快来看！取得成功的8个秘密全藏在这段视频里
Our destiny offers not only the cup of despair , but the chalice of opportunity.（命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。）
——美国前总统尼克松
面对生命中的机会，为什么只有少数人可以把握住，取得成功？是因为他们智力超群？还是因为他们足够幸运？也许都不是……
演员、演讲家Richard St. John 用一段3分钟的TED演讲，为大家揭示了取得成功的8个奥秘。快来和Professor一起看看吧！
以下为演讲全文
This is really a two-hour presentation I give to high school students, cut down to three minutes. And it all started one day on a plane, on my way to TED, seven years ago. And in the seat next to me was a high school student, a teenager, and she came from a really poor family. And she wanted to make something of her life, and she asked me a simple little question. She said, "What leads to success?" And I felt really bad, because I couldn't give her a good answer. So I get off the plane, and I come to TED. And I think, jeez, I'm in the middle of a room of successful people! So why don't I ask them what helped them succeed, and pass it on to kids? So here we are, seven years, 500 interviews later, and I'm gonna tell you what really leads to success and makes TED-sters tick.
这真的是一个我给高中学生做的2个小时的演讲，现在缩到了3分钟。所有的一切都是从7年前的一天开始， 我坐在飞往TED会议的飞机上。在我邻座坐的是一个 高中生，一个十几岁的年轻人。她生于一个贫穷的家庭，而且她的愿望是成就一番事业，所以她问了我一个简单的小问题。她说：“怎样做才能成功呢？” 我当时觉得糟透了，因为我不能给她一个满意的答案。后来我下了飞机，来到TED，忽然间我想到，天啊，我置身于一屋子成功人士之中！为什么我不问问他们是怎样走向成功的呢。这样我就可以把答案告诉孩子们了。所以就这样，7年中我坐了500次采访。现在我就要告诉你们是什么带来了成功，是什么启发了TED演讲者们……
Passion
激情
Freeman Thomas says, "I'm driven by my passion." TED-sters do it for love; they don't do it for money. Carol Coletta says, "I would pay someone to do what I do." And the interesting thing is: if you do it for love, the money comes anyway.
Freeman Thomas 说：“我总是被我的热情所牵引着。” TED的讲演者因为有爱才做事情，不是为了钱。 Carol Colletta说：“我会付给别人钱去做我的工作。” 有趣的是，如果你是为了爱而做的，钱自然而然就来了。
Work
刻苦
Rupert Murdoch said to me, "It's all hard work. Nothing comes easily. But I have a lot of fun." Did he say fun? Rupert? Yes! TED-sters do have fun working. And they work hard. I figured, they're not workaholics. They're workafrolics.
Rupert Murdoch曾经告诉过我： “一切都是刻苦，天下没有白吃的午餐。但是我得到了很多乐趣。” 他提到了乐趣？Rupert？是的！TED讲演者都有一份充满乐趣的工作，而且他们都很刻苦。我觉得，他们都不是工作狂，他们是享受工作狂。
Good
精通
Alex Garden says, "To be successful put your nose down in something and get damn good at it." There's no magic; it's practice, practice, practice.
Alex Garden说：”要想成功，就要真的深入其中，然后做到融会贯通。” 想要做到精通没有秘诀，就是练习，练习，再练习。
Focus
专注
Norman Jewison said to me, "I think it all has to do with focusing yourself on one thing."
Norman Jewison 告诉过我， “对我而言成功之事专系于集全身之力于一处。”
Push
强迫
David Gallo says, "Push yourself. Physically, mentally, you've gotta push, push, push." You gotta push through shyness and self-doubt. Goldie Hawn says, "I always had self-doubts. I wasn't good enough; I wasn't smart enough. I didn't think I'd make it." Now it's not always easy to push yourself, and that's why they invented mothers. Frank Gehry -- Frank Gehry said to me, "My mother pushed me."
David Gallo说：“强迫你自己，无论是身体上，还是精神上，你一定要强迫，强迫，强迫。” 你要强迫自己去战胜羞涩和自我怀疑。Goldie Hawn说：“我总是怀疑自己。怀疑自己不够优秀，不够聪明。我从不相信我会成功。” 想要成功地强迫自己并不总容易， 这就是为什么要发明妈妈。 Frank Gehry-Frank Gehry对我说： "我妈妈过去总是督促我。"
Serve
服务
Sherwin Nuland says, "It was a privilege to serve as a doctor." Now a lot of kids tell me they want to be millionaires. And the first thing I say to them is: "OK, well you can't serve yourself; you gotta serve others something of value. Because that's the way people really get rich."
Sherwin Nuland说：“能够作为一名医生为他人服务是一种荣幸。” 现在很多孩子告诉我他们想成为百万富翁。 但是一件事我对他们说的是， “好的，但是你不能为你自己服务，你需要为他人提供对他人有利的服务。因为这就是人们创富的方式。“
Ideas
创意
TED-ster Bill Gates says, "I had an idea: founding the first micro-computer software company." I'd say it was a pretty good idea. And there's no magic to creativity in coming up with ideas -- it's just doing some very simple things. And I give lots of evidence.
TED演讲者Bill Gates说：”我曾经有过一个点子：成立第一个微机软件公司。”我必须承认这真的是很好的一个点子。 对于能想出点子的创造力来讲没有什么魔力可言。 都是些简单平常的事情。 而且我可以举出很多证据。
Persist
坚持
Joe Kraus says, "Persistence is the number one reason for our success." You gotta persist through failure. You gotta persist through crap! Which of course means "Criticism, Rejection, Assholes and Pressure."
Joe Kraus说 ：”恒心是我们成功地第一条原因。”你必须坚持度过失败，你必须咬牙度过crap！这里的crap是指”批评，拒绝，卑鄙小人和压力”。
Professor点评：
人们总是习惯于只看别人的成功，却不去想别人是怎么成功的。Professor要说：任何成功都不是偶然的，有果必有因，与其羡慕他人成功后的光彩，不如踏实下来好好学习，提升自己，这样才能把握机会，收获成功。
各位宝爸宝妈，好的品行和习惯大都是从小培养的，别再羡慕“别人家的孩子”，赶紧培养自己孩子的素质和能力吧！助他/她一臂之力，勇攀成功巅峰！