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You need to be prepared to explore a bit
你需要做好探索的準備
to make decisions of what you find, enjoy, discover
在追尋 享受 發現的過程中做決定
I never would've experienced any of that
我將永遠無法體會到這些
I never would've discovered that technology could be creative
我將永遠無法發現技術的創造性
I never would've started my career in tech
我將永遠無法開始自己的技術生涯
joined Google
加入谷歌
led YouTube
領導YouTube
if I tried to stick to a specific plan that I had made when I was your age
如果我在你們這么大的時候只是完全遵循一份計劃
The Internet as we know it, didn't exist yet when I graduated
因特網在我畢業的時候甚至都不存在
We need to think about our plans being written in pencil not pen
我們的計劃需要用鉛筆而不是鋼筆寫
willing to change as the world changes and as we change
我們需要隨世界和自身的變化 修改計劃
I guarantee you, you will change course
我確信你們也會改變航向
go backward, spring forward, bounce sideways
可能倒退 可能前行 也可能側移
some of you will need to adjust the plans that you currently have
現在的計劃很有可能會發生變化
because it'll turn out to be the wrong fit
因為它并不能適應未來趨勢
some of you will start a business
有些人會開公司
you have no idea right now that the world needs
你可能無法知道世界的需求是什么
some of you will fall in love and move half way across the world
有些人會陷入愛河 移居到地球的另一端
some of you could open a cupcake shop
有些人可能會開一家杯形蛋糕店
Thank you in advance of those people
我要提前感謝這些人
There's the old John Lennon quote
我引用約翰·列儂的一句老話
"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans"
"當你在忙于制定計劃時 生活正離我們而去"
So as you sit there and look around and say man I still have a lot to figure out
也許你坐在這里 心里感到很茫然
I don't know exactly where I'm headed
不知道前路具體該怎么走
just know that's okay
這其實沒什么
and your parents should hear that too, it's okay
這句話也要說給家長們 這沒什么
If your parents have concerns, they can talk to my parents
如果家長們仍有疑慮 可以同我的父母交流一下
They are right over there in the front row
他們就在那里 坐在前排
My parents could probably write a book of their own
我父母甚至都可以寫一本書
about their three crazy daughter and the journeys that we took along the way
講述三個瘋狂的女兒以及她們的人生旅程
a journey that encompass babysitting, investment banking
這包括照看嬰兒 投行經營
trips across Siberia, learning Swahili
去西伯利亞旅行 學習斯瓦希里語
studying childhood obesity and starting a personal genomics company
研究兒童肥胖 開創個人基因組公司
So far we've turned out okay
到目前為止 我們都混得很不錯
