ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Cameron Herold - Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur since childhood, Cameron Herold wants parents and teachers to recognize -- and foster -- entrepreneurial talent in kids.

Why you should listen

For 20 years, Cameron Herold has been coaching entrepreneurs on five continents, helping them build their companies. He started BackPocket COO to coach and mentor young, fun companies -- and help them make their dreams happen.

Herold was a leading force behind one of the most successful new business ventures of the last decade, 1-800-GOT-JUNK?. He was Chief Operating Officer for nearly seven years. Prior to that, he was VP of Corporate Development at Ubarter.com.

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Cameron Herold: Let's raise kids to be entrepreneurs

卡梅隆.赫罗尔德:让我们将孩子们培养成企业家

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对学校的学习毫无兴趣,逃课,和同学们合不来:这样的孩子反而可能成为企业家。在TED大会上,卡梅隆.赫罗尔德向大家展示了家庭和学校教育应该怎样做才能将更多的孩子甚至成人培养成企业家。
- Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur since childhood, Cameron Herold wants parents and teachers to recognize -- and foster -- entrepreneurial talent in kids. Full bio

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I would be willing愿意 to bet赌注 that I'm the dumbest最愚蠢的 guy in the room房间
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我敢打赌说在座的各位都比我聪明
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because I couldn't不能 get through通过 school学校. I struggled挣扎 with school学校.
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因为我在学校里成绩很差,无法完成我的学业
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But what I knew知道 at a very early age年龄
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但我很早就知道
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was that I loved喜爱 money and I loved喜爱 business商业
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我喜欢经商和赚钱
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and I loved喜爱 this entrepreneurial创业 thing,
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我喜欢这种创业经商的活动
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and I was raised上调 to be an entrepreneur企业家,
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我生来就是一块做企业家的料
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and what I've been really passionate多情 about ever since以来 --
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我对创业一直以来非常热忱
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and I've never spoken about this ever, until直到 now --
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我之前从未说过这些,一直到今天
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so this is the first time anyone's任何人的 ever heard听说 it, except my wife妻子 three days ago,
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除了3天前我对妻子说过这些话,你们是第一个听到这些话的人
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because she said, "What are you talking about?" and I told her --
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因为她问我:“你说的是什么意思?” 我就告诉她
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is that I think we miss小姐 an opportunity机会
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我认为我们丧失了一个大好机会
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to find these kids孩子
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去发掘一些
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who have the entrepreneurial创业 traits性状,
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具有企业家潜质的孩子
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and to groom马夫 them or show显示 them
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来打造他们或者展示给他们看
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that being存在 an entrepreneur企业家 is actually其实 a cool thing.
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当一名企业家是多么酷的一件事情
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It's not something that is a bad thing and is vilified诋毁,
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而并不是一件招人诋毁的坏事
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which哪一个 is what happens发生 in a lot of society社会.
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在很多地方这样的事情会发生
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Kids童装, when we grow增长 up, have dreams,
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当我们还是成长的孩童时,我们有着梦想
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and we have passions激情, and we have visions愿景,
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我们有着热情和憧憬
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and somehow不知何故 we get those things crushed.
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但不知何故,我们不再拥有这些东西
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We get told that we need to study研究 harder更难
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取而代之的是我们被教导要努力学习
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or be more focused重点 or get a tutor导师.
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多专注一点或者参加课外补习
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My parents父母 got me a tutor导师 in French法国,
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我的父母给我请了一个法语家教
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and I still suck吮吸 in French法国.
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但我的法语还是很烂
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Two years年份 ago, I was the highest-rated收视率最高 lecturer讲师
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两年前,我被麻省理工学院企业家硕士课程
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at MIT's麻省理工学院的 entrepreneurial创业 master's硕士 program程序.
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被评为教得最好的讲师
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And it was a speaking请讲 event事件 in front面前 of groups of entrepreneurs企业家 from around the world世界.
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当时我要在来自全球各地的众多企业家面前演讲
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When I was in grade年级 two, I won韩元 a city-wide全市 speaking请讲 competition竞争,
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当我还在大学2年级,我就赢了所在城市的演讲大赛
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but nobody没有人 had ever said,
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但没人曾说过,
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"Hey, this kid's孩子的 a good speaker扬声器.
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"瞧,这个娃演讲得很不错
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He can't focus焦点, but he loves walking步行 around and getting得到 people energized通电."
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虽然他注意力不集中,但他喜欢到处走动,激励身边的人.”
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No one said, "Get him a coach教练 in speaking请讲."
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没人说,“给他请一个演讲的教练吧.”
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They said, get me a tutor导师 in what I suck吮吸 at.
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但他们说,给我请一个家教来弥补我的不足之处
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So as kids孩子 show显示 these traits性状 --
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所以孩童们展现了这些潜质
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and we need to start开始 looking for them --
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而我们要开始寻找这样的孩子
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I think we should be raising提高 kids孩子
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我认为我们应该把孩子们
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to be entrepreneurs企业家 instead代替 of lawyers律师.
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培养成企业家而不是律师
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Unfortunately不幸 the school学校 system系统
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但很不幸,学校的教育
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is grooming梳洗 this world世界
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把这个世界影响成:
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to say, "Hey, let's be a lawyer律师 or let's be a doctor医生,"
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“嘿,当律师吧,做医生吧,”
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and we're missing失踪 that opportunity机会 because
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我们失去了一个机会,因为
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no one ever says, "Hey, be an entrepreneur企业家."
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从未有人说,“嘿,你要做企业家.”
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Entrepreneurs企业家 are people -- because we have a lot of them in this room房间 --
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企业家是这样的人--这个屋子里就有很多的企业家
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who have these ideas思路 and these passions激情 or see these needs需求 in the world世界
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一旦有了想法和热情,或看到世界上的需求
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and we decide决定 to stand up and do it.
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就会挺身而出,开始动手
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And we put everything on the line线 to make that stuff东东 happen发生.
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我们会想尽一切办法来实现自己的想法
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We have the ability能力 to get those groups of people around us
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也会有能力吸引到和我们同样的人加入我们
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that want to kind of build建立 that dream梦想 with us,
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和我们一起实现梦想
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and I think if we could get kids孩子
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我想如果可以让孩子们
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to embrace拥抱 the idea理念 at a young年轻 age年龄 of being存在 entrepreneurial创业,
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在年幼的时候就拥有做创业家的理念
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we could change更改 everything in the world世界 that is a problem问题 today今天.
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恐怕现在世界上的很多问题都可以得到解决
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Every一切 problem问题 that's out there, somebody has the idea理念 for.
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只要出现问题,就会有人提出解决之道
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And as a young年轻 kid孩子, nobody没有人 can say it can't happen发生
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作为一名孩童,没有事情是不可能的
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because you're too dumb to realize实现
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只是因为你笨到
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that you couldn't不能 figure数字 it out.
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你都不知道该怎么办
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I think we have an obligation义务 as parents父母 and a society社会
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我认为作为家长和社会都有一个责任
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to start开始 teaching教学 our kids孩子 to fish
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要教会我们的孩子如何学习知识
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instead代替 of giving them the fish --
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而不是教给他们知识本身
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the old parable寓言: "If you give a man a fish, you feed饲料 him for a day.
