你知道吗
You know,
很多人来问我
a lot of people come up to me and they ask me:
“马科 你最大的动力是什么”
“Marko, what is it that motivates you most?”
我反问了一个问题作为回答
And to answer their question, I reply back with a question.
我说 “如果我告诉你 你只有一周的生命了 你会怎么办”
I say: “What if I told you that you had one week left to live?”
你会不会后悔没有去追求自己的梦想 爱好和愿望
Would you regret not pursuing your dreams, passions, and desires?
你会不会后悔没有尽情享受生活
Would you regret not living your life to the fullest?
你会不会后悔没有花足够的时间陪伴家人 朋友和爱人
Would you regret not spending as much time with your family, friends or loved ones?
你知道吗 史蒂夫·乔布斯曾在一次演讲中说到
You know, Steve Jobs said in a speech one time that
他常在早上醒来时
he used to wake up every morning,
面对镜子问自己这样的问题
look in the mirror and ask himself questions like this.
他说 如果连续好多天的答案都是“是”
And he said that if the answer was “yes” for too many days in a row,
就是必须做出改变的时候了
then he knew that he had to change something.
我们也应如此
And that should go for all of us.
如果你因为无法做自己想做的事
If you’re living a life that you would not be okay with losing,
而一直耿耿于怀的话
because you weren’t able to do things you wanted to do.
那么现在你就知道 你需要做出改变了
Then now you know that you need to change something.
人生苦短 充满未知
Life is simply too short and unpredictable
以至于你无法完全按照自己喜欢的方式生活
to not live exactly the way that you please.
生活满是荒唐的未知性
It is ridiculously unpredictable.
你随时会在某天的某个时刻死去
It is possible that on any given day to die at any point throughout that day.
但你无法预测死亡的降临
without ever being able to see it coming.
知道吗 在我13岁的时候
You know, when I was 13,
我认识一位非常优秀的老师
I had this teacher who was an absolutely amazing person.
我们相识多年
I’ve known him for several years then.
他有两个孩子和挚爱的妻子
And he had two kids, a loving wife.
他是一位为社区服务的神职人员
He was a man of God, contributed to the community.
他无私奉献 倾其所有
He gave us everything that he had,
每天骑着自行车去学校
and he would bike to school every single day.
我永远记得他骑自行车来学校的模样
I always remember him come to school on his bike.
但是 一天清晨在去学校的途中
And one morning on his way to school, it was early in the morning,
路过一个十字路口时
he was crossing an intersection,
一个鲁莽的司机突然冲了出来
a reckless driver comes out of nowhere,
撞到了他 他在撞车的瞬间
hits him, he dies on the spot.
就去世了
On the moment of impact,
他的逝世教会了我许多宝贵的事
his death taught me so many valuable things in life.
其一是
And one of them being that
无论你的逝世多么令人惋惜
it went on to show that no matter how much you don’t deserve to die,
无论你人有多好
and no matter how good of a person you are,
无论你处境如何 无论怎样
and no matter what your situation is, no matter anything,
死亡都是突如其来 不可避免的
it goes to show that death is inevitable, in random.
每个人都终有一死
And it will eventually consume each and every single one of us,
不论是在未来五十年 十年 明年 甚至是明天
whether it’s in 50 years, in 10 years, next year or even tomorrow.
你都无法控制它
You cannot control it,
你身边的人也无法控制
the people around you cannot control,
只要你出现在错误的地点 错误的时间
as long as you’re at the wrong place at the wrong time.
眨眼间 伴着你所有未尽的事
Your whole life could disappear in the blink of an eye,
你的生命戛然而止
along with everything you wished you could have done.
不管你是否走在街上
Whether you’re walking down the street,
是否在走进电梯
whether you’re stepping into the elevator,
是否在下楼梯
whether you’re walking down the stairs,
不管你在做什么 即使你上一秒还活着
whether you’re, whether you’re just existing.
听着 你可能会看见有人莫名突发心脏病去世
Listen, you’ll see people from nowhere die of a heart attack, gone.
没有家族病史 没有症状 没有因由 什么都没有
No family history, no symptoms, no causes, nothing.
它就是这么发生了 生活就是这么残酷
It happens and that’s the cool life that we live in.
这是我们无法控制的事情
And it’s something that we cannot control.
所以 我想跟你说清楚
So what I want to make clear is that
不管你如何选择人生道路
regardless of the path that you take in your life,
任何时候你都可能会死去
at one point death will consume you.
这和你早上是否剔了牙
It doesn’t care whether you floss your teeth in the morning,
是否需要养家糊口
whether you raise a family or not,
是富有 成功或失败都没关系
whether you go on to be rich or a success, a failure,
不管怎样 你仍会在某一刻死去
whether… whatever, you are still going to die at one point.
