱和关心你。
But remember, the brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.
但请记住，砖墙在那里是有原因的。砖墙不是要挡住我们。砖墙是要给我们机会说明我们有多迫切的想得到。因为砖墙是要阻挡那些不诚心的人，那些其他人。
He(Jon Snoddy)said, when you’re pissed off at somebody and you’re angry at them, you just haven’t given them enough time. Just give them a little more time and they’ll almost always impress you. And that really stuck with me. I think he’s absolutely right on that one.
他说，当你对别人怨恼愤怒时，你只是还没有给他们足够的时间。给他们多一点时间，他们将几乎总能让你叹服。我觉得他说得真对。
They’re both ways of saying I don’t know, but boy there’s a good way and a bad way.
他们两个人都在说，我不知道，但一个是很好的方式，一个坏的方式。
I say, Steve, I’m sorry but your world has crashed and we’re going to go to videotape. And he pulls out his ninja sword and says, I am dishonored! Whaaa! And just drops! [applause and laughter] And so I think it’s very telling that my very favorite moment in ten years of this high technology course was a brilliant ad lib. And then when the videotape is done and the lights come up, he’s lying there lifeless and his teammates drag him off! [laughter] It really was a fantastic moment.
我说，史蒂夫，抱歉，但你的世界已经崩溃了，我们要转到备用录像上。他拔出忍者剑说，我受辱了！哇 ！倒地！ [掌声和笑声] ，所以我认为这是非常说明问题，10 年来这一高科技课程中我最喜爱的时刻是一个出色的随机应变。然后当录像带放完，灯光回来，他躺在那跟死了一样，他的队友把他给拖下去！ [笑] 那真的是一个美妙时刻。
If they’re standing close to each other, the world is good.
如果他们互相站在很靠近，那这个虚拟世界就是好的。
we know how you feel honey, and remember when your father was your age he was fighting the Germans.
我知道你的感受，小鬼，可记住你爸爸在你的年龄，正在和德国人打仗呢。
And anybody who is out there who is a parent, if your kids want to paint their bedroom, as a favor to me let them do it.
如果在座的有家长，如果您的孩 子想画自己的卧室，作为对我的好意，让他们去画。
So my next piece of advice is, you just have to decide if you’re a Tigger or and Eeyore. [shows slide with an image of Tigger and Eeyore with the phrase “Decide if you’re Tigger or Eeyore”]
所以我的下一条建议就是, 你必须决定你是跳跳虎还是依唷驴[放画有跳跳虎和依唷驴的幻灯, 文字内容为”决定你是跳跳虎还是依唷驴”]
And I think all young ladies should hear this. Sil said, it took me a long time but I’ve finally figured it out. When it comes to men that are romantically interested in you, it’s really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do. It’s that simple. It’s that easy. And I thought back to my bachelor days and I said, damn. [laughter]
我想所有的年轻女士们应该要听这个。她说，我花了很长时间但我最终搞明白了。跟男人谈恋爱实际上很简单。不理会他们说什么，只注意他们做什么。就那么容易。我回想起我的单身汉日子，我说，得。 [笑声]
So. How do you get people to help you? You can’t get there alone. People have to help you and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth. Being earnest. I’ll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short term. Earnest is long term.
所以。如何让别人去帮助你？你不能单打独斗。你需要人来帮你。我相信因果报应。我相信回报。你讲真话，人们就来帮你。真挚做人。我会毫不犹豫的选择一个真诚的人，而不是一个时髦的人，因为时髦是短暂的。真诚是长远的。
Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself. And I thought how do I possibly make a concrete example of that? Do we have a concrete example of focusing on somebody else over there? Could we bring it out? See, yesterday was my wife’s birthday. If there was ever a time I might be entitled to have the focus on me, it might be the last lecture. But no, I feel very badly that my wife didn’t really get a proper birthday, and I thought it would be very nice if 500 people— [a birthday cake is wheeled onto the stage] [applause]
当你做砸了，道歉。注意力在别人身上，而不是自己。我在想怎么能做出一个具体的例子？我们那里有没有一个把重点放在别人那里的具体例子？能不能把它拿出来？昨天是夫人的生日。如果我配有一个焦点集中在我的时间的话，那可能就是这最后一次演讲。但不行，我太太没有真正过一个合适的生日，我觉得很糟糕。所以我想最好，有500 人能- [一个生日蛋糕被推上讲台] [掌声]
I will fix this.
我来解决。
when you do the right thing, good stuff has a way of happening.
当你做正确的事情，好事情就会飘然而至。
Get a feedback loop and listen to it. Your feedback loop can be this dorky spreadsheet thing I did, or it can just be one great man who tells you what you need to hear. The hard part is the listening to it. Anybody can get chewed out. It’s the rare person who says, oh my god, you were right. As opposed to, no wait, the real reason is… We’ve all heard that. When people give you feedback, cherish it and use it.
