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I thought it might be interesting to this year’s graduates, for me to reflect back on what I was thinking about when I was sitting where you are 32 years ago, and especially on what that might mean for you today.
I think the most important piece of advice that I can give you from my own experience is simply this—don’t over-plan your life.
While planning for your future is great, the fact is, things change… and opportunities will arise for you that, I suspect, you today can’t even imagine. Do your best at whatever you’re doing, but be open to opportunities as they come up. That is, be flexible…be open to everything the world has to offer… be global. You’ll be amazed at what you can learn, and how you can contribute.
My second piece of advice for you is to value what a truly huge role that technology would play in our personal lives, professional lives, and our society. In whatever field you enter—education, business, government—embrace the opportunities that technology will provide you, to help solve the
challenges we face as a nation, and as a world.
Another thought I want to offer is a simple one—which is that, each of you has great capabilities. I urge you to use those capabilities fully.
You see, being successful in any field is hard work. Being successful requires not only that you learn everything you can about your chosen field, but that you apply your knowledge with a passion and enthusiasm that affects others, and engages them as well.
In today’s highly collaborative workplaces, few great things are accomplished by individuals alone. Just like in college basketball, you need great teams. Enthusiasm is 2)contagious. Your goal should be to start the 3)epidemic.
However, I should tell you, that even with know-ledge, passion, and contagious enthusiasm, you are going to face some tough challenges, some tough days.
But the really successful people have some important characteristic in common, and that is persistence and 4)resilience. No matter how great the
challenge, no matter how dark the future seems, they simply don’t give up.
I suspect most of you will encounter
challenging moments in your careers and your lives, because life is not a series of 5)grand-slam home runs. There will be moments of great
challenge for you.
So my advice is simple—6)go at life every day with passion and enthusiasm, and when challenges arrive, simply don’t give up.
Ultimately, your success in your career and in your life will be significantly determined by how you handle the challenges, and what you accomplish despite the hurdles you will inevitably encounter.
And in the category of brutal truths, let me offer this—there used to be a television advertisement that asked, “Who says you can’t have it all?” and then effectively said that you can have it all. Well, the real truth is that you can’t have it all—at least not all at the same time.
In my experience, the really successful people are those who establish clear 7)priorities in their lives, who understand that they can 8)excel at only a handful of things at any one time, and then go after that chosen handful of priorities with 9)single-
minded passion and enthusiasm.
And, as you create your own priority lists as you go through life, I’d encourage you, among all the things, to make sure that you keep “giving back to your community” high on your list.
You see, all of you have a tremendous opportunity to use your intellect, and passion, and creativity… not only to build great careers and personal lives for yourselves, but also to make a real difference in our society.
I encourage you never to underestimate the impact that you can have on others, to 10)literally make the world a better place. We do that by all getting involved, taking what may seem like small steps, small actions. They all add up.
In my experience, being involved in youth math and science education, especially in 11)Detroit schools, has been tremendously rewarding, and shows me that we can make a difference.
The last thing I want to mention is family and friends. Keep them close. They make your life journey truly rewarding. During the good times, you’ll
have someone to celebrate with. And during the tough times, you’ll have someone to turn to for advice, for comfort, and for love.
In the end, Good luck and 12)Godspeed!
