TimCook在斯坦佛毕业典礼上的演讲

​ Fourteen years ago, Steve stood on this stage and told your predecessors "Your time is limited,so don’t waste it living someone else’s life."Here is my corollary. Your mentors may leave you prepared,but they can’t leave you ready.

​ 十四年前，乔布斯站在这里告诉你们的学长:“你们的时间是有限的，所以不要浪费时间过和别人一样的生活”.我今天要告诉你们的是，你们的导师也许能让你对将来要发生的事情有所准备，但不能让你们有万无一失的准备．

​ When Steve got sick I had hardwired my thinking to the belief that he would get better.I not only thought he would hold on.I was convinced down to my core that he’d still be guiding Apple long after myself was gone.Then one day, he called over to his house and told me that it wasn’t going to be that way. Even then, I was convinced he would stay on as chairman, that he would step back from that day-to-day, but always be there as a sounding board. But there was no reason to believe that.I never should’ve thought it.The facts were all here.

​ 当乔布斯病重的时候，我坚信他会好起来．并且我深信在我去世之前他会一直领导Apple．后来的某天，他把我叫到他家中告诉我我的想法不切实际的．尽管如此，我仍相信着他会继续担任董事长，一直作为公司的决策咨询人，一步一步地退下来．我从未想过他就会这样离开.但是事实就是如此．

​ And when he was gone, truly gone, I learned the real visceral difference. between preparation and readiness. It was the loneliest I’ve ever felt in my life. By an order of magnitude.It was one of those moments where you can be surrounded by people, yet you don’t really see, hear, or feel them. But I could sense their expectations. When the dust settled, all I know was that I was going to be the best version of myself that I could be.

​ 当乔布斯走后，我发自内心的感受到了做了准备和做好一切准备的差距．那是我生命中感到最孤单的时刻．你的朋友陪伴在你的身边，但你不能看到他们，听到他们的声音或者感觉到他们的存在．但是我可以感受到他们对我的期待．当一切尘埃落定，我只知道我要做迄今为止最好的自己．

​ I knew that if you got out of bed every morning and set your watch by what other people expect or demand, it’d drive you crazy.　So what was true then is true now. Don’t waste your time living someone else’s life.Don’t try to emulate the people who came before you to the exclusion of everything else contorting into a shape that doesn’t fit. It takes too much mental effort, effort that should be dedicated to creating and building. You’ll waste precious time trying to rewire your every thought, and in the meantime, you won’t be fooling anybody.

​ 我知道一直按照别人的要求或者期望按部就班地生活会使人变得疯狂．过去的一切都是真的，现在也是真的．不要浪费你的时间过别人的生活．不要试图忽视一切一味地模仿比你优秀的人，扭曲自己成不适合自己的样子．这会浪费你本应该用于创新和创建上的精力.你会浪费宝贵的时间重新连接思想，与此同时你也无法变成某人．

​ Graduates, the fact is, when your time comes, and it will, you’ll never be ready. But you’re not supposed to be. Find hope in the unexpected. Find courage in the challenge. Find your vision on the solitary road. Don’t get distracted. There are too many people who want credit without responsibility. Too many who show up for the ribbon cutting without building anything worth a damn. Be different. Leave something worthy. And always remember that you can’t take it with you. You’re going to have to pass it on.

​ 毕业生们，事实上，当机会来到或者将要来到你面前的时候，你永远不会做好万无一失的准备，也不应该去这么做．在绝望中找到希望，在挑战中找到勇气，在孤独的道路上找到远见卓识．不要分心．有太多的人期待不承担任何责任就想得到荣誉，有太多人期待着不劳而获．不要成为这样的人．要成为能够为世界留下有价值的东西的人．牢记心中：你不能将你所创造的价值从这个世界上带走，但是它可以传承下去．