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As usual, he asked to take a walk, and they strolled the grounds to a redwood grove with a picnic table.
如往常一樣，他建議出去散步。他們帶著野餐桌踱步到一片紅杉林。
"He told me he wanted a new board because he wanted to start fresh," Markkula said.
“他告訴我他想要一個(gè)新的董事會(huì)，因?yàn)樗胫匦麻_(kāi)始。”馬庫(kù)拉說(shuō)，
"He was worried that I might take it poorly, and he was relieved when I didn't."
“他擔(dān)心我會(huì)難以接受，我沒(méi)有，他才松了口氣。”
They spent the rest of the time talking about where Apple should focus in the future.
接下來(lái)的時(shí)間他們探討了蘋(píng)果未來(lái)的發(fā)展重點(diǎn)。
Jobs's ambition was to build a company that would endure, and he asked Markkula what the formula for that would be.
喬布斯雄心勃勃地想建立一家可以長(zhǎng)盛不衰的公司，他問(wèn)馬庫(kù)拉如何實(shí)現(xiàn)。
Markkula replied that lasting companies know how to reinvent themselves.
馬庫(kù)拉回答說(shuō)，長(zhǎng)盛不衰的公司都知道如何重塑自我。
Hewlett - Packard had done that repeatedly;
惠普就是如此：
it started as an instrument company, then became a calculator company, then a computer company.
它以生產(chǎn)小儀器起家，后來(lái)成為生產(chǎn)計(jì)算器的公司，再后來(lái)成為生產(chǎn)計(jì)算機(jī)的公司。
"Apple has been sidelined by Microsoft in the PC business," Markkula said.
“蘋(píng)果在個(gè)人電腦領(lǐng)域被微軟擠出了局。”馬庫(kù)拉說(shuō)，
"You've got to reinvent the company to do some other thing, like other consumer products or devices.
“你必須重塑公司，做點(diǎn)兒其他東西，比如其他消費(fèi)品或電子設(shè)備。
You've got to be like a butterfly and have a metamorphosis."
你必須像蝴蝶一樣華麗變身。”
Jobs didn't say much, but he agreed.
喬布斯沒(méi)多說(shuō)什么，但是他同意這個(gè)觀點(diǎn)。