32年前，我就坐在你们应届毕业生此刻坐着的地方。我想你们可能有兴趣了解我当时在思考什么，尤其是了解我的经验对今天的你们可能有什么意义。
根据我的个人经验，我想，我能给予你们最重要的一条忠告很简单，就是——不要过度规划你们未来生活的蓝图。
规划未来是很好，但事实是，世事变幻无常……我猜有些机会的降临，今天的你们是无法想象的。在你们自己的岗位上尽力做到最好，但当机会出现时，要放开怀抱。也就是说，要灵活变通……对世界给予你们的任何东西都敞开怀抱……要放眼世界。你们能学到的东西以及你们能作出的贡献，将会令你们大吃一惊。
我要给你们的第二条忠告是——重视科技在我们的个人生活、职业生涯，以及整个社会中所发挥的巨大作用。无论你们将进入哪一个领域，教育、商业、政界，都应该拥抱科技将带给你们的一切机会，以应对我们国家乃至整个世界所面临的种种挑战。
我想提出的另一个想法很简单——就是你们每一个人都有着非凡的才能，我鼓励你们充分施展自己的才能。
你们也知道，在任何领域获得成功都很不容易。成功不仅仅要求你在自己选择的领域里学习一切相关知识，还要求你怀着激情和热忱去运用你的知识，影响他人，使他人也参与其中。
在今天高度协作化的工作场所里，重大的事情很少是由个人来独力完成的。就像大学篮球赛一样，你需要很棒的团队。热情是有感染力的。你们的目标就是让热情开始迅速地感染他人。
然而，我得告诉你们，即便拥有知识、激情，以及富有传染力的热情，你们还是会遭遇一些艰巨的挑战，经历一些艰辛的日子。
不过，那些真正的成功人士有一个重要的共同特征，那就是坚韧达观。无论是多么巨大的挑战，无论未来看起来多么的黑暗，他们绝不轻言放弃。
我估计你们中的大部分人将在职业生涯和个人生活中遭遇挑战，因为生活并不会像满垒时击出的四分本垒打般总是大获全胜，总会有一些面临巨大挑战的时刻。
所以我的忠告很简单——带着激情和热忱，度过生命的每一天。当挑战来临时，绝不轻易放弃。
最终，你们在职业生涯和个人生活方面的成功，将会极大地取决于你们如何面对挑战，以及你们克服那些无可避免的障碍后取得了什么样的成就。
关于残酷的现实，我得提醒你们——以前有则电视广告，先是问：“谁说你不能拥有全部？”接着斩钉截铁地说，你可以拥有全部。其实，真相是——你无法拥有全部，至少不能同时拥有全部。
根据我的经验，真正成功的人士会在生活中设定明确的值得优先考虑的事。他们明白自己任何时候都只能在少数事情上表现杰出，然后，他们就会满怀热忱和激情，专心一意地处理那些已选定的少数值得优先考虑的事。
还有，当你们在为自己的生活拟订值得优先考虑的事的清单时，我想鼓励你们，在所有的事情当中，务必把“回馈社会”放在很重要的位置。
你们都知道，你们人人都有无限机会，去运用你们的智慧、激情和创造力……不仅仅是为你们自己创立辉煌的事业，成就辉煌的人生，同时，也要使我们的社会有实实在在的改变。
我鼓励你们，千万不要低估自己对其他人的影响力……要真的让世界变得更加美好。为此，我们全都要参与其中，我们的步子和行动看起来可能很微小，但是聚沙成塔，积少成多！
我个人的经验是，致力于青少年的数学和科学教育——特别是在底特律的一些学校里——成果是非常显著的。这使我相信，我们可以令世界有所不同。
最后我要提及的是家人和朋友。和他们亲密相处吧。他们会让你的人生之旅受益无穷。成功时，他们会和你们一起庆祝；失意时，他们会给你们建议，给你们安慰，给你们爱。
最后，祝你们好运！并祝你们成功！
I think the most important piece of advice that I can give you from my own experience is simply this—don’t over-plan your life.
While planning for your future is great, the fact is, things change… and opportunities will arise for you that, I suspect, you today can’t even imagine. Do your best at whatever you’re doing, but be open to opportunities as they come up. That is, be flexible…be open to everything the world has to offer… be global. You’ll be amazed at what you can learn, and how you can contribute.
My second piece of advice for you is to value what a truly huge role that technology would play in our personal lives, professional lives, and our society. In whatever field you enter—education, business, government—embrace the opportunities that technology will provide you, to help solve the
challenges we face as a nation, and as a world.
Another thought I want to offer is a simple one—which is that, each of you has great capabilities. I urge you to use those capabilities fully.
You see, being successful in any field is hard work. Being successful requires not only that you learn everything you can about your chosen field, but that you apply your knowledge with a passion and enthusiasm that affects others, and engages them as well.
In today’s highly collaborative workplaces, few great things are accomplished by individuals alone. Just like in college basketball, you need great teams. Enthusiasm is 2)contagious. Your goal should be to start the 3)epidemic.
However, I should tell you, that even with know-ledge, passion, and contagious enthusiasm, you are going to face some tough challenges, some tough days.
But the really successful people have some important characteristic in common, and that is persistence and 4)resilience. No matter how great the
challenge, no matter how dark the future seems, they simply don’t give up.
I suspect most of you will encounter
challenging moments in your careers and your lives, because life is not a series of 5)grand-slam home runs. There will be moments of great
challenge for you.
So my advice is simple—6)go at life every day with passion and enthusiasm, and when challenges arrive, simply don’t give up.
Ultimately, your success in your career and in your life will be significantly determined by how you handle the challenges, and what you accomplish despite the hurdles you will inevitably encounter.
And in the category of brutal truths, let me offer this—there used to be a television advertisement that asked, “Who says you can’t have it all?” and then effectively said that you can have it all. Well, the real truth is that you can’t have it all—at least not all at the same time.
In my experience, the really successful people are those who establish clear 7)priorities in their lives, who understand that they can 8)excel at only a handful of things at any one time, and then go after that chosen handful of priorities with 9)single-
minded passion and enthusiasm.
