贾伯斯谈生死观──原汁原味史丹佛大学演讲片段精选

简介∶科技巨人贾伯斯豁达的生死观教人感佩。本期特别收录贾伯斯於 2005 年史丹佛大学演讲的原汁原味精采片段

贾伯斯谈生死观──原汁原味史丹佛大学演讲片段精选

This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope it's the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now, the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

这是我最接近死亡的时候，我希望这会是接下来几十年内最接近的一次。经历这个阶段後，我现在可以比之前认为死亡只是有用且纯然的抽象概念时，更肯定地告诉你们这些话∶

没有人想死。即使那些想上天堂的人，也不想先死再上天堂。然而死亡是我们共同的终点，没有人逃得过。而事情本该如此，因为死亡很可能是生命最棒的一项发明。它是生命传承的媒介，死亡会送旧迎新。现在，你们是新生代，但在不久的将来，你们也会逐渐年华老去，离开人生的舞台。抱歉讲得这麽戏剧化，但这是真的。

你们的时间有限，所以不要浪费时间为别人而活。不要为教条所困──也就是照著别人的想法过活。不要让他人的吵杂意见淹没了你内在的声音。最重要的，要有勇气去追随自己的内心与直觉，你的内心与直觉多少已知道你真正想成为什麽样的人，任何其他事物都是次要的了。

2011/12/12 (一) If further information is required, it would be forwarded upon request.

若需要进一步的资讯，我将依要求把相关资料传送给您。

2011/12/13 (二) I will redirect your phone call to the front desk.

我会把你的电话转到柜台。

2011/12/14 (三) What kind of discount can you offer?

你们能提供什麽样的折扣？

2011/12/15 (四) Can you accept thirty-day payment terms?

你们可以接受三十天内付款的条件吗？

2011/12/16 (五) Should we order pizza or sandwiches for this month's birthday party?

这个月庆生会我们应该订比萨还是三明治呢？