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古老的谚语说得好
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If you teach a man to fish, you feed饲料 him for a lifetime一生."
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“授人以鱼不如授人以渔”
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If we can teach our kids孩子 to become成为 entrepreneurial创业 --
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如果我们能教育孩子们成为企业家
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the ones那些 that show显示 those traits性状 to be --
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尤其是那些有企业家天赋的孩子们
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like we teach the ones那些 who have science科学 gifts礼品 to go on in science科学,
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就像我们培养有科研天赋的孩子们成为科学家一样
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what if we saw the ones那些 who had entrepreneurial创业 traits性状
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如果我们发现了那些有经商天赋的孩子们
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and taught them to be entrepreneurs企业家?
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并教会他们成为企业家,世界会怎样?
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We could actually其实 have all these kids孩子 spreading传播 businesses企业
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我们本来可以让这些孩子们到处经商并搞活市场
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instead代替 of waiting等候 for government政府 handouts讲义.
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而不是等着政府来拨款刺激经济
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What we do is we sit and teach our kids孩子 all the things they shouldn't不能 do:
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但我们所做的却是告诉孩子们这个那个都不能做
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Don't hit击中; don't bite; don't swear发誓.
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不要打人,不要咬人,不要发誓
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Right now we teach our kids孩子 to go after really good jobs工作,
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现在的小孩子被告之将来要找一份很好的工作
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you know, and the school学校 system系统 teaches them to go after things like
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你知道,学校里的教育告诉他们要找到
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being存在 a doctor医生 and being存在 a lawyer律师
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医生或者律师之类的职业
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and being存在 an accountant会计 and a dentist牙医
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或是会计师,牙医
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and a teacher老师 and a pilot飞行员.
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教书匠或是飞行员
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And the media媒体 says that it's really cool if we could go out
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媒体则告诉他们成为模特或是歌手
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and be a model模型 or a singer歌手
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是一件很风光的事情
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or a sports体育 hero英雄 like LuongoLuongo的, Crosby克罗斯比.
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或者成为像Sidney Crosby(加拿大职业冰球手)那样的运动明星
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Our MBAMBA programs程式 do not teach kids孩子 to be entrepreneurs企业家.
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我们的MBA教育没能教会孩子们如何成为企业家
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The reason原因 that I avoided避免 an MBAMBA program程序 --
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我之所以不去读MBA—
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other than the fact事实 that I couldn't不能 get into any
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除了我不够格这个事实之外
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because I had a 61 percent百分 average平均 out of high school学校
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因为我高中平均成绩只有61%
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and then 61 percent百分 average平均 at
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而这61%的平均成绩
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the only school学校 in Canada加拿大 that accepted公认 me, Carlton卡尔顿 --
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在加拿大只能上Carlton这样的学校——
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but our MBAMBA programs程式 don't teach kids孩子 to be entrepreneurs企业家.
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另外的原因是我们的MBA课程并不教怎样成为企业家
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They teach them to go work in corporations公司.
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而是教学生去公司里如何工作
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So who's谁是 starting开始 these companies公司? It's these random随机 few少数 people.
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请问是谁创立了这些公司呢?是那些数量很少的企业家
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Even in popular流行 literature文学, the only book I've ever found发现 --
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甚至在大众书籍中,我能找到唯一的一本书
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and this should be on all of your reading lists名单 --
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你们应该把这本书放在必读条目上
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the only book I've ever found发现
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这本我能找到的唯一的
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that makes品牌 the entrepreneur企业家 into the hero英雄 is "Atlas舆图 Shrugged耸肩."
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将企业家描述成英雄的书的名字是《地球颠栗》
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Everything else其他 in the world世界 tends趋向 to look at entrepreneurs企业家
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其余的则带着有色眼镜看待企业家
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and say that we're bad people.
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说我们不是什么好人
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I look at even my family家庭.
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我想起我的家人
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Both my grandfathers祖父 were entrepreneurs企业家. My dad was an entrepreneur企业家.
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我的爷爷和外公都是企业家,我的父亲也是
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Both my brother哥哥 and sister妹妹 and I, all three of us own拥有 companies公司 as well.
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我的兄妹和我三个人都开了自己的公司
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And we all decided决定 to start开始 these things
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我们都决定了开始做这样的事
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because it's really the only place地点 we fit适合.
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是因为只有做这个事情才最合适我们了
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We didn't fit适合 in the normal正常 work. We couldn't不能 work for somebody else其他
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我们并不适合做普通的工作,我们不会给别人打工
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because we're too stubborn倔强 and we have all these other traits性状.
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因为我们太倔强了,以及与之类似的企业家的性格
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But kids孩子 could be entrepreneurs企业家 as well.
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但孩子们也可以成为企业家
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I'm a big part部分 of a couple一对 organizations组织 globally全球
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我是几个全球组织的重要分子
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called the Entrepreneurs'企业家 Organization组织 and the Young年轻 Presidents'总统 Organization组织.
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名称是企业家组织和青年主席组织
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I just came来了 back from speaking请讲 in Barcelona巴塞罗那
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我刚从巴塞罗纳演讲归来
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at the YPOYPO global全球 conference会议,
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参加了在那举办的青年主席组织大会
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and everyone大家 that I met会见 over there
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我在那遇到的每个人
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who's谁是 an entrepreneur企业家
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只要他是企业家
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struggled挣扎 with school学校.
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都有着在学校里成绩差的经历
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I have 18 out of the 19 signs迹象 of attention注意 deficit赤字 disorder紊乱 diagnosed确诊.
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19种注意力缺乏症的征兆,我被诊断出18种
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So this thing right here is freaking再用 me out.
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所以在我面前的这个玩意让我心神不宁呀
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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It's probably大概 why I'm a little bit panicked惊慌失措 right now --
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这可能是为什么现在我的心有点乱——
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other than all the caffeine咖啡因 that I've had and the sugar --
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也有可能是我喝下的咖啡和糖的缘故——
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but this is really creepy爬行 for an entrepreneur企业家.
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但作为一名企业家这确实很奇怪
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Attention注意 deficit赤字 disorder紊乱, bipolar双极 disorder紊乱.
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注意力缺乏症,双相障碍
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Do you know that bipolar双极 disorder紊乱 is nicknamed绰号 the CEOCEO disease疾病?
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你知道双相障碍被戏称为CEO综合症吗?
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Ted摊晒 Turner's特纳 got it. Steve史蒂夫 Jobs工作 has it.
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Ted Turner(CNN创办者)有此症状,Steve Jobs(苹果CEO)也有
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All three of the founders创始人 of Netscape网景 had it.
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网景公司的三个创办人都有此症
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I could go on and on.
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我还可以说出很多这样的例子
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Kids童装 -- you can see these signs迹象 in kids孩子.
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孩子们——你可以在孩子们身上发现这些
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And what we're doing is we're giving them Ritalin利他林 and saying,
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但我们却递给他们利他林(药物)并说,
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"Don't be an entrepreneurial创业 type类型.
