我們都常常聽到這樣的話： 做自己開心的事， 開心就好！ 可是今天我想說的是： 不做讓自己開心的事， 做讓自己變得更優(yōu)秀的事！

其實這話是來自美國男星查理·戴（Charlie Day）受邀重返母校梅里馬克學院（Merrimack College）為學弟學妹們做畢業(yè)演講。查理的演講幽默風趣，見解獨到，通過獨自闖蕩紐約的經(jīng)歷，他希望告訴畢業(yè)生們不要害怕失敗、害怕比較、害怕意見，因為這些都無法阻止你獲得成功。這也是目前我看到最激勵人心的英文演講之一。

But my lesson is this: I don't give a shit.

我學到的是：管它的呢。

Okay?

好嗎?

You cannot let a fear of failure,or a fear of comparison,or a fear of judgment stop you from doing what's going to make you great.

你不能讓害怕失敗，害怕被比較，或是害怕被評論阻止自己成為更好的人。

You cannot succeed without this risk of failure.You cannot have a voice without the risk of criticism and you cannot love without the risk of loss.You must go out and you must take these risks.

沒有失敗的風險就沒有成功；沒有批評的風險就沒有立場；沒有失去的風險就沒有愛；你一定得承擔這些風險。

And people will tell you to do what makes you happy,but a lot of this has been hard work,and I'm not always happy.And I don't think you should do just what makes you happy,I think you should do what makes you great.

很多人會告訴你，做自己喜歡做的事，但其實很多都是苦勞，我也不是每天都開心的人，而且我不覺得你們應該要做讓自己開心的事，你們應該要做讓自己變得更好的事。

Do what's uncomfortable, and scary, and hard, but pays off in the long run. Be willing to fail. Let yourself fail. Fail in the way and the place where you would want to fail. Fail, pick yourself up and fail again.

跨出你的舒適圈，做一些讓你害怕、辛苦，但長期下來會得到收獲的事，要甘愿失敗，讓自己失敗，跌在你想失敗的地方，跌倒失敗了，重新站起來，然后再失敗。

Because without this struggle, what is your success anyway?As best we know we have one life, In it, you have to trust your own voice, your own ideas, your honesty, your vulnerability, and through this you will find your way.

因為沒有了這些掙扎，那你的成功又算什么呢？就我們所知，人就只活這么一次，在這個生命中，你要相信自己的心聲，你的想法、你的誠實、你的弱點，經(jīng)過這些你才會找到出路。

You do not have to be fearless, just don't let fear stop you. Live like this as best you can, and I guarantee you will look back on a life well-lived.

你不需要無所畏懼，但你一定不能讓恐懼打敗你，請抱持這樣的態(tài)度生活下去，我可以保證當你多年之后回頭看，你會覺得很值得。

DO WHAT MAKES YOU GREAT.

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（來源：精彩英語演講   編輯：Julie）