耶魯?shù)漠厴I(yè)生們，我很抱歉——如果你們不喜歡這樣的開(kāi)場(chǎng)。我想請(qǐng)你們?yōu)槲易鲆患隆Ｕ?qǐng)你---好好看一看周?chē)?，看一看站在你左邊的同學(xué)，看一看站在你右邊的同學(xué)。
請(qǐng)你設(shè)想這樣的情況：從現(xiàn)在起5年之后，10年之后，或30年之后，今天站在你左邊的這個(gè)人會(huì)是一個(gè)失敗者；右邊的這個(gè)人，同樣，也是個(gè)失敗者。而你，站在中間的家伙，你以為會(huì)怎樣？一樣是失敗者。失敗的經(jīng)歷。失敗的優(yōu)等生。
說(shuō)實(shí)話，今天我站在這里，并沒(méi)有看到一千個(gè)畢業(yè)生的燦爛未來(lái)。我沒(méi)有看到一千個(gè)行業(yè)的一千名卓越領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者，我只看到了一千個(gè)失敗者。你們感到沮喪，這是可以理解的。為什么，我，埃里森，一個(gè)退學(xué)生，竟然在美國(guó)最具聲望的學(xué)府里這樣厚顏地散布異端？我來(lái)告訴你原因。因?yàn)?，我，埃里森，這個(gè)行星上第二富有的人，是個(gè)退學(xué)生，而你不是。因?yàn)楸葼?蓋茨，這個(gè)行星上最富有的人——就目前而言---是個(gè)退學(xué)生，而你不是。因?yàn)榘瑐?，這個(gè)行星上第三富有的人，也退了學(xué)，而你沒(méi)有。再來(lái)一點(diǎn)證據(jù)吧，因?yàn)榇鳡?，這個(gè)行星上第九富有的人——他的排位還在不斷上升，也是個(gè)退學(xué)生。而你，不是。
......你們非常沮喪，這是可以理解的。
你們將來(lái)需要這些有用的工作習(xí)慣。你將來(lái)需要這種'治療'。你需要它們，因?yàn)槟銢](méi)輟學(xué)，所以你永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)成為世界上最富有的人。哦，當(dāng)然，你可以，也許，以你的方式進(jìn)步到第10位，第11位，就像Steve。但，我沒(méi)有告訴你他在為誰(shuí)工作，是吧？
根據(jù)記載，他是研究生時(shí)輟的學(xué)，開(kāi)化得稍晚了些。
現(xiàn)在，我猜想你們中間很多人，也許是絕大多數(shù)人，正在琢磨，'我能做什么？ 我究竟有沒(méi)有前途？'當(dāng)然沒(méi)有。太晚了，你們已經(jīng)吸收了太多東西，以為自己懂得太多。你們?cè)僖膊皇?9歲了。你們有了'內(nèi)置'的帽子，哦，我指的可不是你們腦袋上的學(xué)位帽。
嗯......你們已經(jīng)非常沮喪啦。這是可以理解的。所以，現(xiàn)在可能是討論實(shí)質(zhì)的時(shí)候啦——
絕不是為了你們，2000年畢業(yè)生。你們已經(jīng)被報(bào)銷(xiāo)，不予考慮了。我想，你們就偷偷摸摸去干那年薪20萬(wàn)的可憐工作吧，在那里，工資單是由你兩年前輟學(xué)的同班同學(xué)簽字開(kāi)出來(lái)的。事實(shí)上，我是寄希望于眼下還沒(méi)有畢業(yè)的同學(xué)。我要對(duì)他們說(shuō)，離開(kāi)這里。收拾好你的東西，帶著你的點(diǎn)子，別再回來(lái)。退學(xué)吧，開(kāi)始行動(dòng)。
我要告訴你，一頂帽子一套學(xué)位服必然要讓你淪落......就像這些保安馬上要把我從這個(gè)講臺(tái)上攆走一樣必然......（此時(shí)，Larry被帶離了講臺(tái)）
英文原文
Graduatesof Yale University, I apologize if you have endured this type ofprologue before, but I want you to do something for me. Please, take aood look around you. Look at the classmate on your left. Look at theclassmate on your right. Now, consider this: five years from now, 10years from now, even 30 years from now, odds are the person on your leftis going to be a loser. The person on your right, meanwhile, will alsobe a loser. And you, in the middle? What can you expect? Loser.Loserhood. Loser Cum Laude.