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“不要成为企业家那样的人,
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Fit适合 into this other system系统 and try to become成为 a student学生."
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适应另外一种环境并成为一名学生吧。”
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Sorry, entrepreneurs企业家 aren't students学生们.
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对不起,企业家不是学生
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We fast-track快速通道. We figure数字 out the game游戏.
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我们走捷径。我们看清怎样玩这个游戏。
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I stole偷了 essays随笔. I cheated被骗 on exams考试.
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我偷窃论文,考试作弊
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I hired雇用 kids孩子 to do my accounting会计 assignments任务 in university大学
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我在大学里雇人做我的会计学作业
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for 13 consecutive连续 assignments任务.
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一连做了13次作业
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But as an entrepreneur企业家 you don't do accounting会计, you hire聘请 accountants会计师.
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但你要知道企业家不做会计的事情,只是聘请会计而已
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So I just figured想通 that out earlier.
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所以我早就知道了这一点
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
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At least最小 I can admit承认 I cheated被骗 in university大学; most of you won't惯于.
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至少我敢承认我大学考试作弊,而你们很多人却不敢.
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I'm also quoted -- and I told the person who wrote the textbook教科书 --
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我也被写进了教科书里——我告诉了写书的人我作弊的事情
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I'm now quoted in that exact精确 same相同 university大学 textbook教科书
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而且是被写进了同样的教科书中
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in every一切 Canadian加拿大 university大学 and college学院 studies学习.
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被用在每一所加拿大的大学和学院里
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In managerial管理的 accounting会计, I'm chapter章节 eight.
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管理会计学的第八章中有提到我
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I open打开 up chapter章节 eight talking about budgeting预算.
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我是第八章讲授预算的引子
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And I told the author作者, after they did my interview访问, that I cheated被骗 in that same相同 course课程.
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在作者面试完我后,我告诉她我在那个科目中作过弊
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And she thought it was too funny滑稽 to not include包括 it anyway无论如何.
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她觉得我的故事很有趣,应该写进教科书里
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But kids孩子, you can see these signs迹象 in them.
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但是你可以在孩子们身上看到这些征兆
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The definition定义 of an entrepreneur企业家 is "a person who organizes举办, operates操作
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企业家的定义是“组织和运营商业活动
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and assumes假设 the risk风险 of a business商业 venture冒险."
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并衡量其风险”
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That doesn't mean you have to go to an MBAMBA program程序.
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这并不代表你必须要读MBA
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It doesn't mean you have to get through通过 school学校.
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也不代表你一定要从学校顺利毕业
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It just means手段 that those few少数 things have to feel right in your gut肠道.
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这只意味着,有少许几件事情在你心里能正确地判断就够了
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And we've我们已经 heard听说 those things about "is it nurture培育 or is it nature性质," right?
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我们也听说过是选择人工培养还是自然成长
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Is it thing one or thing two? What is it?
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是前者还是后者?究竟是哪一个?
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Well, I don't think it's either. I think it can be both.
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嗯,我觉得都不对。我觉得两者皆有可能。
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I was groomed打扮 as an entrepreneur企业家.
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我从小就被训练成为企业家
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When I was growing生长 up as a young年轻 kid孩子, I had no choice选择,
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当我还是个小孩子的时候,我没有什么可选的
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because I was taught at a very early, young年轻 age年龄 --
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因为我在很小很早的时候就被告之——
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when my dad realized实现 I wasn't going to fit适合 into
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当我的父亲发现到我不能适应
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everything else其他 that was being存在 taught to me in school学校 --
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在学校里教给我的那些东西
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that he could teach me to figure数字 out business商业 at an early age年龄.
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他决定从我很小的时候就教我如何做生意
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He groomed打扮 us, the three of us,
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他训练我们这三个孩子
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to hate讨厌 the thought of having a job工作
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让我们一想到给别人打工就厌恶
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and to love the fact事实 of creating创建 companies公司 that we could employ采用 other people.
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让我们憧憬着创建公司和雇佣员工
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My first little business商业 venture冒险: I was seven years年份 old, I was in Winnipeg温尼伯,
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我第一次做生意是在Winnipeg,那会我只有七岁
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and I was lying说谎 in my bedroom卧室 with one of those long extension延期 cords线.
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我当时躺在我卧室的床上打着电话
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And I was calling调用 all the dry cleaners清洁工 in Winnipeg温尼伯
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我打给了Winnipeg的所有的干洗店
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to find out how much would the dry cleaners清洁工
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想知道干洗店愿意付多少钱
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pay工资 me for coat涂层 hangers衣架.
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买我的晾衣架
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And my mom妈妈 came来了 into the room房间 and she said,
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我的母亲走进房间对我说,
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"Where are you going to get the coat涂层 hangers衣架 to sell to the dry cleaners清洁工?"
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"你去哪弄晾衣架来卖给干洗店呢?"
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And I said, "Let's go and look in the basement地下室."
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我说,“我们去地下室瞧瞧吧。”
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And we went down to the basement地下室. And I opened打开 up this cupboard橱柜.
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于是我们到了地下室。我把橱柜的门打开
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And there was about a thousand coat涂层 hangers衣架 that I'd collected.
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里面有近一千个我收集的晾衣架
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Because, when I told her I was going out to play with the kids孩子,
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因为当我告诉母亲我出去是找别的小孩子玩的时候
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I was going door to door in the neighborhood邻里 to collect搜集 coat涂层 hangers衣架
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其实我是在挨家挨户地收集晾衣架
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to put in the basement地下室 to sell.
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并把它们存放在地下室等待出售
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Because I saw her a few少数 weeks before that --
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因为这几个星期她不在我身边——
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you could get paid支付. They used to pay工资 you two cents per coat涂层 hanger衣架.
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你可以赚到钱,他们会付你一个衣架2分钱
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So I was just like, well there's all kinds of coat涂层 hangers衣架.
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所以我想,有很多种晾衣架呀
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And so I'll just go get them.
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我应该去收集一些衣架。
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And I knew知道 she wouldn't不会 want me to go get them, so I just did it anyway无论如何.
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而且我知道她不想让我去做这些事情,但我还是去做了
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And I learned学到了 that you could actually其实 negotiate谈判 with people.
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我也学到你其实可以和别人讨价还价
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This one person offered提供 me three cents and I got him up to three and a half.
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有个人付我3美分,但我和他谈价谈到了3美分半
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I even knew知道 at a seven-year-old七十岁 age年龄
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我甚至在我七岁的时候就知道了
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that I could actually其实 get a fractional部分的 percent百分 of a cent一分钱,
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我其实可以把1美分拆成更小的单位
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and people would pay工资 that because it multiplied乘以 up.
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当累计很多这样的单位后,别人仍然可以付给你钱
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At seven years年份 old I figured想通 it out. I got three and a half cents for a thousand coat涂层 hangers衣架.
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我七岁就明白了。我的1000个晾衣架每个3美分半。
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I sold出售 license执照 plate盘子 protectors保护 door to door.
