主要脉络：
(1)I'm going to talk about those looking for great careers and why they're going to fail.
(2)If you want a great career, you have t pursue your passion.
(3)You're so lazy to do it. It's too hard. You're afraid if you look for your passion and don't find it so you make excuses about why you're not going to look for your passion.
导读：
为什么你不能成就伟大的事业？因为你没有勇于寻找自己的激情。你总为自己的懦弱和懒惰找借口而没有直面困难，勇敢追求自己的激情。文中标绿的句子是一些很出彩的观点。灰色方框内的是词汇笔记。
00:13 I want to discuss with you this afternoon why you're going to fail to have a great career.
00:19 (Laughter)
00:21 I'm an economist.
00:23 I do dismal. End of the day, it's ready for dismal remarks. I only want to talk to those of you who want a great career. I know some of you have already decided you want a good career. You're going to fail, too.
00:39(Laughter)
00:40 Because -- goodness, you're all cheery about failing.
00:43(Laughter)
00:44Canadian group, undoubtedly.
00:45(Laughter)
00:49 Those trying to have good careers are going to fail, because, really, good jobs are now disappearing. There are great jobs and great careers, and then there are the high-workload, high-stress, bloodsucking, soul-destroying kinds of jobs, and practically nothing in-between.
01:07 So people looking for good jobs are going to fail. I want to talk about those looking for great jobs, great careers, and why you're going to fail. First reason is that no matter how many times people tell you, 'If you want a great career, you have to pursue your passion, you have to pursue your dreams, you have to pursue the greatest fascination in your life,' you hear it again and again, and then you decide not to do it. It doesn't matter how many times you download Steven J.'s Stanford commencement address, you still look at it and decide not to do it.
Note:
1.dismal:causing or showing sadness
【SYN】 gloomy , miserable :
»dismal conditions / surroundings / weather
悲惨的状况；凄凉的环境；阴沉的天气
2.goodness:Goodness! | 7Goodness 'me! | My 'goodness! | Goodness 'gracious! (informal) used to express surprise
· 天哪；啊呀:
»Goodness, what a big balloon!
»My goodness, you have been busy!
»Goodness me, no!
3.soul-destroying: (of a job or task 工作或任务) very dull and boring, because it has to be repeated many times or because there will never be any improvement非常枯燥的；十分单调的；消磨精神的
4.in-between: (adj.) Intermediate:
Adolescence is an awkward, in-between age.
5.commencement:(NAmE) a ceremony at which students receive their academic degrees or diplomas 学位授予典礼；毕业典礼
【SYN】 graduation
01:46 I'm not quite sure why you decide not to do it. You're too lazy to do it. It's too hard. You're afraid if you look for your passion and don't find it, you'll feel like you're an idiot, so then you make excuses about why you're not going to look for your passion. They are excuses, ladies and gentlemen. We're going to go through a whole long list -- your creativity in thinking of excuses not to do what you really need to do if you want to have a great career.
02:09 So, for example, one of your great excuses is:
02:15(Sigh)
02:16 'Well, great careers are really and truly, for most people, just a matter of luck. So I'm going to stand around, I'm going to try to be lucky, and if I'm lucky, I'll have a great career. If not, I'll have a good career.'But a good career is an impossibility, so that's not going to work.
02:33 Then, your other excuse is, 'Yes, there are special people who pursue their passions, but they are geniuses.They are Steven J. I'm not a genius. When I was five, I thought I was a genius, but my professors have beaten that idea out of my head long since.'
02:50 (Laughter)
Note:
1. stand around: to wait around, standing; to loiter.
Please don't stand around. Get busy!
Why are all these people standing around doing nothing?
2.long: (adv.) long作副词，同某些动词连用而且放在动词组之中，也可以。【例如】I've long admired your style of writing. 我久仰您的文笔。/ I have long thought of retiring at the age of 55. 我很久以来一直打算五十五岁就退休。/ Those laid-back days are long gone. (US News & World Report, Oct. 2, 2006) 那些悠闲的日子早已过去。
3.since：（adv.)
(used with the present perfect or past perfect tense 与现在完成时或过去完成时连用)
from a time in the past until a later past time, or until now 自…以后；从…以来
◆He left home two weeks ago and we haven't heard from him since.
他两周前离家外出，我们至今还没有他的音信。
◆The original building has long since (= long before now) been demolished.
原来的建筑老早就拆了。
02:52 'And now I know I am completely competent.' Now, you see, if this was 1950, being completely competent -- that would have given you a great career. But guess what? This is almost 2012, and saying to the world, 'I am totally, completely competent,' is damning yourself with the faintest of praise.
03:17 And then, of course, another excuse: 'Well, I would do this, I would do this, but, but -- well, after all, I'm not weird.Everybody knows that people who pursue their passions are somewhat obsessive. A little strange. Hmm? Hmm? Okay? You know, a fine line between madness and genius. 'I'm not weird. I've read Steven J.'s biography. Oh my goodness -- I'm not that person. I am nice. I am normal. I'm a nice, normal person, and nice, normal people -- don't have passion.'
03:53 (Laughter)
03:54 'Ah, but I still want a great career. I'm not prepared to pursue my passion, so I know what I'm going to do, because I have a solution. I have a strategy. It's the one Mommy and Daddy told me about. Mommy and Daddy told me that if I worked hard, I'd have a good career. So, if you work hard and have a good career, if you work really, really, really hard, you'll have a great career. Doesn't that, like, mathematically make sense?' Hmm. Not. But you've managed to talk yourself into that.
04:24 You know what? Here's a little secret: You want to work? You want to work really, really, really hard? You know what? You'll succeed. The world will give you the opportunity to work really, really, really, really hard. But, are you so sure that that's going to give you a great career, when all the evidence is to the contrary?
04:45 So let's deal with those of you who are trying to find your passion. You actually understand that you really had better do it, never mind the excuses. You're trying to find your passion --
Note:
1.damn sb with the faintest praise: to give praise without enthusiasm in a way that shows you really dislike someone or something
2.obsessive:thinking too much about one particular person or thing, in a way that is not normal 着迷的；迷恋的；难以释怀的:
»He's becoming more and more obsessive about punctuality.
他对守时要求越来越过分了。
»an obsessive attention to detail
过分注重细枝末节
3.fine:very thin or narrow纤细的；很细的:
»fine blond hair
纤细的金发
»a fine thread
细线
»a brush with a fine tip
笔头尖细的画笔
4.talk sb 'into / 'out of sth
· to persuade sb to do / not to do sth 说服某人做/不做某事:
»I didn't want to move abroad but Bill talked me into it.
我本不想移居国外,但是比尔把我给说服了。
▪ [+ -ing ]
»She tried to talk him out of leaving.
她极力劝他不要离去。
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