"In fact, as I look out before metoday, I don't see a thousand hopes for a bright tomorrow. I don't see athousand future leaders in a thousand industries. I see a thousandlosers.
"You're upset. That's understandable. After all, how canI, Lawrence 'Larry' Ellison, college dropout, have the audacity to spoutsuch heresy to the graduating class of one of the nation's mostprestigious institutions? I'll tell you why. Because I, Lawrence "Larry"Ellison, second richest man on the planet, am a college dropout, andyou are not.
"Because Bill Gates, richest man on the planet -- for now, anyway -- is a college dropout, and you are not.
"Because Paul Allen, the third richest man on the planet, dropped out of college, and you did not.
"Andfor good measure, because Michael Dell, No. 9 on the list and moving upfast, is a college dropout, and you, yet again, are not.
"Hmm . .. you're very upset. That's understandable. So let me stroke your egosfor a moment by pointing out, quite sincerely, that your diplomas werenot attained in vain. Most of you, I imagine, have spent four to fiveyears here, and in many ways what you've learned and endured will serveyou well in the years ahead. You've established good work habits. You'veestablished a network of people that will help you down the road. Andyou've established what will be lifelong relationships with the word'therapy.' All that of is good. For in truth, you will need thatnetwork. You will need those strong work habits. You will need thattherapy.
"You will need them because you didn't drop out, and soyou will never be among the richest people in the world. Oh sure, youmay, perhaps, work your way up to No. 10 or No. 11, like Steve Ballmer.But then, I don't have to tell you who he really works for, do I? Andfor the record, he dropped out of grad school. Bit of a late bloomer.
"Finally,I realize that many of you, and hopefully by now most of you, arewondering, 'Is there anything I can do? Is there any hope for me atall?' Actually, no. It's too late. You've absorbed too much, think youknow too much. You're not 19 anymore. You have a built-in cap, and I'mnot referring to the mortar boards on your heads.
"Hmm... you'rereally very upset. That's understandable. So perhaps this would be agood time to bring up the silver lining. Not for you, Class of '00. Youare a write-off, so I'll let you slink off to your pathetic$200,000-a-year jobs, where your checks will be signed by formerclassmates who dropped out two years ago.
"Instead, I want to givehope to any underclassmen here today. I say to you, and I can't stressthis enough: leave. Pack your things and your ideas and don't come back.Drop out. Start up.
"For I can tell you that a cap and gown willkeep you down just as surely as these security guards dragging me offthis stage are keeping me down . . ."
(At this point The Oracle CEO was ushered off stage.)
注：演講人 Larry. Ellison是Oracle的CEO。 Larry. Ellison 在耶魯大學(xué)2000屆畢業(yè)典禮上發(fā)表了以下世人看來(lái)最為狂妄、不受歡迎但又是現(xiàn)實(shí)真實(shí)狀況的演講。
埃里森（Ellison），這個(gè)在32歲以前還一事無(wú)成的男人，曾經(jīng)讀過(guò)三個(gè)大學(xué)，卻沒(méi)得到一個(gè)學(xué)位文憑；換過(guò)十幾家公司，老婆也離他而去，而自己開(kāi)始創(chuàng)業(yè)時(shí)只有1200美元的積蓄。然而也正是這個(gè)數(shù)十年居無(wú)室所，甚至東渡日本的男人讓Oracle公司連續(xù)12年銷(xiāo)售額每年翻一番，成為世界上第二大軟件公司，他自己也成為硅谷首富。Ellison以不擇手段的經(jīng)營(yíng)手腕和強(qiáng)力甚至欺騙的市場(chǎng)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，擊敗了一個(gè)又一個(gè)的對(duì)手,Ellison要打倒的最后一個(gè)目標(biāo)就是軟件帝國(guó)之王微軟的比爾.蓋茨。
埃里森在耶魯大學(xué)的演講在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上廣為流傳，人們?cè)谡痼@之余為其大膽叛逆的觀念擊節(jié)叫好。當(dāng)然，99.99%的人不會(huì)因?yàn)橐黄葜v詞而退學(xué)，但他確實(shí)促使人們對(duì)教育、對(duì)傳統(tǒng)的觀念進(jìn)行深入的思考。
成功的模式是不同的，但是，仍然有一些有助于成功的通用的因素。如果能夠從埃里森的演講中體悟出幾點(diǎn)這樣的因素，那么您看這篇文章就算很有收獲了。
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