And I'll tell you I was sitting out here not so long ago, but life does go fast
我想說 我不久前也坐在這里 但時間過得太快
and I made an unusual decision, I was graduating on a Friday just like you are here and Monday, I started work
我畢業時做了一個不尋常的決定 我和你們一樣 畢業于一個周五 然后周一 我就開始工作了
I started work. I was already to hit it
我準備取得成功
I was ready to get going, ready to make it happen ready to get out there. I was motivated. I was excited
我準備開始了 準備實現自我了 我很積極 很激動
I was educated. I was inspired by my commencement speaker and I was ready to go
我受過良好教育 我受到了畢業演講嘉賓的鼓舞 我準備開始自己的事業
Ready
準備好了
And Monday, I started at this little software company called Oracle Corporation
周一 我就在一家名為甲骨文的小軟件公司開始工作了
in San Francisco, it's a little software company
位于舊金山 它是一家小軟件公司
And I got up there and they were excited and they were inspired
我到那里工作 他們也很激情 很有活力
And I'll tell you what
我告訴你們是怎樣的
I worked and I worked and as you heard, I was
我在那工作 在那工作 剛你們也獲悉了
I had some great success there. I was the youngest VP there and youngest SVP
我在那里獲得了蠻大的成功 我是最年輕的副總裁 最年輕的高級副總裁
And I went on and created some great products and did all these things
我在那里創造出了很多偉大的產品
And about a decade went by after my graduation
我畢業后的十年很快就過去了
And I'll tell you life goes fast 10 years went by and
時間過得真快 十年就這樣過去了
It's kind of funny, people are always overestimating what you can do in a year
有趣的是 人們總會高估自己一年能做的事
And underestimating what happens in a decade
但卻經常低估十年所能做的事
And a decade went by
十年過去了
And all of a sudden I kind of felt a little bit weird
我突然覺得有點奇怪
I felt kind of unmotivated, unenergized, not very excited
我感覺有些沒了動力 沒了能量 沒了激情
Not very inspired
沒了那股興奮勁
It's kind of in a bad mood
我感覺心情很糟糕
It's kind of grumpy
變得有些脾氣暴躁
A little bit pissed off
有些不爽