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不久前，在NBA賽場上，華裔球員林書豪帶領(lǐng)尼克斯隊(duì)直取7連勝，單場個(gè)人最高搏得38分，成為世界體壇的風(fēng)云人物。如果這個(gè)成績出自喬丹、科比或者姚明，人們或許會(huì)有同樣的喝彩，卻難有如此的驚嘆。美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬評(píng)價(jià)：林的成功超越了體育，林書豪的昨天、今天與明天，更可以啟發(fā)人們的深度思考。

1. Believe in yourself when no one else does. Lin is only the fourth student of Harvard to enter the NBA. He’s also one of only a handful of Asian-Americans to make it. He was sent by the Knicks to play for their D-League team 3 weeks ago. He’d already been cut by two other NBA teams before joining the Knicks this year. You’ve got to believe in yourself， even when no one else does.

即使沒人相信你也不能絕望。林書豪只是第四位能夠進(jìn)入NBA的哈佛學(xué)生。他也只是一小撮能夠登陸NBA的亞裔美國人之一。在三個(gè)星期前，他還曾被尼克斯隊(duì)下放到NBDL球隊(duì)。在這個(gè)賽季加盟尼克斯隊(duì)之前，林書豪曾被兩支其他的NBA球隊(duì)裁掉。即使沒人相信你了，你也不能對自己絕望。

2. Seize the opportunity when it comes up. Lin got to start for the Knicks because they had no other choices. They had too many injuries. Baron Davis was gone. The other point guards were out. Carmelo Anthony was injured. Amare Stoudemire had to leave the team because of a family death. If Lin squandered(浪費(fèi)) the opportunity， we would never noticed him. But he made the most of it. You never know when opportunities are going to arise(出現(xiàn)) in life. Make the most of them. Don’t fritter (揮霍) them away.

當(dāng)機(jī)會(huì)來臨時(shí)要好好把握。尼克斯隊(duì)之所以讓林書豪打上首發(fā)，實(shí)屬無奈之舉，他們的傷病球員太多了。拜倫·戴維斯一直無法上場。其他控球后衛(wèi)也不能出戰(zhàn)?？妨_·安東尼受傷了。阿瑪雷·斯塔德邁爾因家人去世而離隊(duì)奔喪。如果林書豪浪費(fèi)掉這個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)，他將不會(huì)得到我們的關(guān)注，但他很好地利用了這個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)。在生活中，你從不知道機(jī)會(huì)何時(shí)會(huì)降臨。盡最大限度地利用這些機(jī)會(huì)，不要揮霍掉了。

3. Your family will always support you， so don’t disappoint them. It wasn’t until a few days ago that Lin got his contract guaranteed by the Knicks. Before that， he could have been cut at any time. He had to sleep on his brother’s couch (沙發(fā)) on the Lower East Side of New York. His family always believed in him and supported him when he was about to give up. That made him continue to believe. If you want your family to believe in you like that， you’ve got to be there for them when they need it.

你的家人將一直支持你，因此你不應(yīng)讓他們失望。直到最近幾天，林書豪才獲得尼克斯隊(duì)的保障性合同。在這之前，他隨時(shí)都可能被裁掉。此前他只能在紐約市下東區(qū)的哥哥家睡沙發(fā)。他的家人一直都相信他，在他快要放棄的時(shí)候也給予他支持。這使他堅(jiān)守自己的信念。如果你希望家人像這樣支持你，你需要在適當(dāng)?shù)臅r(shí)候有所表現(xiàn)，不要讓他們失望。

4. Find the system that works for your style. Lin isn’t Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant. He’s not a pure scorer. He’s a passer and distributor—who can also score very well. It didn’t work for him in Golden State or Houston. But Mike D’Antoni’s system at the Knicks has been perfect for him to show off his strengths. You need to do your best to understand what your strengths are and then ensure that you’re in a system that is a good fit for those strengths. Otherwise， people overlook the talents you bring to the table.

尋找適合你風(fēng)格的體制。林書豪不是邁克爾·喬丹或者科比·布萊恩特。他不是純正的得分手。他是傳球手和球權(quán)分配者——但也能很好的得分。他先后為金州勇士隊(duì)和休斯頓火箭隊(duì)效力，但那里不適合他。麥克·德安東尼在尼克斯隊(duì)的體制非常適合他，能讓他展現(xiàn)自己的優(yōu)點(diǎn)。你應(yīng)該盡最大所能去了解自己的長處，之后確保你所處的體制非常適合這些長處。否則，你所展現(xiàn)的才華只會(huì)被忽略。

5. Don’t overlook talent that might exist around you on your team. You probably manage people at your own company today. Are you sure you don’t have a Jeremy Lin living around you now? Don’t be like the General Managers in Golden State and Houston， and let talent slip through your fingers. With all their money， scouts (偵探)， and testing， they didn’t know what they had in their hands. Do you know what your people (or even yourself) is really capable of? Take off the tainted glasses (有色眼鏡) when you look at the world.

不要忽視團(tuán)隊(duì)里可能存在的人才。你現(xiàn)在可能負(fù)責(zé)管理企業(yè)內(nèi)部的人員。你確定自己身邊不存在林書豪這樣的人才？不要像金州或者休斯頓的球隊(duì)經(jīng)理那樣，讓人才從手中溜走。盡管他們擁有資金、球探，還進(jìn)行了試訓(xùn)，但是他們并不清楚自己手上有什么牌。你知道自己的手下（甚至你自己）真正擅長于什么嗎？在觀察世界的時(shí)候，請摘下你的有色眼鏡。