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我还挨家挨户卖过汽车牌照保护膜
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My dad actually其实 made制作 me go find someone有人
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我父亲让我去找那些批发商
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who would sell me these things at wholesale批发.
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他们会以批发价格卖给我
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And at nine years年份 old, I walked around in the city of Sudbury萨德伯里
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在我九岁时,我走遍了Sudbury的大街小巷
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selling销售 license执照 plate盘子 protectors保护 door to door to houses房屋.
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挨家挨户地售卖汽车牌照框
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And I remember记得 this one customer顾客 so vividly生动地
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我记得很清楚有这么一位顾客
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because I also did some other stuff东东 with these clients客户.
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因为我也卖给顾客们其他的东西
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I sold出售 newspapers报纸.
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我有卖报纸
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And he wouldn't不会 buy购买 a newspaper报纸 from me ever.
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他从未向我买过哪怕是一份报纸
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But I was convinced相信 I was going to get him to buy购买 a license执照 plate盘子 protector保护者.
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当我很有把握地觉得会说服他买下一个汽车牌照框
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And he's like, "Well, we don't need one."
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他一开口就说,“我们不需要这个玩意”
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And I said, "But you've got two cars汽车 ..." -- I'm nine years年份 old.
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我说,“但你有两辆车呀...”——我才九岁
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I'm like, "But you have two cars汽车 and they don't have license执照 plate盘子 protectors保护."
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我像在说,“你有两辆车但它们都没有汽车牌照框”
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And he said, "I know."
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他接着说,“我知道.”
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And I said, "This car汽车 here's这里的 got one license执照 plate盘子 that's all crumpled皱巴巴 up."
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我说,"这辆车的牌照都已经都变皱了”
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And he said, "Yes, that's my wife's妻子 car汽车." And I said, "Why don't we just test测试 one
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他说,“是啊,那是我妻子的车。” 我说,“为什么不买一个
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on the front面前 of your wife's妻子 car汽车 and see if it lasts持续 longer."
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在你妻子的车上试试,看看有没有效果。”
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So I knew知道 there were two cars汽车 with two license执照 plates on each.
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因此我知道如果有两个牌照分别在两辆车上面
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If I couldn't不能 sell all four, I could at least最小 get one.
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如果我不能一次卖四个,至少我可以卖一个
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I learned学到了 that at a young年轻 age年龄.
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我很小的时候就学到了这个道理
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I did comic滑稽 book arbitrage套利.
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我倒卖过漫画书
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When I was about 10 years年份 old, I sold出售 comic滑稽 books图书
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我卖漫画书是在我大约十岁的时候
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out of our cottage茅屋 on Georgian格鲁吉亚 Bay.
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在我们村外的Georgian湾上
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And I would go biking骑自行车 up to the end结束 of the beach海滩
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我会骑着自行车抵达海滩的一头
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and buy购买 all the comics漫画 from the poor较差的 kids孩子.
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从穷孩子们那儿买进所有的漫画
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And then I would go back to the other end结束 of the beach海滩 and sell them to the rich丰富 kids孩子.
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然后回到另一头倒卖给那些有钱的小孩们
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But it was obvious明显 to me, right? Buy购买 low, sell high.
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在我来看最明显不过了,对吗?买低卖高。
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You've got this demand需求 over here that has money.
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这边既有需求又有着大把的钞票
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Don't try to sell to the poor较差的 kids孩子; they don't have cash现金. The rich丰富 people do. Go get some.
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不要尝试着卖给没钱的小孩;他们付不起钱,找有钱人做生意吧
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So that's obvious明显, right.
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再简单不过了,对吗?
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It's like a recession不景气. So, there's a recession不景气.
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和经济衰退一样,现在的经济正在衰退
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There's still 13 trillion dollars美元 circulating循环 in the U.S. economy经济.
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但还是有13兆美元在美国的经济中流通呀
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Go get some of that. And I learned学到了 that at a young年轻 age年龄.
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争取好好利用这些钱吧,我小时候就懂了
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I also learned学到了, don't reveal揭示 your source资源,
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我还学到,不要让别人知道你的供货渠道
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because I got beat击败 up after about four weeks of doing this
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卖漫画的四个星期后我被人海扁了一顿
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because one of the rich丰富 kids孩子 found发现 out where I was buying购买 my comics漫画 from,
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因为一个有钱的小孩发现了漫画是从哪来的
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and he didn't like the fact事实 that he was paying付款 a lot more.
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多付出那些钱来买我的漫画书让他很生气
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I was forced被迫 to get a paper route路线 at 10 years年份 old.
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我十岁时被逼找到一份递送报纸的差事
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I didn't really want a paper route路线,
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我真的不想做递送报纸这份活
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but at 10, my dad said, "That's going to be your next下一个 business商业."
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但父亲对10岁的我说,“这会将是你的下一个生意机会”
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So not only would he get me one, but I had to get two,
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所以一个还不够,他又给我找到了另一份
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and then he wanted me to hire聘请 someone有人 to deliver交付 half the papers文件,
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然后他让我雇人来递送其中一半的报纸
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which哪一个 I did, and then I realized实现 that collecting搜集 tips提示 was where you made制作 all the money.
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我这样做了,然后我意识到收小费是最赚钱的
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So I would collect搜集 the tips提示 and get payment付款.
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于是我便收起了小费来赚钱
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So I would go and collect搜集 for all the papers文件.
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我会去收所有递送报纸的小费
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He could just deliver交付 them.
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而我的工人则去递送报纸
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Because then I realized实现 I could make the money.
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由此我知道了我可以从中赚钱
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By this point, I was definitely无疑 not going to be an employee雇员.
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这个时候,我已经很确定地知道我不会去给人打工了
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
09:13
My dad owned拥有的 an automotive汽车 and industrial产业 repair修理 shop.
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我父亲有一个汽车修理厂
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He had all these old automotive汽车 parts部分 lying说谎 around.
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工厂里闲置着一些旧的汽车零部件
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They had this old brass黄铜 and copper.
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零部件都是铜做的,很旧了
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I asked him what he did with it, and he said he just throws it out.
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于是我问父亲会怎样处理这些东西,他说会扔掉
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I said, "But wouldn't不会 somebody pay工资 you for that?" And he goes, "Maybe."
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我说,“难道没人买这些东西吗?”他说,“也许吧."
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Remember记得 at 10 years年份 old -- so 34 years年份 ago
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那是在34年前,当我还是10岁的时候
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I saw opportunity机会 in this stuff东东.
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我从中看到了机会
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I saw there was money in garbage垃圾.
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我在垃圾中看到了价值
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And I was actually其实 collecting搜集 it from all the automotive汽车 shops商店 in the area on my bicycle自行车.
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我开始骑着车到处收集这些旧的汽车零配件
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And then my dad would drive驾驶 me on Saturdays星期六
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而我的父亲会在星期六开车送我
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to a scrap废料 metal金属 recycler回收 where I got paid支付.
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前往一个废金属收购站卖掉这些东西
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And I thought that was kind of cool.
