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9. The need for heroes.
9．對英雄的崇拜。
When I was a kid, I greatly admired Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Yogi Berra.
當我是個孩子時，我非常崇拜威利?梅斯、漢克?阿龍、約吉?貝拉。
They were my heroes, and I wanted to be just like them.
他們是我心中的英雄，我想成為他們那樣。
I treasured their baseball cards.
我珍藏著他們的棒球卡。
I wanted to know everything about them.
我想知道他們的一切事情。
I knew their stats, the RBIs, the ERAs, their batting averages, how much they got paid, and how they came up from the minors.
我知道他們的總得分，他們的打點和投手防御率，他們掙多少錢，以及他們是怎樣在少年棒球聯賽上嶄露頭角的。
I want to know everything because I want to be just like them.
我想知道關于他們的每一件事，因為我想成為像他們那樣的人。
Every time, as a nine-year-old kid, when I stepped up to bat or played first base or catcher, I wasn't me.
在我9歲或10歲的時候，每當我上場擊球或是充當一壘手和接球手時，我便不再是我自己。
It's one of the most powerful ways we learn that we often lose as adults.
這是我學到的最有效的方法之一，但當我們長大成人后，卻失去這種模仿能力，
We lose our heroes. We lose our naivete.
我們失去了心中的英雄，失去了過往的單純。
I have new heroes as I grow older. I have golf heroes.
隨著年齡的增長，我的心中又有了新的英雄。
I copy their swings and do my best to read everything I can about them.
我模仿他們的擊球動作，竭盡全力去搜集與他們有關的資料。
I also have heroes such as Donald Trump, Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, George Soros, and Jim Rogers.
我還崇拜像唐納德?川普、沃倫?巴菲特、彼得?林奇、喬治?索羅斯和吉姆?羅杰斯這樣的投資家。
In my older years, I know their stats just like I knew the ERAs and RBIs of my baseball heroes.
現在我年紀大了，但我還像小時候了解棒球明星們跑壘得分那樣了解這些新英雄的情況。
I follow what Warren Buffett invests in, and read anything I can about his point of view on the market.
我跟隨沃倫?巴菲特的選擇進行投資，還閱讀所有我能找到的他對市場看法的文章。
And I read about Donald Trump, trying to find out how he negotiates and puts deals together.
我閱讀彼得?林奇的書，以弄懂他怎樣選股；我還讀了唐納德?川普的書，試圖發現他談判和促成交易的技巧。
Just as I was not me when I was up to bat, when I'm in the market or I'm negotiating a deal, I am subconsciously acting with the bravado of Trump.
就像在棒球場上一樣，我不再是我自己，在市場上或為交易進行談判時，我下意識地模仿川普的那種氣勢。
Or when analyzing a trend, I look at it as though Peter Lynch were doing it.
當分析某種趨勢時，我學著像彼得?林奇那樣思考。
By having heroes, we tap into a tremendous source of raw genius.
通過偶像的模范作用，我們挖掘出自身的巨大潛能。
But heroes do more than simply inspire us.
英雄人物不僅激勵了我們。
Heroes make things look easy.
還會使難題看起來容易一些。
It's the making it look easy that convinces us to want to be just like them.
他們堅定了我們要像他們一樣的信心。
"If they can do it, so can I."
“如果他們能做到，那么我也能”。
