工作中学什么：工作带来的十大启示

I once met a guy who was dead broke, on drugs, overweight, often drunk and who had drifted in and out of jail and bad relationships. On his right shoulder was a tattoo he'd gotten when he was 16. It read "Born Loser."
我曾经遇到过一个一文不值的人，他吸毒，超重，酗酒，而且不停地进出监狱，社会关系也非常糟糕。在他的左肩上有个纹身，那是他16岁的时候纹上去的，上面写着“天生的失败者”。

7. The "good old days" weren't all that good.
7.那些“曾经美好的时光”其实并没有那么美好

Many people wish they'd been born in a simpler time, like the 1950s, the Victorian period, or the middle ages. What utter foolishness! By any reasonable measure, we live in the best, the healthiest, and the happiest time in all history.
很多人希望他们自己生活在一个更单纯的年代，比如1950年代，或者维多利亚时代，又或是中世纪。这是多么愚蠢的想法！无论是何种统计方式，我们都生活在一个历史上最高、健康程度最高、幸福指数也最高的时代。

8. Great product ideas are a dime a dozen.
8.好点子总是很多。

There are millions of great ideas floating around that, if implemented, could make somebody millions of dollars. But it's never the ideas that matter. It's the ability to implement one idea and make it something real.
有成千上万的好点子在世界各地涌现，如果他们能够实施，就能让任何人成为百万富翁。但是往往真正起作用的并不是那些点子，而是那种实践点子并且将它们变成现实的能力。

9. Nobody has a monopoly on truth.
9.任何人对真理都没有独断的权利。

Politicians, priests, prophets, and pundits all claim that they (and they alone) know the truth. While they may be sincere, they are human beings and therefore their "truth" is a product of a fallible human mind, and therefore incomplete.
政治家、祭祀、先知还有权威人士都声称他们（而且只有他们）知道真理。虽然他们这么说是认真的，但他们只是人类，所以他们的“真理”也只是不可靠的人类思维的产物，因此是不完整的。

10. All you need is love.
10.你需要的是爱。

The Beatles may have been seriously pot-addled in the 1960s, but they definitely got this one right. When it comes down to it, it's your ability to feel and express love that will bring you both the greatest happiness and success.
披头士在1960年代爆红，但他们的这个观点确实非常对。当你拥有爱时，你的感受爱和表达爱的能力会给你带来最大的幸福和成功。