就是这么简单
It is that simple.
意识到死亡将近就是活着的最大动力
And knowing that you’re going to die soon should be the biggest motivation
让你能做出人生中的艰难决定
to both make the difficult decisions in life
也能让你早早爬出被窝
and to get your ass out of bed in the morning.
所以现在的问题是
So now the question becomes
“你到底会因此失去些什么”
“What is it that you truly have to lose?”
如果你追求梦想失败了
If you pursue your dreams and you fail,
当然 你的经济情况会变得有点不稳定
sure you might be a little bit more financially unstable.
你可能得承受压力或其它你从未想过会体验到的感受
You might experience stress or other feelings you wish you never had to experience.
但无论怎样 尽管你失败了
But either way, even if you fail,
你最多就是回到起点
you will end up back to where you started,
也就是你现在所处的位置
which is where you are now.
所以 你到底会失去什么
So what do you literally have to lose,
如今 你们中的一些人
some of you right now,
可能在想着去创业
you’re thinking about maybe starting the business,
可能有个好的点子想在生活中实践
you have a great idea that you want to incorporate into your lifestyle,
可能想尽情追求梦想
maybe you’re thinking about pursuing your dreams to the fullest,
可能想全心投入工作中
maybe you’re thinking about putting in the work
成为医生 工程师 消防员或专业运动员
to become a doctor, an engineer, a firefighter, a professional athlete.
但是 你们中还有些人并不会追求自己的理想
But some of you won’t follow these ambitions,
因为你害怕
because you’re afraid.
你害怕失败
You are afraid to fail.
你让这些对失败的恐惧束缚了自己的行动
You let the fear of failure dictate your actions.
你害怕父母的看法
And you’re afraid of what mama or papa thinks.
你害怕兄弟姐妹的看法
You’re afraid of what your sister, your brother thinks,
或是你的爷爷奶奶 表兄弟等
your, or your grandpa, your grandma, or your cousins, or whoever,
但真正重要的是 你自己
but what truly matters is you.
你生来就有天赋
You are in possession of a gift.
有才能 不管这些天赋才能是什么
You have a talent, and whatever that talent is,
你都可以用它让自己
you can make yourself and people around you
和身边的人变得更好
a stronger and better place with it.
但有时 唯一的方法就是冒险尝试
But sometimes, the only way to do that is to take a risk.
如果你想把自己的天赋变为现实
At one point you have got to take a leap,
在某个时刻 你就得迈出那一步
if you want to make that gift that you have become a reality,
否则 社会就会将你同化为一个朝九晚五的工作奴隶
otherwise society will gladly accept you as a nine-to-five slave working,
只为支付房租 为生存 为周末而苟活
just to pay off your rent, and to stay alive and to live for the weekend,
这绝对是最糟糕的生活
which is the absolutely worst way to live.
如果你不迈出那一步
If you don’t jump,
相信我 如果你不去追寻你的天赋
believe me, if you don’t pursue your gift,
你的天赋和梦想无法实现 你的生活将充满遗憾
you will live a life full of regret in your gift, your dreams,
你在世上留存的任何痕迹
everything that you ever had to offer to the world
都将和你一起消陨 这是我的亲身体验
will die with you from first–hand experience.
我非常悔恨 恼怒
I am pissed off at myself.
常感此生有悔
I’m pissed off and I regret so much in my life.
我甚至无法彻底释怀
I can’t even fathom explaining it,
这不是因为我做过些什么
not about, not about what I’ve done,
而是因为那些我没能去做的事
but what I haven’t done.
所有我谢绝的机会
All the opportunities that I turned down,
所有我不曾把握的机遇
and all the chances that I never took,
只是因为我害怕 我在意别人的看法
just because I was afraid or because I was worried about what other people think.
于是我决定坐下来
And I officially decided to sit down.
坐下来思考几周
I sat down for weeks.
我没有想现在说的话
I didn’t, I didn’t just think of what I’m saying right now.
也没有彻夜深思
I didn’t think of it overnight.
这是长达几个月的思考
This is months, this is months of thinking.
我不过坐下来 动动笔
And I just sat down and I just wrote.
通过比较
And after comparing,
死亡的不可测性
the randomness of death
和你坚持追求梦想时
versus the chance of you failing
失败的可能性
while relentlessly pursuing your dreams,
和你追求梦想失败后
versus the chance of you living a terrible life,
过上糟糕生活的可能性
because you failed that pursuing your dreams
和就此放弃
versus just calling it a day right now,
选择传统的西式生活
and living a traditional, western world lifestyle,
和你能想到的一切
versus everything you can think of,
和所有事物
versus absolutely everything.