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我当时觉得这样做很有意思
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Strangely奇怪的是 enough足够, 30 years年份 later后来, we're building建造 1-800-GOT-JUNK-GOT-JUNK?
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很奇怪的是30年后,我们才有废物收购电话
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and making制造 money off that too.
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从废物收购中赚钱
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I built内置 these little pincushions针垫 when I was 11 years年份 old in Cubs小熊,
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我在11岁时做了这些小小的针垫
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and we made制作 these pin cushions靠垫 for our moms妈妈 for Mother's母亲 Day.
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这些都是为了庆祝母亲节为妈妈们所做的
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And you made制作 these pincushions针垫 out of wooden clothespins衣夹 --
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针垫是用木制的衣夹做的
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when we used to hang clothes衣服 on clotheslines晾衣绳 outside.
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衣夹是用来在户外的绳子上晾衣服的
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And you'd make these chairs椅子.
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而且你还得做这些椅子
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And I had these little pillows枕头 that I would sew up.
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我缝制了这些小枕头
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And you could stuff东东 pins in them.
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你可以把针插入里面
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Because people used to sew and they needed需要 a pin cushion坐垫.
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因为过去人们常常缝衣服,他们需要用针垫
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But what I realized实现 was that you had to have options选项.
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但我意识到顾客想要有多的选择
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So I actually其实 spray喷雾 painted a whole整个 bunch of them brown棕色.
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于是我把很多针垫喷涂成褐色
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And then when I went to the door, it wasn't, "Do you want to buy购买 one?"
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然后我上门售卖,我不会说,“你想买一个吗?”
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It was, "Which哪一个 color颜色 would you like?"
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而是说,"你想要哪种颜色的?"
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Like I'm 10 years年份 old; you're not going to say no to me,
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你不会忍心拒绝一个十岁小孩子的吧
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especially特别 if you have two options选项 -- you have the brown棕色 one or the clear明确 one.
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何况你可以从两个颜色中选一个;褐色或者无色
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So I learned学到了 that lesson at a young年轻 age年龄.
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于是我在很小的时候就学会了这个窍门
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I learned学到了 that manual手册 labor劳动 really sucks.
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我明白了体力活很不好做
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Right, like cutting切割 lawns草坪 is brutal野蛮.
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对吗,像割草工作就很辛苦
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But because I had to cut lawns草坪 all summer夏季 for all of our neighbors邻居 and get paid支付 to do that,
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但因为我整个夏天要给我们所有的邻居除草并挣点钱
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I realized实现 that recurring经常性 revenue收入
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我意识到回头客的钱
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from one client客户 is amazing惊人.
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实在是太好赚了
10:34
That if I land土地 this client客户 once一旦,
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如果我有办法找到客户和我做生意
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and every一切 week I get paid支付 by that person,
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然后每个星期他会付给我钱
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that's way better than trying to sell
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这样赚钱会比去沿街售卖要强得多
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one clothespin衣夹 thing to one person.
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一个衣夹只可以卖给一个人
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Because you can't sell them more.
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因为你不能卖更多的衣夹了
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So I love that recurring经常性 revenue收入 model模型 I started开始 to learn学习 at a young年轻 age年龄.
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所以我很小就学会并爱上了这种重复收益的模式
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Remember记得, I was being存在 groomed打扮 to do this. I was not allowed允许 to have jobs工作.
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记住我可是被训练成这样的,我可不能去找工作。
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I would caddy球童, I would go to the golf高尔夫球 course课程 and caddy球童 for people.
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我会去高尔夫球场给人捡球,拿球杆,做一名球童
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But I realized实现 that there was this one hill爬坡道 on our golf高尔夫球 course课程,
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我注意到球场里有一个山坡
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the 13th hole that had this huge巨大 hill爬坡道.
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第13个洞口就在这个高高的山坡上
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And people could never get their bags包装袋 up it.
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人们从来不曾将他们的球杆袋拿上去过
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So I would sit there with a lawn草坪 chair椅子
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于是我在那里的草地上摆了个椅子,坐在上面
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and just carry携带 up all the people who didn't have caddies球童.
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专门负责为没有球童的人拿球杆袋
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I would carry携带 their golf高尔夫球 bags包装袋 up to the top最佳, and they'd他们会 pay工资 me a dollar美元.
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我会将他们的袋子扛到山顶,然后他们付给我1美元
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Meanwhile与此同时, my friends朋友 were working加工 for five hours小时
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同时我的朋友会做5个小时
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to haul运输 some guy's家伙 bag around and get paid支付 10 bucks雄鹿.
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仅仅只是为了10美元而拿着某个人的球袋到处跑
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I'm like, "That's stupid because you have to work for five hours小时.
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我心想,“要工作5个小时真是笨主意,
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That doesn't make any sense." You just figure数字 out a way to make more money faster更快.
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根本就划不来。”你应该寻求快速赚钱的法门
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Every一切 week, I would go to the corner store商店 and buy购买 all these pops持久性有机污染物.
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每个星期我会去街边的商店买一些饮料
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Then I would go up and deliver交付 them to these 70-year-old-岁 women妇女 playing播放 bridge.
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然后我会走去送给那些玩桥牌的70多岁的老太太们
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And they'd他们会 give me their orders命令 for the following以下 week.
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她们会让我下个星期给她们买一些饮料
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And then I'd just deliver交付 pop流行的 and I'd just charge收费 twice两次.
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于是我会买给她们并收取2倍的价钱
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And I had this captured捕获 market市场. You didn't need contracts合同.
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这些收入来源很稳定,所以你不需要签任何的合同
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You just needed需要 to have a supply供应 and demand需求
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你只需要拥有一个货源和需求
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and this audience听众 who bought into you.
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以及愿意和你买东西的顾客
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These women妇女 weren't going to go to anybody任何人 else其他
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这些女顾客不会去和别的人买东西
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because they liked喜欢 me, and I kind of figured想通 it out.
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因为她们喜欢跟我买,而我看得出来这一点
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I went and got golf高尔夫球 balls from golf高尔夫球 courses培训班.
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我去高尔夫球场上找高尔夫球
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But everybody每个人 else其他 was looking in the bush衬套
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每个人都在灌木林里
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and looking in the ditches沟渠 for golf高尔夫球 balls.
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或者是沟渠里寻找高尔夫球
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I'm like, screw that. They're all in the pond池塘
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我心想,别费劲了,高尔夫球都在池塘里
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and nobody's没有人是 going into the pond池塘.
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而且没有人会走进池塘里
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So I would go into the ponds池塘 and crawl爬行 around and pick them up with my toes脚趾.
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于是我便走进了池塘四处摸索,用我的脚趾头将球捡起来
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You just pick them up with both feet.
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你只需要用双脚就可以捡到球了
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You can't do it on stage阶段.
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在这里我可做不来
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You get the golf高尔夫球 balls, and you just throw them in your bathing洗澡 suit适合 trunks树干
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当你捡到球后便将它放到游泳裤里
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and when you're doneDONE you've got a couple一对 hundred of them.
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这样一来你会捡到好几百个高尔夫球
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But the problem问题 is that people all didn't want all the golf高尔夫球 balls.
