Simon Sinek's Advice Will Leave You SPEECHLESS 2.0 (MUST WATCH) · Alpha Mentors
Simon Sinek通过两个木匠的故事，揭示了如何以积极心态看待世界，找到自己的热情所在。适合练习英语听力和口语表达。
There's two ways to see the world.
看待这个世界有两种方式。
Some people see the thing that they want, and some people see the thing that prevents them from getting the thing that they want.
有些人只看到自己想要的东西；而有些人则只看到那些阻碍他们获得自己想要之物的因素。
There's a great story of two lumberjacks, where every morning they start chopping wood at the same time,
有一个关于两个伐木工的精彩故事：每天早上，他们都会同时开始砍伐木材。
and every day they stop chopping wood at the same time.
每天，他们都在同一时间停止砍柴。
And every day one of the lumberjacks disappears for about an hour in the middle of the day,
每天都有其中一名伐木工在中午时分消失大约一个小时。
and every day he chops more wood than the other guy.
每天他砍的木头都比另一个人多。
And this goes on for months.
这种情况持续了好几个月。
And eventually the one who works all day says, I don't understand.
最终，那个整天都在工作的人会说：“我实在不明白。
Every day we start at the same time.
我们每天都在相同的时间开始一天的工作。
Every day we stop at the same time.
每天我们都在相同的时间停下来。
Every day you disappear for about an hour in the middle of the day, and every day you chop more wood than me.
每天中午时分，你都会“消失”大约一个小时；而且每天你砍的木头也比我多。
Where do you go for that hour?
你那一个小时要去哪里呢？
And the other lumberjack looks up and goes, oh, I'll go home and sharpen my axe.
另一个伐木工人抬起头，说道：“哦，我要回家把我的斧头磨一磨。
If you take an infinite mindset, it's not about how much you can get done each day.
如果你秉持一种“无限可能”的心态，那么重点就不在于每天能完成多少事情，而在于你是否能够持续不断地努力、不断进步。
It's how much you can get done over the course of a career or over the course of a lifetime.
这指的是在一个人的一生中，或者在职业生涯的整个过程中，能够完成多少事情。
And you gotta take vacations, which means you turn off your email and you turn off your phone and you do not connect to the office.
你也需要休假，这意味着你需要关闭电子邮件、手机，同时不与办公室保持联系。
Go sharpen your axe.
去磨磨你的斧头吧。
I have five little rules that you can follow as you find your spark and bring your spark to life.
我有五条小建议，你可以参考它们来寻找属于自己的“内在火花”（即自己的激情或潜能），并让这份火花真正焕发出来。
The first is to go after the things that you want.
首先，要努力去追求自己想要的东西。
Let me tell you a story.
让我给你们讲一个故事吧。
So a friend of mine and I, we went for a run in Central Park.
我和一个朋友一起去中央公园跑步了。
The Road Runners organization on the weekends, they host races.
Road Runners”组织在周末会举办各类比赛。
And it's very common at the end of the race, they'll have a sponsor who will give away something,
在比赛结束时，这种情况非常常见：会有赞助商提供一些奖品或礼品进行赠送。
apples or bagels or something.
苹果、百吉饼，或者别的什么食品吧。
And on this particular day, when we got to the end of the run,
就在这个特别的日子里，当我们跑到终点的时候……
there were some free bagels and they had picnic tables set up and on one side was a group of volunteers.
那里有一些免费的贝果，还摆放了野餐桌；在野餐桌的一侧，有一群志愿者正在忙碌着。
On the table were boxes of bagels and on the other side was a long line of runners
桌子上摆放着一盒盒百吉饼，而在桌子另一侧，则排着长长的一队跑步者。
waiting to get their free bagel.
他们正在等待领取免费的百吉饼。
So I said to my friend, let's get a bagel.
于是我对我的朋友说：“我们去买个百吉饼吧。
And he looked at me and said, ah, that line's too long.
他看着我说：“啊，那行字太长了。
And I said, free bagel.
然后我说：“免费贝果。
And he said, I don't want to wait in line.
他说：“我不想排队等候。
And I was like, free bagel.
我当时就想：“这简直就是免费的贝果啊！
And he says, nah, it's too long.
然后他说：“不行，这个时间太长了。
And that's when I realized that there's two ways to see the world.
就在那时，我意识到看待这个世界有两种方式。
Some people see the thing that they want and some people see the thing that prevents them from getting the thing that they want.
有些人只看到自己想要的东西；而有些人则只看到那些阻碍他们获得想要之物的因素。
I could only see the bagels.
我只能看到那些百吉饼。
He could only see the line.
他只能看到那条线。
And so I walked up to the line.
于是，我走向了排队的人群。
I leaned in between two people, put my hand in the box and pulled out two bagels.
我挤到两个人中间，把手伸进那个盒子里，然后拿出了两个贝果。