And, as you create your own priority lists as you go through life, I’d encourage you, among all the things, to make sure that you keep “giving back to your community” high on your list.
You see, all of you have a tremendous opportunity to use your intellect, and passion, and creativity… not only to build great careers and personal lives for yourselves, but also to make a real difference in our society.
I encourage you never to underestimate the impact that you can have on others, to 10)literally make the world a better place. We do that by all getting involved, taking what may seem like small steps, small actions. They all add up.
In my experience, being involved in youth math and science education, especially in 11)Detroit schools, has been tremendously rewarding, and shows me that we can make a difference.
The last thing I want to mention is family and friends. Keep them close. They make your life journey truly rewarding. During the good times, you’ll
have someone to celebrate with. And during the tough times, you’ll have someone to turn to for advice, for comfort, and for love.
In the end, Good luck and 12)Godspeed!
32年前，我就坐在你们应届毕业生此刻坐着的地方。我想你们可能有兴趣了解我当时在思考什么，尤其是了解我的经验对今天的你们可能有什么意义。
根据我的个人经验，我想，我能给予你们最重要的一条忠告很简单，就是——不要过度规划你们未来生活的蓝图。
规划未来是很好，但事实是，世事变幻无常……我猜有些机会的降临，今天的你们是无法想象的。在你们自己的岗位上尽力做到最好，但当机会出现时，要放开怀抱。也就是说，要灵活变通……对世界给予你们的任何东西都敞开怀抱……要放眼世界。你们能学到的东西以及你们能作出的贡献，将会令你们大吃一惊。
我要给你们的第二条忠告是——重视科技在我们的个人生活、职业生涯，以及整个社会中所发挥的巨大作用。无论你们将进入哪一个领域，教育、商业、政界，都应该拥抱科技将带给你们的一切机会，以应对我们国家乃至整个世界所面临的种种挑战。
我想提出的另一个想法很简单——就是你们每一个人都有着非凡的才能，我鼓励你们充分施展自己的才能。
你们也知道，在任何领域获得成功都很不容易。成功不仅仅要求你在自己选择的领域里学习一切相关知识，还要求你怀着激情和热忱去运用你的知识，影响他人，使他人也参与其中。
在今天高度协作化的工作场所里，重大的事情很少是由个人来独力完成的。就像大学篮球赛一样，你需要很棒的团队。热情是有感染力的。你们的目标就是让热情开始迅速地感染他人。
然而，我得告诉你们，即便拥有知识、激情，以及富有传染力的热情，你们还是会遭遇一些艰巨的挑战，经历一些艰辛的日子。
不过，那些真正的成功人士有一个重要的共同特征，那就是坚韧达观。无论是多么巨大的挑战，无论未来看起来多么的黑暗，他们绝不轻言放弃。
我估计你们中的大部分人将在职业生涯和个人生活中遭遇挑战，因为生活并不会像满垒时击出的四分本垒打般总是大获全胜，总会有一些面临巨大挑战的时刻。
所以我的忠告很简单——带着激情和热忱，度过生命的每一天。当挑战来临时，绝不轻易放弃。
最终，你们在职业生涯和个人生活方面的成功，将会极大地取决于你们如何面对挑战，以及你们克服那些无可避免的障碍后取得了什么样的成就。
关于残酷的现实，我得提醒你们——以前有则电视广告，先是问：“谁说你不能拥有全部？”接着斩钉截铁地说，你可以拥有全部。其实，真相是——你无法拥有全部，至少不能同时拥有全部。
根据我的经验，真正成功的人士会在生活中设定明确的值得优先考虑的事。他们明白自己任何时候都只能在少数事情上表现杰出，然后，他们就会满怀热忱和激情，专心一意地处理那些已选定的少数值得优先考虑的事。
还有，当你们在为自己的生活拟订值得优先考虑的事的清单时，我想鼓励你们，在所有的事情当中，务必把“回馈社会”放在很重要的位置。
你们都知道，你们人人都有无限机会，去运用你们的智慧、激情和创造力……不仅仅是为你们自己创立辉煌的事业，成就辉煌的人生，同时，也要使我们的社会有实实在在的改变。
我鼓励你们，千万不要低估自己对其他人的影响力……要真的让世界变得更加美好。为此，我们全都要参与其中，我们的步子和行动看起来可能很微小，但是聚沙成塔，积少成多！
我个人的经验是，致力于青少年的数学和科学教育——特别是在底特律的一些学校里——成果是非常显著的。这使我相信，我们可以令世界有所不同。
最后我要提及的是家人和朋友。和他们亲密相处吧。他们会让你的人生之旅受益无穷。成功时，他们会和你们一起庆祝；失意时，他们会给你们建议，给你们安慰，给你们爱。
最后，祝你们好运！并祝你们成功！