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当问题是人们并不想要旧的高尔夫球
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So I just packaged包装 them. I'm like 12, right?
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所以我将球打包,一包有一打球
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I packaged包装 them up three ways方法.
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我用三种方法给球打包
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I had the Pinnacles尖塔 and DDHsDDHs and the really cool ones那些 back then.
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我当时手头上有Pinnacles,DDHs以及其他牌子的好球
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Those sold出售 for two dollars美元 each.
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我将它们2美元一个出售
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And then I had all the good ones那些 that didn't look crappy蹩脚的. They were 50 cents each.
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我还有一些看上去成色好的球,每个卖50美分
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And then I'd sell 50 at a time of all the crappy蹩脚的 ones那些.
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然后我会将50个成色差的球打包一起出售
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And they could use those for practice实践 balls.
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那些球可以被当作训练用球
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I sold出售 sunglasses墨镜, when I was in school学校,
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我在学校里读书时也卖过太阳镜
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to all the kids孩子 in high school学校.
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卖给高中所有的孩子
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This is what really kind of gets得到 everybody每个人 hating you
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此举招致了每个人的反感
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is because you're trying to extract提取 money from all your friends朋友 all the time.
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因为你每时每刻都试图从你的朋友们那里赚钱
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But it paid支付 the bills票据.
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但这样做我可以付得起我自己的账单
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So I sold出售 lots and lots of sunglasses墨镜.
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于是我卖了很多很多的太阳镜
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Then when the school学校 shut关闭 me down --
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直到学校勒令我停止售卖——
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the school学校 actually其实 called me into the office办公室 and told me I couldn't不能 do it --
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学校领导把我叫进办公室里告诉我不能卖太阳镜了
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so I went to the gas加油站 stations and
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所以我就跑到那些加油站去
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I sold出售 lots of them to the gas加油站 stations
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卖给加油站很多的太阳眼镜
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and had the gas加油站 stations sell them to their customers顾客.
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让加油站再卖给它们的顾客们
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That was cool because then I had retail零售 outlets网点.
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这样很好因为等于我拥有了自己的零售商店
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And I think I was 14.
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我想那时我是14岁
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Then I paid支付 my entire整个 way through通过 first year university大学 at Carlton卡尔顿
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接下来我自己做老板直到在Carlton读完大学一年级
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by selling销售 wine红酒 skins door to door.
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当时我靠上门卖羊皮酒袋赚钱
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You know that you can hold保持 a 40-ounce-盎司 bottle瓶子 of rum朗姆酒
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你知道你可以将40盎司的朗姆酒
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and two bottles瓶子 of coke可乐 in a wineskin皮袋? So what, right?
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和2瓶可乐放入一个羊皮酒袋?这有什么了不起的?
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Yeah, but you know what? You stuff东东 that down your shorts短裤,
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是的,但你知道吗?你把酒袋放入你的短裤内
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when you go into a football足球 game游戏 you can get booze豪饮 in for free自由,
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然后走进橄榄球赛场,你就可以免费地喝个痛快
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everybody每个人 bought them.
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每个人都买了
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Supply供应, demand需求, big opportunity机会.
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货源,需求,赚大钱的商机
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I also branded品牌 it, so I sold出售 them for five times the normal正常 cost成本.
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我还推出了品牌并以5倍于通常的价钱售卖
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It had our university大学 logo商标 on it.
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上面有我们大学的图标
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You know we teach our kids孩子 and we buy购买 them games游戏,
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你知道我们教育孩子,给他们买游戏
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but why don't we get them games游戏, if they're entrepreneurial创业 kids孩子,
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但为什么我们不提供给他们游戏,如果他们是做企业家的料
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that kind of nurture培育 the traits性状 that you need to be entrepreneurs企业家?
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最好是那种培养企业家精神的游戏
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Why don't you teach them not to waste浪费 money?
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为什么你不去教他们不要乱花钱?
13:22
I remember记得 being存在 told to walk步行 out in the middle中间 of a street in Banff班夫, Alberta阿尔伯塔
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我记得在Banff,艾伯塔,我被要求走在大街中央
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because I'd thrown抛出 a penny一分钱 out in the street,
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因为我在大街上扔了1分钱
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and my dad said, "Go pick it up."
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我父亲对我说,“去捡起来。”
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He said, "I work too damn该死的 hard for my money. I'm not going to see you ever waste浪费 a penny一分钱."
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他说,“我这么辛苦赚钱,不想看到你浪费一分钱。”
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And I remember记得 that lesson to this day.
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我至今还记得这件教训
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Allowances津贴 teach kids孩子 the wrong错误 habits习惯.
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零花钱会让孩子们养成坏习惯
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Allowances津贴, by nature性质, are teaching教学 kids孩子
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零花钱,从根本上,会让孩子们
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to think about a job工作.
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去想要为别人工作
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An entrepreneur企业家 doesn't expect期望 a regular定期 paycheck薪水.
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而企业家从不期望得到工资条
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Allowance津贴 is breeding配种 kids孩子 at a young年轻 age年龄
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零花钱从小就灌输给孩子们
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to expect期望 a regular定期 paycheck薪水.
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期望得到工资条的想法
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That's wrong错误, for me, if you want to raise提高 entrepreneurs企业家.
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这是错的,在我看来,如果你想培养企业家
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What I do with my kids孩子 now -- I've got two, nine and seven --
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拿我的孩子来说——我有两个,一个9岁,另一个7岁——
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is I teach them to walk步行 around the house and the yard,
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我让他们在屋内,院子里到处走走
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looking for stuff东东 that needs需求 to get doneDONE.
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找一些需要做的事情和东西
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Come to me and tell me what it is.
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然后告诉我需要做的是什么
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Or I'll come to them and say, "Here's这里的 what I need doneDONE."
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或者我找到他们并说,“这是我需要做的。”
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And then you know what we do? We negotiate谈判.
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你知道我们会怎么做吗?我们会商谈
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They go around looking for what it is.
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他们四处寻找需要做什么
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But then we negotiate谈判 on what they're going to get paid支付.
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但是我们会商谈应该付给他们多少钱
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And then they don't have a regular定期 check, but they have more opportunities机会 to find more stuff东东,
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他们不会有固定的收入,但有更多机会寻找更多的事情做
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and they learn学习 the skill技能 of negotiating谈判,
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他们学会了怎样讨价还价
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and they learn学习 the skill技能 of finding发现 opportunities机会 as well.
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也学会了寻找机会的本领
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You breed品种 that kind of stuff东东. Each of my kids孩子 has two piggy小猪 banks银行.
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你应该灌输这样的观念。我的每个小孩有两个存钱罐
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Fifty五十 percent百分 of all the money that they earn or get gifted天才,
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他们赚的或别人给的钱,其中一半的钱
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50 percent百分 goes in their house account帐户,
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一半存入他们的家庭账户
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50 percent百分 goes in their toy玩具 account帐户.
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另一半存入他们的玩具账户
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Anything in their toy玩具 account帐户 they can spend on whatever随你 they want.
