创造你的未来：一个技术Billionaire的4条价值观
We sat around a small campfire, gazing up through the cold California air at a dazzling canopy of stars.
我们坐在一个小篝火旁边，透过加利福尼亚的寒冷空气，仰望耀眼的星空。
My friends and I began talking with a member of the group. I didn’t know who he was, but he immediately struck me as interesting.
朋友和我开始和一个小组成员交谈。我不知道他是谁，但我很快被他的有趣吸引住了。
The man led our conversation as it spanned from education to design to the role of serendipity in innovation.
他主导了我们的谈话，话题从教育到设计到偶然性在创新中的作用。
Only later did I learn that this man was the inventor of technology that most of us use every day, and that he was a self-made billionaire.
后来我才知道，这个人是我们大多数人每天使用的一项技术的发明者，而且他是一个自我成就的亿万富翁。
I never would have guessed this, though. He was humble, kind, and funny.
我没有猜到这一点。他很谦虚、善良而又有趣。
The man had an impressive and arching vision of history. He had strong opinions about the role of technology in society. And he shared his thoughts as eloquently as if he were giving a TED talk.
他有着令人印象深刻的历史观，横跨时空。他对技术在社会中的作用有强烈的观点。他滔滔不绝地分享他的想法，就好像在做TED演讲。
The words he spoke on that starry night left an indelible impression on me. The values he shared have changed me. And now I want to share those values with you.
他在那个星夜里说的话给我留下了不可磨灭的印象。他分享的价值观改变了我。现在我想和你分享这些价值观。
Value #1: Embrace change
价值观＃1：拥抱变化
He told me that many people are too conservative in their careers.
他告诉我，许多人在职业生涯中过于保守。
Often young people — especially those who make good money — are scared to change industries, roles, companies, cities, organizational structures, or career paths.
通常，年轻人 - 特别是那些赚钱的人 - 害怕改变行业、角色、公司、城市、组织结构或职业道路。
People miss worthwhile opportunities because their fear of failure blinds them from seeing the potential upsides.
人们错失有价值的机会，因为他们对失败的恐惧使他们无法看到潜在的收益。
This made me think of many of my former coworkers back at Google, who had ideas for startups but were reluctant to take the plunge.
这让我想起了许多我以前在谷歌工作的同事，他们对创业有想法，但是不愿意跳下水。
His advice was to “embrace change and feel comfortable with it. Much of the technology we use today will be discarded in the future, and that is OK.”
他的建议是：“拥抱变化，与变化共舞。我们今天使用的大部分技术将来会被丢弃，没什么大问题。”
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” — MahatmaGandhi
“你希望世界如何变化，就让自己成为它的一部分。” —圣雄甘地
Value #2: Create new markets, not just new products
价值观2：创造新市场，而不仅仅是新产品
He observed that most people focus on just building new products, apps, or software. Instead they should be aiming to create new markets that have never existed before.
他观察到，大多数人都专注于建立新产品、新应用或软件。相反，他们应该瞄准创造以前从未存在的新市场。
Imagine what markets might exist in the future, and ask why they don’t yet exist. Leverage existing technological trends to power futuristic ideas that can give birth to new industries.
想象未来有哪些市场可能存在，并且追问为什么它们还不存在。利用现有的技术趋势来推动未来主义的想法，从而产生新产业。
He observed that “the most valuable companies and ideas spark entirely new industries.”
他观察到， “最有价值的公司和想法引发了全新的产业”。
“The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.” — Nikola Tesla
“现在是他们的；我在构建是未来，未来是我的。“ - 尼古拉.特斯拉
Value #3: Embrace lifelong learning
价值观＃3：拥抱终身学习
On the topic of education, one thing was clear to him: no matter what you do, you can do it better.
关于教育问题，有一点对他来说是清楚的：无论你做什么，你都可以做得更好。
He encouraged me to read, travel, practice listening, fail quickly, engage the world, embrace diversity, and hone my craft. “Challenge yourself to learn eclectic and varied skills and have fun in the process.”
他鼓励我阅读、旅行、练习倾听的能力、快速尝试快速失败、参与世界、拥抱多样性、磨练技能。 “挑战自己，学习不拘一格和多样化的技能，并在此过程中获得乐趣。”
“Learn a computer language — or another spoken one — and become an expert,” he said. “Learn not only for the sake of learning, but learn to obtain mastery.”
他说：“学习一门电脑语言，或一门口语，并成为专家。学习不仅是学习本身，还要达到精通。”
“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.” — Albert Einstein
“智力的增长应该始于出生，止于死亡” - 爱因斯坦
Value #4: Invest in skills that the future will value
价值＃4：投资未来有价值的技能
He observed that if you want to be successful, you need to start saving up two things: money and time. Then you can use these resources to invest in the skills and technology that the future will cherish. Invest in people, concepts, and industries that will add value a decade or more from now.
他观察到，如果你想成功，你需要开始节省两件事情：钱和时间。那么你可以利用这些资源来投资未来有价值的技能和技术。从现在开始，就去投资未来十年甚至更长时间将会创造价值的人才、想法和行业。
Arguing for a better tomorrow, he said: “build for the future and develop ideas that have a genuine, scalable, and demonstrable impact on humanity.”
为了让明天更加美好，他说“应该面向未来创造，发展那些对人类具有真正的影响、可规模化的影响、可实现的影响的想法”。
“One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done. I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.” — Marie Curie
“人们从来不会注意已经完成的事;人们只会看到还有什么等待完成。别人告诉我，进步总是缓慢而艰难的。” - 玛丽·居里
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