得到并听取反馈。你的反馈回路可以是我做的这学究气的表格，或者是一个伟人告诉你你所应该听到的。听取意见才是难点。每个人都会被训斥。鲜有人说，我的上帝啊，你说得对。常见的是，不，等一下，真正的原因是……我们都听过这种辩解。当人们给你的反馈时，珍惜并使用它。
Show gratitude.
表达感激。
Don’t complain.
不要抱怨。
Be good at something, it makes you valuable.
有一技之长，它使你有价值。
Work hard.
努力工作。
Find the best in everybody. One of the things that Jon Snoddy as I said told me is that you might have to wait a long time, sometimes years, but people will show you their good side. Just keep waiting no matter how long it takes. No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side, just keep waiting, it will come out.
每个人都有闪光点。我提到的乔恩.史诺地曾告诉我说，人们会向你展示自己善的一面，但你可能要等待很长的时间，有时甚至好几年才能见到。但不论多久都要等待。没人是完全邪恶。每一个人都有善的一面，只要继续等待，它就会显现。
And be prepared. Luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity.
有所准备。运气真的是机会与准备的结合。
So today’s talk was about my childhood dreams, enabling the dreams of others, and some lessons learned. But did you figure out the head fake? It’s not about how to achieve your dreams. It’s about how to lead your life. If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you. Have you figured out the second head fake? The talk’s not for you, it’s for my kids. Thank you all, good night.
所以，今天谈的是我童年的梦想，让别人实现梦想，以及一些教训。但是你们看透了其中的障眼法吗？这不是关于如何实现你们的梦想。它的关于如何引领你的生活。如果你正确引领你的生活，因缘自有报应。梦想会成真。你们看清楚了第二个障眼法吗？这讲座不是为你们，它是为了我的孩子。谢谢大家，晚安。
[applause; standing ovation for 90 seconds; Randy brings Jai onto the stage and they take a bow; they sit down in their seats; standing ovation continues for another minute]
[掌声；全体起立鼓掌90秒钟；兰迪带洁走上讲台一起鞠躬致意；然后他们坐在自己的座位上；全体继续起立鼓掌一分钟]
从他的讲稿中摘了部分句子，与大家分享。
另：感谢原译者Lichao Chen (chenlc03@hotmail.com)的辛勤劳动。
Brick walls are there for a reason: they let us prove how badly we want things.
I mean it’s the greatest thing of cognitive dissonance you will ever see is the fact that I am in really good shape. In fact, I am in better shape than most of you. [Randy gets on the ground and starts doing pushups] [Applause]
我的意思是这将是你所见到的最大的认知失调，我的体力非常好。事实上，我比你们大部分人的体力都好。[兰迪趴下开始做俯卧撑] [掌声]
Is that when you see yourself doing something badly and nobody’s bothering to tell you anymore, that’s a very bad place to be. Your critics are your ones telling you they still love you and care.
当你看到自己把事情搞糟而没人劳神告诉你，这处境就很不妙。批评你的人是告诉你他们仍然爱和关心你。
But remember, the brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.
但请记住，砖墙在那里是有原因的。砖墙不是要挡住我们。砖墙是要给我们机会说明我们有多迫切的想得到。因为砖墙是要阻挡那些不诚心的人，那些其他人。
He(Jon Snoddy)said, when you’re pissed off at somebody and you’re angry at them, you just haven’t given them enough time. Just give them a little more time and they’ll almost always impress you. And that really stuck with me. I think he’s absolutely right on that one.
他说，当你对别人怨恼愤怒时，你只是还没有给他们足够的时间。给他们多一点时间，他们将几乎总能让你叹服。我觉得他说得真对。
They’re both ways of saying I don’t know, but boy there’s a good way and a bad way.
他们两个人都在说，我不知道，但一个是很好的方式，一个坏的方式。
I say, Steve, I’m sorry but your world has crashed and we’re going to go to videotape. And he pulls out his ninja sword and says, I am dishonored! Whaaa! And just drops! [applause and laughter] And so I think it’s very telling that my very favorite moment in ten years of this high technology course was a brilliant ad lib. And then when the videotape is done and the lights come up, he’s lying there lifeless and his teammates drag him off! [laughter] It really was a fantastic moment.
我说，史蒂夫，抱歉，但你的世界已经崩溃了，我们要转到备用录像上。他拔出忍者剑说，我受辱了！哇 ！倒地！ [掌声和笑声] ，所以我认为这是非常说明问题，10 年来这一高科技课程中我最喜爱的时刻是一个出色的随机应变。然后当录像带放完，灯光回来，他躺在那跟死了一样，他的队友把他给拖下去！ [笑] 那真的是一个美妙时刻。
If they’re standing close to each other, the world is good.
如果他们互相站在很靠近，那这个虚拟世界就是好的。
we know how you feel honey, and remember when your father was your age he was fighting the Germans.
我知道你的感受，小鬼，可记住你爸爸在你的年龄，正在和德国人打仗呢。
And anybody who is out there who is a parent, if your kids want to paint their bedroom, as a favor to me let them do it.