此刻 我可以欣慰地说
And I can gladly say that right now, as of this moment right here.
我宁愿把每天当作末日来活
I would rather live each day as if it were my last,
承担这些我在地球上经历的庄严时刻
and take every risk possible
可能存在的风险
in these sacred moments that I have on earth now
尽量让自己成功快乐
to make myself as successful and happy as possible.
而不是当我九十岁
Then to be sitting in my deathbed
临终卧床时
when I’m 90 years old,
还在后悔没有把握住机会
regretting not taking a chance,
想象着生活本可以有的样子
and thinking about what my life could have been
如果在18岁 或者15岁 或者22岁时 我能迈出那一步会怎样
if I just jumped when I was 18, or when I was 15, or when I was 22,
就算明天没法保证
because tomorrow is not a promise.
我也宁愿为实现梦想而死
I would rather die trying to live my dreams
也不愿拥有充满遗憾的长寿人生
than to live a longer life filled with regrets.
人生太短 太多局限不可预测
Life is too short and too unpredictable to limits.
但我亲眼见识过
I’ve seen it at first hand.
安逸 平凡乃至平庸的生活毫无价值
It is not worth it to live it safe, basic, and traditional,
但你知道为什么大多数人选择安逸的生活
but do you know why most people choose to live that safe life
而不是冒险吗
over taking risks in their life?
这很容易解释
I mean there’s a pretty good argument not to what,
为什么要选择冒险给自己徒增压力呢
why would you, why would you take a risk that puts you through stress
让家人倍感压力呢
puts your family through stress,
害自己失眠 耽误自己的时间
makes you lose sleep, makes you lose time,
去做多余的事情
makes you put in the extra work,
去争取那可笑的千分之一的机会
makes you take ridiculous chances that are 1 to 1,000.
但你要知道 实际上
You know, but before even continue,
坐在这和你讨论 本身就是一件荒谬的事情
the fact that I’m even sitting here and talking is astonishly ridiculous on its own.
你能够出生的几率是400万亿分之一
The chance of you being born is 1 to 400 trillion.
这个数字大到你无法想象
That number is so big, you cannot even wrap your head around it.
不过没关系 我想说的是
But okay, what, what I wanted to say was that
人们不想冒这些险的原因
the reason why people don’t want to take these risks
是因为现在他们就觉得自己会损失惨重
is because right now, they feel like they got a lot to lose.
他们的近况非常不错
And then their current situation is relatively nice,
最重要的是 他们现在活得很舒适
and most importantly, right now they are comfortable.
他们习惯了生活在这个社会制定的标准下
They got used to living basic within society standards
习惯和朋友一起 习惯修生养性
being with their friends every now and then, being well-rested,
他们很安逸
they got comfortable.
一旦你待在舒适区 就不想改变了
And when you get comfortable, you don’t want to move.
但我把这样的舒适区称作“危险区”
And that comfort zone, I like to call it “the danger zone”,
因为这样的舒适区会说服你自己
because this comfort zone will persuade you
尽可能的停留
to stay in there for as long as possible.
我很了解舒适区
And it is, I know, I know how it is, I know the comfort zone.
它是如此的令人信服
It is so convincing.
我知道 拒绝安逸真的很难
It is so hard to escape comfort, I know.
一旦你说服自己待在舒适区
And as it persuades you to stay in there,
就会无意识地变得麻木
you will literally, unconsciously,
我现在很严肃的在和你说这件事
see, I’m so serious when I say this,
你能看到自己接下来的整个人生轨迹
you will literally see your whole life go right by you.
我对此严肃的主要原因
And the main reason that I’m serious about this now is
是因为我讨厌单调乏味
because I am pissed off for drainness.
我想创造奇迹
I want to move mountains.
就像Ray Lewis说过的
And like Ray Lewis once said:
“如果你不向往伟大
“If you’re not pissed off for greatness,
那么你适合平庸”
then you’re okay with being mediocre.”
我肯定无法接受平庸
And I am definitely not okay with being average.
我也不认为其他人应该接受 但……
And I don’t think anyone should be. But…
总之 我想说 为什么我一开始就说这些
Anyways, to address why I’m even talking about any of this at all in the first place is
因为我最近在加州洛杉矶谋到了一份工作
because I recently got an offer to move out to Los Angeles, California
是和另外两个企业家一起做内容和媒体创作
to live with two other entrepreneurs as a content creator and media influencer.
这让我很沮丧
And it makes me sad
因为我看清了自己真正拥有的东西
because it’s opened up my eyes to see what I truly have in store for me.
未来还有什么在等着我
What’s waiting for me out there in the future?
我明白在未来短暂的生命里 我还可以做到更多
And it’s just a tiny glimpse of what I’m capable of achieving within my short life.
