中英对照文本
翻译：Mangosteen
校对：FungChuh
Do you ever look at the lives of people around you and say, “Man, I wish that was me!”?
你曾经有没有看着你身边人的生活说：「唉，真希望那是我！」？
You know you do. Everybody does. But I bet you never compared yourself to me. Haven't heard of me? I do have my own TV show…in the middle of the night.
你知道你有。人人都有。但我打赌你从未与我比较过。没听说过我？我有自己的个人电视节目呢……在深夜播出。
When I started I wanted to be as big as Jerry Seinfeld.
刚开始我渴望像杰瑞·宋飞那样成功。
I'm not. And yet, I'm a pretty happy guy.
我没有。然而，我是个非常开朗的人。
Here's why: I stopped comparing myself to other people. Seriously, that's the whole trick. Here's what I mean.
原因是：我不再与他人比较。说正经的，这就是诀窍。我的意思是这样的。
If my happiness were based on being the biggest comedian in the business, I'd be mad at whoever was getting more Netflix specials than me. (I have zero.)
假如我的幸福是基于成为行业里最大牌的喜剧演员，我会生比我拥有更多网飞特别节目的人的气。（我一个都没有。）
If it were based on having the best TV ratings, I'd be mad at Jimmy Fallon. He beats me every night.
假如我的幸福是基于获得最佳电视收视率，我会生吉米·法隆的气。我每晚都输给他。
And if it were based on being rich, I'd be mad at a lot of people.
假如我的幸福是基于财富，我会生很多人的气。
And even if I were rich – really rich, like #10 on the Forbes 400 rich – I'd be mad that there were nine other people richer than me. It never ends.
即使我富有——相当富有，比如在福布斯四百富豪榜里排第十——我会生其余九名比我富有的人的气。永无尽头。
Comparing yourself to others creates a totally unrealistic measure for what constitutes success. And I know, because the entertainment business is all about unrealistic expectations.
与他人比较创造了一个完全不切实际的衡量何为成功的标准。我了解，因为娱乐行业充满不切实际的期待。
All through my career I'd meet with satisfied customers after my shows and they'd say,“Hey, you're good! Maybe someday you'll be successful like Jerry Seinfeld.” He’s the measure of success? The top guy?
在我的职业生涯中，节目结束后，我见过心满意足的顾客，他们会说：「嘿，你挺不错的！也许某天你会像杰瑞·宋飞一样成功。」他是成功的标准？那个大佬？
When someone tells you they're a doctor, you don't say, “Well, maybe some-day you'll cure a disease and save millions of lives, just like Jonas Salk did for polio.”
当有人告诉你他们是医生时，你不会说：「好吧，也许某天你会治愈某种疾病，拯救数百万人的生命，就像乔纳斯·索尔克治愈脊髓灰质炎一样。」
Or a lawyer: “Oh, wow, so what's your ultimate goal? The Supreme Court?”
或者一名律师：「噢，哇，你的最终目标是什么？最高法院？」
Do you see how crazy that sounds?
你知道这听来有多疯狂吗？
Professional success is about making a living, pursuing excellence, and finding meaning in what you do.
事业上的成功在于谋生，追求卓越，发现你所做的事的意义。
When I first started doing standup, I was a nobody. It took more than a decade of playing in front of tuned-out crowds before it started paying the bills. Ten years is a lot of time to tell jokes for no money to people who aren't laughing.
我刚开始做单口相声时，我默默无闻。我在一群无视我的人面前表演了十年才开始挣钱。无偿对着面无表情的人讲笑话讲了十年，可真是很长一段时间。
In those days, I spent a lot of time thinking about the comedians I admired. The guys at the top. I wanted those big, sold out houses I wasn't playing. The big paydays I wasn't making. The TV specials I wasn't doing.
在那些日子，我花了很多时间思考那些我敬佩的喜剧演员。那些顶尖的家伙。我想要在大场地对着满场观众表演。我没有挣过的高薪。我没有做过的电视特辑。
And not just their success; their talent. I'd look at comics like George Carlin, Robin Williams and Louis C.K. They were all able to turn their dark, personal struggles into brilliant comedy. I envy their talent, but I wouldn't want the dark personal struggles that went along with it.
不仅仅是他们的成功；他们的才华。我向往乔治·卡林、罗宾·威廉姆斯与路易斯C.K这样的喜剧演员。他们都能将自己痛苦的自我挣扎转化为无敌的表演。我嫉妒他们的才华，但我不想要那伴随而来的痛苦自我挣扎。
If you don't factor in everything about whoever you're comparing yourself to, you're playing a sort of mix-and-match game that doesn't exist in the real world.
假如你不考虑你与之比较的对方的所有因素，你玩的是一种现实世界中不存在的混合搭配游戏。
Here's one of life's little truths: everyone is a package deal. You can't view one element of someone else's life in isolation. That's cheating.
有一点生活小真理：每个人都是一揽子交易。你不能只看到某人生活中的一点元素。这是作弊。
You can't say, “I want Louis C.K.'s money and fame, Jay Leno's car collection and Tom Shillue's wife and kids.” That person doesn't exist! If he did, he'd be pretty cool. I would definitely want to hang with him.
你不能说：「我想要路易斯C.K.的名利，杰·莱诺的跑车收藏与汤姆·希鲁的妻儿。」不存在这样一个人！假如他存在，那他就真的酷毙了。我绝对会想要与他交朋友。
Everyone has pain in their lives. Think of anybody who you know really well. You know the awful stuff they've had to deal with -- the demons they battle. How many dead rock stars, movie stars and, yes, comedians does it take to convince us all that everyone's life is hard?
每个人都有自己的苦处。想想某个你很熟悉的人。你清楚他们得面对的种种不堪——他们对抗的恶魔。需要多少个死去的摇滚明星、电影明星和，没错，喜剧演员才能让我们相信每个人的生活都是艰难的呢？
Face it.
承认吧。
You really don't want someone else's life. You want your own life -- only bet-ter. But that's the thing. You can make your life better by not doing something – comparing yourself to other people.
你并不是那么想过别人的生活。你想要的是你自己的生活——只不过是更好的。关键就在这里。你能够让自己的生活更美好，通过不做某件事——与他人比较。
Back when I was a nobody, I wanted to sell out the biggest venues and have a prime-time TV show with millions of viewers. Now I sell out small venues and I'm on in the middle of the night with half a million viewers. And I appreciate every one of them.
当我还默默无闻时，我想让最大的场馆爆满，拥有上百万观众的黄金时段电视节目。现在我让小场馆爆满，拥有的是五十万观众的深夜档节目。我感激他们中的每一位。
I guess when I compare myself now to myself then, I'm doing okay.
我猜现在的我与当时的我比较的话，现在的我过得还不错。
You should try it.
你应该试试。
I'm Tom Shillue for Prager University.
我是汤姆·希鲁，为 PragerU 制作。
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