如果在座的有家长，如果您的孩 子想画自己的卧室，作为对我的好意，让他们去画。
So my next piece of advice is, you just have to decide if you’re a Tigger or and Eeyore. [shows slide with an image of Tigger and Eeyore with the phrase “Decide if you’re Tigger or Eeyore”]
所以我的下一条建议就是, 你必须决定你是跳跳虎还是依唷驴[放画有跳跳虎和依唷驴的幻灯, 文字内容为”决定你是跳跳虎还是依唷驴”]
And I think all young ladies should hear this. Sil said, it took me a long time but I’ve finally figured it out. When it comes to men that are romantically interested in you, it’s really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do. It’s that simple. It’s that easy. And I thought back to my bachelor days and I said, damn. [laughter]
我想所有的年轻女士们应该要听这个。她说，我花了很长时间但我最终搞明白了。跟男人谈恋爱实际上很简单。不理会他们说什么，只注意他们做什么。就那么容易。我回想起我的单身汉日子，我说，得。 [笑声]
So. How do you get people to help you? You can’t get there alone. People have to help you and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth. Being earnest. I’ll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short term. Earnest is long term.
所以。如何让别人去帮助你？你不能单打独斗。你需要人来帮你。我相信因果报应。我相信回报。你讲真话，人们就来帮你。真挚做人。我会毫不犹豫的选择一个真诚的人，而不是一个时髦的人，因为时髦是短暂的。真诚是长远的。
Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself. And I thought how do I possibly make a concrete example of that? Do we have a concrete example of focusing on somebody else over there? Could we bring it out? See, yesterday was my wife’s birthday. If there was ever a time I might be entitled to have the focus on me, it might be the last lecture. But no, I feel very badly that my wife didn’t really get a proper birthday, and I thought it would be very nice if 500 people— [a birthday cake is wheeled onto the stage] [applause]
当你做砸了，道歉。注意力在别人身上，而不是自己。我在想怎么能做出一个具体的例子？我们那里有没有一个把重点放在别人那里的具体例子？能不能把它拿出来？昨天是夫人的生日。如果我配有一个焦点集中在我的时间的话，那可能就是这最后一次演讲。但不行，我太太没有真正过一个合适的生日，我觉得很糟糕。所以我想最好，有500 人能- [一个生日蛋糕被推上讲台] [掌声]
I will fix this.
我来解决。
when you do the right thing, good stuff has a way of happening.
当你做正确的事情，好事情就会飘然而至。
Get a feedback loop and listen to it. Your feedback loop can be this dorky spreadsheet thing I did, or it can just be one great man who tells you what you need to hear. The hard part is the listening to it. Anybody can get chewed out. It’s the rare person who says, oh my god, you were right. As opposed to, no wait, the real reason is… We’ve all heard that. When people give you feedback, cherish it and use it.
得到并听取反馈。你的反馈回路可以是我做的这学究气的表格，或者是一个伟人告诉你你所应该听到的。听取意见才是难点。每个人都会被训斥。鲜有人说，我的上帝啊，你说得对。常见的是，不，等一下，真正的原因是……我们都听过这种辩解。当人们给你的反馈时，珍惜并使用它。
Show gratitude.
表达感激。
Don’t complain.
不要抱怨。
Be good at something, it makes you valuable.
有一技之长，它使你有价值。
Work hard.
努力工作。
Find the best in everybody. One of the things that Jon Snoddy as I said told me is that you might have to wait a long time, sometimes years, but people will show you their good side. Just keep waiting no matter how long it takes. No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side, just keep waiting, it will come out.
每个人都有闪光点。我提到的乔恩.史诺地曾告诉我说，人们会向你展示自己善的一面，但你可能要等待很长的时间，有时甚至好几年才能见到。但不论多久都要等待。没人是完全邪恶。每一个人都有善的一面，只要继续等待，它就会显现。
And be prepared. Luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity.
有所准备。运气真的是机会与准备的结合。
So today’s talk was about my childhood dreams, enabling the dreams of others, and some lessons learned. But did you figure out the head fake? It’s not about how to achieve your dreams. It’s about how to lead your life. If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you. Have you figured out the second head fake? The talk’s not for you, it’s for my kids. Thank you all, good night.
所以，今天谈的是我童年的梦想，让别人实现梦想，以及一些教训。但是你们看透了其中的障眼法吗？这不是关于如何实现你们的梦想。它的关于如何引领你的生活。如果你正确引领你的生活，因缘自有报应。梦想会成真。你们看清楚了第二个障眼法吗？这讲座不是为你们，它是为了我的孩子。谢谢大家，晚安。
[applause; standing ovation for 90 seconds; Randy brings Jai onto the stage and they take a bow; they sit down in their seats; standing ovation continues for another minute]
[掌声；全体起立鼓掌90秒钟；兰迪带洁走上讲台一起鞠躬致意；然后他们坐在自己的座位上；全体继续起立鼓掌一分钟]
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