成功不拼學歷:知道越多並不一定越有用大綱
One time or another, you’ve had the thought running through your head that if you only knew more you would be more successful in life.
有時候有個想法會閃過腦海：你只有知道的越多，人生纔會更成功。It’s only natural that you think knowing more will make you more successful. Perhaps another degree, a conference, or a DVD business series is what you need to turn your situation around.
你覺得“懂得越多越成功”再自然不過了。也許另一個學位、一場會議或商戰系列DVD就能讓你反轉境況。It’s use the more you learn, the less you feel like you’re becoming successful.
現實令人沮喪。因爲你學得更多，你就越不會覺得自己成功。
That’s because, despite what you hear about success, it has very little to do with formal education. How much you know doesn’t really of the most successful people did it without all the education:
這是因爲，雖然你聽過關於成功的種種說法，但成功很少和正規教育有關。你懂得多少並不重要。最成功的人中有些人沒受過教育，卻依然成功了：Steve Jobs stayed in college for only six months. His breakthrough inventions in mobile technology and movie animation are perhaps the greatest business marvel of the last fifty years.
史蒂夫·喬布斯只上了6個月大學。他在移動技術和電影動畫的突破性發明也許是過去50年中最大的商業奇蹟。Henry Ford had no college education at all. He went on to reinvent the manufacturing process and the entire automobile industry.
亨利·福特根本沒有大學文憑。他改進了製作業生產過程和整個汽車行業。William Shakespeare dropped out of middle school. He would later create almost 2,000 English words and write the most famous literary works.
威廉·莎士比亞中學輟學。他後來創造了近2000個英語單詞，並且寫了最有名的文學作品。Horace Greeley had no schooling at all. He would later become a Congressman, and today is considered one the most influential journalists in American history.
霍勒斯·格里利沒受過任何教育。他後來成爲國會議員，如今被認爲是美國曆史上最有影響力的記者。Albert Einstein was a high school dropout and failed his university entrance exams. He came up with the Theory of Relativity, published 300 scientific papers, won a Nobel Prize, and is considered the greatest mind of the twentieth century.
愛因斯坦高中輟學，也沒考上大學。他提出了相對論，發表了300篇科學論文，獲得了諾貝爾獎，被認爲是二十世紀最偉大的人。Success isn’t really about how much you matters is what you do.
成功與你知道多少無關。重要的是你做了什麼。One of the greatest inventors the world has ever know explained success this way: “Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration.”Thomas Edison didn’t just say that; he lived it. He would attempt over 10,000 separate tries in creating the light bulb.
愛迪生是世界上最偉大的發明家之一，他是這樣解釋成功的：“天才是1％的靈感和99％的汗水。” 他並不只是說說，他實踐了這句話。愛迪生在發明燈泡時試了10,000多次。Some people probably thought he was crazy. And some will think you are e you’re just on your way to doing something mind-blowingly amazing.
有些人可能認爲他瘋了。有些人也同樣會這麼評價你。也許你只是正在做什麼驚天動地的事。