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玩具账户的钱可以买任何他们想要的东西
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The 50 percent百分 that goes in their house account帐户, every一切 six months个月, goes to the bank银行.
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每6个月那一半在家庭账户的钱会被存入银行
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They walk步行 up with me. Every一切 year all the money in the bank银行 goes to their broker经纪人.
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在银行存的所有的钱每年会交给他们的股票经纪人
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Both my nine-九- and seven-year-olds七岁的孩子 have a stock股票 broker经纪人 already已经.
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我的两个9岁和7岁的孩子都有一个股票经纪人
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But I'm teaching教学 them to force that savings habit习惯.
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我教育他们养成储蓄的好习惯
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It drives驱动器 me crazy that 30-year-olds- 年的孩子 are saying,
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令我很不解的是30多岁的人会说
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"Maybe I'll start开始 contributing贡献 to my RSPRSP now."
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“也许我现在该开始缴纳RSP保险费了."
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Shit拉屎, you've missed错过 25 years年份.
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见鬼,你已经晚了25年了
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You can teach those habits习惯 to young年轻 kids孩子
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你可以从小就培养他们养成这些习惯
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when they don't even feel the pain疼痛 yet然而.
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以免将来他们感到后悔
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Don't read them bedtime就寝时间 stories故事 every一切 night.
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不要每天晚上临睡前都给孩子们讲故事
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Maybe four nights out of the week read them bedtime就寝时间 stories故事
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也许一个星期内有四个晚上是讲故事给他们听
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and three nights of the week have them tell stories故事.
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另三个晚上则让他们讲给你听
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Why don't you sit down with kids孩子 and give them four items项目,
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为什么你不和孩子们坐在一块,交给他们四样东西
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a red shirt衬衫, a blue蓝色 tie领带, a kangaroo袋鼠 and a laptop笔记本电脑,
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一件红衬衣,一条蓝领带,一个袋鼠玩具和一个笔记本电脑
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and have them tell a story故事 about those four things?
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让他们用这些道具给你讲一个故事
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My kids孩子 do that all the time.
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我的孩子们经常这样做
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It teaches them to sell; it teaches them creativity创造力;
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这样可以让他们学会销售和创新
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it teaches them to think on their feet.
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也让他们可以独立地思考
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Just do that kind of stuff东东 and have fun开玩笑 with it.
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尽情地去用这种方法让孩子们开心地玩
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Get kids孩子 to stand up in front面前 of groups and talk,
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让孩子们能站在众人面前演讲
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even if it's just stand up in front面前 of their friends朋友
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哪怕面对的是他们自己的朋友
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and do plays播放 and have speeches演讲.
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也可以让他们表演和演讲
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Those are entrepreneurial创业 traits性状 that you want to be nurturing培育.
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这些都是你要培养的企业家的特质
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Show显示 the kids孩子 what bad customers顾客 or bad employees雇员 look like.
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让孩子们知道一个糟糕的顾客或员工是什么样子的
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Show显示 them the grumpy性情乖戾的 employees雇员.
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把脾气坏的员工给他们指出来
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When you see grumpy性情乖戾的 customer顾客 service服务, point that out to them.
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当你看到差劲的客户服务时,也给他们指出来
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Say, "By the way, that guy's家伙 a crappy蹩脚的 employee雇员."
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并说,“你看,那个家伙是个不称职的员工”
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And say, "These ones那些 are good ones那些."
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接着说,"而这些员工都很尽职尽责。"
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
15:30
If you go into a restaurant餐厅 and you have bad customer顾客 service服务,
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如果你去餐馆用餐遇到很差的服务时
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show显示 them what bad customer顾客 service服务 looks容貌 like.
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让他们看看糟糕的服务是什么样子
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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We have all these lessons教训 in front面前 of us,
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我们身边有很多这样的例子
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but we don't take those opportunities机会; we teach kids孩子 to go get a tutor导师.
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但我们浪费了这些机会;反而聘请家教来为孩子们补习功课
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Imagine想像 if you actually其实 took
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想一想如果你现在把
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all the kids'孩子们 junk破烂 that's in the house right now,
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所有家里属于你孩子的垃圾
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all the toys玩具 that they've他们已经 outgrown穿不下 two years年份 ago
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所有你孩子这2年积攒的玩具拿出来
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and said, "Why don't we start开始 selling销售 some of this on CraigslistCraigslist的 and Kijiji客齐集?"
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并说,“为什么我们不把这些东西在Craigslist网和Kijiji网上出售呢?”
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And they can actually其实 sell it
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这些东西他们其实可以拿去网上卖
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and learn学习 how to find scammers骗子 when they get email电子邮件 offers报价 come in.
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并且学会如何分辨电邮里开价的真假
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They can come into your account帐户 or a sub account帐户 or whatever随你.
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他们会进到你的帐户或你的子账户或者其他账户
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But teach them how to fix固定 the price价钱, guess猜测 the price价钱,
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但要教他们怎样定价和估价
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pull up the photos相片.
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以及
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Teach them how to do that kind of stuff东东 and make money.
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教他们如何通过这种方式来赚钱
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Then the money they get, 50 percent百分 goes in their house account帐户,
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然后一半的所得存入家庭账户
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50 percent百分 goes in their toy玩具 account帐户.
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另一半存入他们买玩具的账户
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My kids孩子 love this stuff东东.
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我的孩子们喜爱做这些事情
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Some of the entrepreneurial创业 traits性状 that you've got to nurture培育 in kids孩子:
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有些企业家的特质是需要你去特别培养的:
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attainment素养, tenacity韧性, leadership领导, introspection内省, interdependence相互依存, values.
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成就感,毅力,领导力,自省,独立和价值观
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All these traits性状 you can find in young年轻 kids孩子, and you can help nurture培育 them.
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这些特质都可以在孩子们身上找到,你可以帮助培养这些特质
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Look for that kind of stuff东东.
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好好地寻找这些特质吧
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There's two traits性状 that I want you to also look out for
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有两个特质我想引起你的注意
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that we don't kind of get out of their system系统.
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我们不应该将其从他们身上扼杀
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Don't medicate用药 kids孩子 for attention注意 deficit赤字 disorder紊乱
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不需要去治疗孩子的注意力缺乏症
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unless除非 it is really, really freaking再用 bad.
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除非是严重到非治不可的地步
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(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
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The same相同 with the whole整个 things on mania狂躁 and stress强调 and depression萧条,
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对狂躁症,压力过大和忧郁症也不需要药物治疗
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unless除非 it is so clinically临床 brutal野蛮, man.
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除非从医学角度上讲已经很严重了
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Bipolar双极 disorder紊乱 is nicknamed绰号 the CEOCEO disease疾病.
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双相障碍被戏称为首席执行官综合症
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When Steve史蒂夫 Jurvetson尤尔韦特松 and Jim吉姆 Clark克拉克
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当Steve Jurvetson和Jim Clark
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and Jim吉姆 Barksdale巴克斯代尔 have all got it,
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还有Jim Barksdale有这个症状时
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and they built内置 Netscape网景 --
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他们做出了网景浏览器
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imagine想像 if they were given特定 Ritalin利他林.
