作者：Ryan Roslansky
来源：BBC
翻译：冰清 来自冰清思语集
The Shakespeare quote had been next to my dad’s work phone for years, but it wasn’t until I was 10 that I suspected it wasn’t about boating. The passage, clipped from a magazine and firmly attached with a few strips of Scotch tape, read:
父亲办公桌的电话旁有一句莎士比亚的格言，陪伴了父亲很多年，直到我10岁那年，被父亲撤下，我开始怀疑这句格言或许不适用于航海。它是父亲从杂志上裁剪下来，并用苏格兰胶带牢牢的粘在桌子上。
When the sea was calm, all ships alike showed mastership in floating
格言是，“当大海风平浪静时，所有的船只可以并驱竞胜”。
When I asked my dad why he’d cut out that line, he told me "Ryan, true character and success is defined not by how you act when everything is going your way, rather it's how you react when everything isn't..."
我问父亲为何要将它撕下，父亲对我说 “Ryan,定义一个人真正的魄力和胜利，不是在风平浪静的环境里你如何表现，而是在波涛汹涌的处境里你如何应对”。
That conversation with my dad has stuck with me since. And I go back to that quote on nearly a weekly basis.
从此，和父亲的那场谈话一直让我如鲠在喉，我也几乎每周都会想起莎士比亚那句格言。
Work life is turbulent. Sometimes the numbers are up, sometimes the numbers are down. Some projects will nail it, some projects will fail. Some people are easy to work with, some aren't.
我们的职业生涯似跌宕起伏的涡流，有时业绩上升，有时业绩下降；有些项目会成功，有些项目会失败；有些人平易近人，有些人拒人千里。
The true measure of your character is how you react and operate when the seas aren't calm.
检验一个人魄力的标准是，当你所面对的处境就像并不平静的大海时，你会如何反应，如何采取行动，才能堪称风口浪尖上的弄潮儿。
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