然而 我怀疑自己能否通过移民审核
However, I doubt that I could get the right legal paperwork done
搬去美国 找个像YouTube这样好的工作
in order to move to the US to work for a job such as YouTube,
这事能不能成真的不好说
which is really non control of the government.
不过我真的非常想去美国
And the last thing that I want to do is to go to the U.S.
作为合法移民 从事合法工作
to work in a legal job as an illegal immigrant.
所以在这刻
So as of this moment,
当我想到我又得错过一个机会
I feel like I have to pass up yet another opportunity.
我感觉自己又要再一次让梦想从手中溜走
And it makes me feel like I just keep letting my dreams slip from my hands once more.
但是此刻 真切的未来摆在我的面前
And now that I’ve seen the reality of what is possible.
洛杉矶的那套房子靠近加州海滩
This house in LA, next to the beach on California,
是个大城市 天气很好
with a huge city, great weather.
做着一份自己全心热爱赖以生存的工作
and working a job that I would absolutely love and live for
和一群拥有明确的相同梦想和看法的人生活在一起
with people who share the exact same dream and vision.
这让我开始思考
It has me thinking like:
“嘿 没错 我乐于死在坚持追逐梦想的途中
“Hell, yeah, I would gladly die chasing this dream relentlessly
而不是不曾追求地活在安逸中
than never chase it at all and play it safe,
然后困于想象我原本应有的人生”
and being trapped within my own mind of thinking about what my life could have been.”
我希望能多出点这样的视频
I hope to do more videos like this where I speak,
因为它们对我来说就像是一次治疗
because they’re really like a therapy for me.
它帮助我 把我的注意力从世事上移开
And it helps me get my mind off things,
衷心希望我的演讲能影响到一些人
and hopefully some people can be influenced by what I’m actually saying.
我还想说
I would also like to say that
我认为教育是非常重要的
I think education is extremely important,
它对人生的成功起着决定性作用 知识就是力量
and plays a crucial role in to bringing success into your life and that knowledge is power.
生活中最好有备用计划
The best thing in life is to always have a back-up plan,
考虑到最坏的情况
and take into consideration what if something goes wrong.
这是每个我尊敬的榜样都会做的事
And it’s something that every role model that I look up to tries to enforce,
我感觉学习机会一直都在 当我回过头来
but I feel like education will always be here for me to come back to,
不论是20岁 25岁 40岁 或生命结束时
whether I’m 20, 25, 40 or whatever end,
我想 自己拥有惊人的想法 洞察力 热情和内驱力
I think that I have an amazing idea, vision, passion and drive.
现在的我在巅峰状态 我有这样的优势
Now in my peak, and that I’m able to capitalize on,
这让我觉得 如果不追求梦想 我就会错过它
which makes me feel like I’m throwing it away if I don’t pursue it.
最近 我收到的最多反馈就是
And the biggest response that I’ve been getting recently is
马科 如果失败了该怎么办
Marko, what if it fails?
我是说 如果失败了 怎么办
Which I mean, yeah, like what if it fails?
但这就是尝试开公司或创业的全部意义
But that’s the whole point of taking a chance with things like startup companies or entrepreneurship.
这是种可怕的高风险
It’s ridiculously high risk,
就像是如果我被车撞了
like what if I get hit by a car?
如果我丢了钱包
What if I lose my wallet,
或者往好了说 如果我成功了呢
or better yet, what if this succeeds?
要知道 消极或抱有成见很简单
You know, it’s easy to be negative or to be closed-minded,
但我认为 保持积极以及思想开放更简单
but I think it’s easier to be optimistic and to be open-minded.
虽然这完全是另一个话题
And please do yourself a favor,
不过我还是想说 请你
which is a separate topic on its own for another time,
尽量跟那些使你变得积极 能提出好建议的人在一起
but try to surround yourself with people who impose and promote positivity and good advice.
你将发现 生活会发生巨大变化
You will notice the tremendous effect that it has on your lifestyle.
自主创业或选择自由职业都是可取的
Starting your own business or being self-employed, although preferable,
都不需要某些毕业证书或学历
doesn’t exactly require any kind of diploma or degree.
我想 有个可行的商业计划
And I think that with a proper business plan
以及正在看视频的你用你们的热情
and with the drive that people like you who are watching this video
给予我的支持与鼓励
fuel me with.
我感觉我可以做成任何事
I feel like I can accomplish anything.
你还在听的话 我想说
If you’re still listening,
爱你们 请收下我诚挚的敬意
I love you, mad respect.
这是我的真心话
That’s true loyalty right there,
除非你说 “马科 我希望你余生都能好好休息”
if unless this has been “Marko I hope you all have a great rest of the day·”
那么就再也不见吧
And goodbye.
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