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想像一下如果他们接受药物(利他林)治疗
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We wouldn't不会 have have that stuff东东, right?
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我们可能就不会有网景浏览器了,不是吗?
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Al Gore血块 really would have had to invented发明 the Internet互联网.
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可能艾尔·戈尔(美国前副总统)会成为因特网之父吧
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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These skills技能 are the skills技能 we should be teaching教学 in the classroom课堂
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这些技能是我们应该在教室里教给孩子们的
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as well as everything else其他.
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当然还有其他应该教的东西
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I'm not saying don't get kids孩子 to want to be lawyers律师.
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我不是说不要孩子们长大后当律师
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But how about getting得到 entrepreneurship创业
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而是说将成为企业家这个理想
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to be ranked排名 right up there with the rest休息 of them as well?
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摆放到和其他的理想同样的位置上去
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Because there's huge巨大 opportunities机会 in that.
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因为这样做会给我们带来很多的机会
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I want to close with a quick little video视频.
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我想以一个简短的视频作为结束
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It's a video视频 that was doneDONE by one of the companies公司 that I mentor导师.
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这是我是做顾问的一个公司制作的
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These guys, Grasshopper蚱蜢.
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制作视频的人他们自称为“蝗虫”
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It's about kids孩子. It's about entrepreneurship创业.
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这是关于孩子和企业家精神的视频
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Hopefully希望 this inspires激励 you to take what you've heard听说 from me
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希望这会启发你将我所讲的话
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and do something with it to change更改 the world世界.
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付诸于行动,从而改变这个世界。
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[Kid小子 ... "And you thought you could do anything?"]
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(孩子...“你有想过你是无所不能的吗?”)
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[You still can.]
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(你现在仍然是啊)
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[Because a lot of what we consider考虑 impossible不可能 ...]
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(因为很多我们认为不可能的事情...)
17:26
[... is easy简单 to overcome克服]
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(...其实是很容易实现的)
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[Because in case案件 you haven't没有 noticed注意到, we live生活 in a place地点 where]
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(因为你如果还没察觉到,我们生活在一个)
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[One individual个人 can make a difference区别]
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(个人也可以做出巨大贡献的世界里)
17:35
[Want proof证明?]
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(不相信?)
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[Just look at the people who built内置 our country国家;]
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(你看到那些建设我们国家的人了吗?)
17:37
[Our parents父母, grandparents祖父母, our aunts阿姨, uncles叔叔 ...]
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(其中有我们的父母,爷爷奶奶,叔叔阿姨们...)
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[They were immigrants移民, newcomers新人 ready准备 to make their mark标记]
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(他们是外来移民,来到这个陌生的地方)
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[Maybe they came来了 with very little]
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(也许他们刚来时不是那么富有)
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[Or perhaps也许 they didn't own拥有 anything except for ...]
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(或许他们身无分文除了...)
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[... a single brilliant辉煌 idea理念]
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(...一个伟大的想法)
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[These people were thinkers思想家, doers实干家 ...]
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(这些人是思考家,实干家...)
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[... innovators创新 ...]
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(...发明家)
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[... until直到 they came来了 up with the name名称 ...]
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(...直到他们给自己命名成...)
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[... entrepreneurs企业家!]
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(...企业家)
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[They change更改 the way we think about what is possible可能.]
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(他们改变了我们认为什么是可能与不可能)
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[They have a clear明确 vision视力 of how life can be better]
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(他们清楚地知道生活如何在未来会变得更美好)
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[for all of us, even when times are tough强硬.]
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(即使我们所有人觉得是艰难时世)
18:12
[Right now, it's hard to see ...]
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(现在,很难看清楚...)
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[... when our view视图 is cluttered凌乱 with obstacles障碍.]
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(...因为我们的视线被障碍挡住)
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[But turbulence动乱 creates创建 opportunities机会]
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(但是危险之中蕴藏着很多机会)
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[for success成功, achievement成就, and pushes us ...]
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(把握机会就能成功,这也迫使我们)
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[to discover发现 new ways方法 of doing things]
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(去寻找更新的做事情的方式)
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[So what opportunities机会 will you go after and why?]
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(所以你会去抓住怎样的机会?为什么?)
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[If you're an entrepreneur企业家]
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(如果你是企业家)
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[you know that risk风险 isn't the reward奖励.]
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(你便知道风险不是奖励品)
18:34
[No. The rewards奖励 are driving主动 innovation革新 ...]
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(不是的,真正的奖励是推动了创新...)
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[... changing改变 people's人们 lives生活. Creating创建 jobs工作.]
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(...改善了人们的生活,创造了工作机会)
18:39
[Fueling加油 growth发展.]
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(加速成长)
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[And making制造 a better world世界.]
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(让世界变得更美好)
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[Entrepreneurs企业家 are everywhere到处.]
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(到处都有企业家)
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[They run small businesses企业 that support支持 our economy经济,]
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(他们通过经营小型企业来支撑国家的发展)
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[design设计 tools工具 to help you ...]
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(开发各种工具来给予你帮助)
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[... stay connected连接的 with friends朋友, family家庭 and colleagues同事 around the world世界.]
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(...让不同国家的朋友们,家人们和同事们之间保持联系)
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[And they're finding发现 new ways方法 of helping帮助 to solve解决 society's社会 oldest最老的 problems问题.]
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(他们用新的方法来帮忙解决这个社会自古以来就有的问题)
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[Do you know an entrepreneur企业家?]
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(你认识哪一位企业家呢?)
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[Entrepreneurs企业家 can be anyone任何人 ...]
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(任何人都可以当企业家...)
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[Even ... you!]
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(甚至...可以是你!)
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[So seize抢占 the opportunity机会 to create创建 the job工作 you always wanted]
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(抓住机会去创造你一直想要的工作吧)
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[Help heal愈合 the economy经济]
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(帮助经济复苏)
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[Make a difference区别.]
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(给世界带来改变)
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[Take your business商业 to new heights高度.]
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(追求更高的目标)
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[But most importantly重要的,]
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(但最最重要的是)
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[remember记得 when you were a kid孩子 ...]
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(记得当你还是个孩子的时侯)
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[when everything was within you reach达到,]
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(当你认为没有不可能的事情的时候)
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[and then say to yourself你自己 quietly悄悄, but with determination决心:]
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(然后暗暗地并坚定地对你自己说:)
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["It still is."]
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(“仍然没有变”)
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Thank you very much for having me.
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谢谢大家
Translated by Xianlin Song
Reviewed by Zhu Jie

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Cameron Herold - Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur since childhood, Cameron Herold wants parents and teachers to recognize -- and foster -- entrepreneurial talent in kids.

Why you should listen

For 20 years, Cameron Herold has been coaching entrepreneurs on five continents, helping them build their companies. He started BackPocket COO to coach and mentor young, fun companies -- and help them make their dreams happen.

Herold was a leading force behind one of the most successful new business ventures of the last decade, 1-800-GOT-JUNK?. He was Chief Operating Officer for nearly seven years. Prior to that, he was VP of Corporate Development at Ubarter.com.

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