I've talked to nearly 30,000 people on this show, and all 30,000 had one thing in common: they all wanted validation. I would tell you that every single person you will ever meet shares that common desire.
我在這個節目上跟將近三萬人對話，這三萬人有一個共同點：他們都想得到認同⋯⋯我可以告訴你，這是你所遇到的每一個人的共同渴望。
Time to Break New Ground 創造新突破的時候到了 
The Oprah Winfrey Show was number one in our time slot for 21 years, and I have to tell you I became pretty comfortable with that level of success. But a few years ago I decided, as you will at some point, that it was time to recalculate, find new territory, break new ground. So I ended the show and launched OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network. So one year later after launching OWN, nearly every media outlet had proclaimed that my new venture was a flop. It really was this time last year the worst period in my professional life.
二十一年來《歐普拉秀》的收視率一直是同時段的第一名，我必須告訴各位，對於這樣程度的成功，我是挺心滿意足的。不過，幾年前我決定，該是重整腳步的時候了。你們也會在某個時間點這麼做的，尋找新的領域，開創新天地。於是我結束了那個節目，推出「OWN 歐普拉電視網」。推出OWN一年後，幾乎所有媒體都聲稱我的新事業是個失敗。去年此時確實是我生涯中最悲慘的一段時間。
It was right around that time that President Faust called and asked me to speak here, and I thought, “What could I possibly say to Harvard graduates, some of the most successful graduates in the world in the very moment when I had stopped succeeding?” So I got off the phone with President Faust and I went to the shower. And I thought as I got out of the shower, “I’m going to turn this thing around. And when I do, I’m going to go to Harvard and I’m going to speak the truth of it!” So I’m here today to tell you I have turned that network around!
恰好在這個時候，佛士德校長打電話給我，邀請我在畢業典禮上演講，於是我心想：「我能跟哈佛畢業生說什麼？在世上最頂尖的畢業生面前，就在此時，在我停滯不前的時候？」我跟佛士德講完電話後，就先去洗澡。洗完澡時，我心想：「我要扭轉局面。而且等我扭轉成功時，我要去哈佛，把這件事實說出來！」所以我今天來到這裡，就是要告訴你們，我已經讓電視網起死回生了。
This is what I want to share. It doesn’t matter how far you might rise. If you’re constantly pushing yourself higher, higher, the law of averages—not to mention the Myth of Icarus—predicts that you will at some point fall. And when you do, I want you to know this, remember this: there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.
這就是我想和各位分享的。你能爬多高並不重要。假如你不斷給自己施壓，把自己推向更高的位置，根據平均法則的預測——更別提伊卡魯斯神話了——你在某個時間點就會跌落。當你跌落谷底時，我希望你們能知道一點，並且記住：沒有失敗這件事。失敗只是人生想要讓我們轉個彎而已。
Your Internal GPS 你內在的導航系統
Give yourself time to mourn what you think you may have lost, but then here’s the key: learn from every mistake, because every experience, encounter, and particularly your mistakes are there to teach you and force you into being more who you are. And then figure out what is the next right move. And the key to life is to develop an internal moral, emotional GPS that can tell you which way to go.
給自己一點時間，哀悼你覺得可能失去的東西，但關鍵是：從每個失誤中學習，因為每一個經驗、遭遇，尤其是失誤，都是在教導並強迫你打造真正的自己。然後要思考正確的下一步。人生的關鍵，是打造出一套內在道德和情感的導航系統，這個導航系統會告訴你該往哪裡去。
The challenge of life, I have found, is to build a résumé that doesn’t simply tell a story about what you want to be, but a story about who you want to be. It’s a résumé that doesn’t just tell a story about what you want to accomplish but why. A story that’s not just a collection of titles and positions but a story that’s really about your purpose.
我發現，人生的挑戰是建立一份履歷，這份履歷不僅僅是在講你想成為什麼的故事這樣簡單，而是在講一個你想成為誰的故事。這份履歷不只是在講你想要什麼樣的成就，而是為什麼你想要那樣的成就。你所要講的故事，不只是一連串的頭銜和職位，而是關於你的目標。
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