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This got repeated as "Rubin likes gold," and someone spent millions of dollars to please the new boss.
這句話經(jīng)過(guò)多次轉(zhuǎn)述后被演繹成了“魯賓對(duì)黃金感興趣”。隨后，就有人打算花費(fèi)數(shù)百萬(wàn)美元來(lái)取悅這位新老板。
More than a decade later, I experienced my own "Rubin likes gold" moment.
十多年以后，我也有了一段類似“魯賓對(duì)黃金感興趣”的經(jīng)歷。
When I joined Facebook, I faced a dilemma: I needed to bolster the business side of the company while respecting its unconventional culture.
我剛加入臉譜網(wǎng)就面臨兩難的處境：一方面我要提高公司的經(jīng)營(yíng)水平，同時(shí)也要尊重它的非傳統(tǒng)文化。
Most corporations love PowerPoint presentations, so I encouraged people not to prepare them for meetings with me,
許多公司都喜歡用PowerPoint（PPT，一款演示文稿軟件）做演示，但我提議大家和我開(kāi)會(huì)時(shí)不用準(zhǔn)備PPT，
but instead to come with a simple list of topics.
只要有一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的要點(diǎn)清單就可以了。
I repeated this frequently, but every meeting seemed to include a detailed PowerPoint presentation anyway.
我常常這么說(shuō)，但每次開(kāi)會(huì)時(shí)員工都會(huì)準(zhǔn)備一份詳盡的PPT報(bào)告。
After more than two years of frustration, I announced that although I hated making rules, I was making one: no more PowerPoint in my meetings.
兩年多以后，我滿懷挫敗感地宣布，盡管我不喜歡冰冷的規(guī)定，但現(xiàn)在必須聲明：開(kāi)會(huì)時(shí)不準(zhǔn)再出現(xiàn)PPT。
A few weeks later, as I was getting ready to speak to our global sales team,
幾周后，當(dāng)我準(zhǔn)備與全球銷售團(tuán)隊(duì)談話時(shí)，
Kirsten Nevill-Manning, a skilled human resources leader at Facebook, came to find me.
臉譜網(wǎng)的資深人力資源主管柯?tīng)査闺?nèi)維爾–曼寧來(lái)找我。
Kirsten thought I should know that everyone in Europe was upset with me.
她認(rèn)為我應(yīng)該知道歐洲客戶對(duì)我很不滿意。
Really? I angered an entire continent?
真的嗎？整個(gè)歐洲大陸都被我惹急了？
She explained that client meetings were very difficult without PowerPoint and asked why I would make such a stupid rule.
她解釋說(shuō)客戶會(huì)議沒(méi)有PPT很麻煩，還問(wèn)為什么我會(huì)有這么一條愚蠢的規(guī)定。
I explained that I had intended the rule to apply only to presentations to me.
我解釋說(shuō)這條規(guī)定只在對(duì)我做匯報(bào)時(shí)才有效。
But just as the Goldman team heard "Gold = good," the Facebook team heard "PowerPoint = bad."
但就像高盛的員工聽(tīng)到“黃金=好”一樣，臉譜網(wǎng)的員工聽(tīng)到的就是“PPT=壞”。
