The chief executive who knows his strengths and weaknesses as a leader is likely to be far more effective than the one who remains blind to them.

  • -- John Adair 约翰·阿戴尔

一位了解自己作为领导者的优缺点的首席执行官,很可能比那些对自己的长处和短处熟视无睹的人更有效率。

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I was an executive running a pretty substantial group before becoming CEO, and I had no idea what it was like. When something goes wrong, people say, 'It's all your fault.' Your reaction is, 'It's not my fault.' But what do you mean? I was the founder, I hired everybody in the company, I was managing it.

在成为首席执行官之前,我是一名管理着一个相当庞大团队的高管,我不知道那是什么感觉。当出现问题时,人们会说,‘都是你的错。你的反应是,这不是我的错。“你这话是什么意思?”我是创始人,我雇佣了公司里的每一个人,我管理公司。

Now, modern economies have a very effective mechanism for deciding if salaries are really too high: it's called the free market. That's how most people's salaries are set, after all, including those of major-league baseball players and European soccer players.

现在,现代经济有一个非常有效的机制来决定工资是否真的过高:这就是所谓的自由市场。毕竟,大多数人的工资都是这样确定的,包括大联盟棒球运动员和欧洲足球运动员。

While everyone else is thinking about economics and politics, executive salaries and the future of the euro, do the opposite, even if it's hard. Invest in the spirit.

当所有人都在思考经济和政治问题时,高管薪酬和欧元的未来却恰恰相反,尽管这很困难。在精神上投资。

You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?

你不能逃避软弱;你总有一天会拼出来的,否则就会灭亡;如果是这样,为什么不现在,你的立场?

We have to face difficulties to find out what our true strengths are. How we come back from failure is a very valuable test.

我们必须面对困难,才能发现我们真正的优势是什么。我们如何从失败中恢复是一个非常有价值的测试。

He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

他什么都不知道,还自以为什么都知道。这显然指向了政治生涯。

The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.

自动化社会的主要产物是一种普遍的、不断加深的无聊感。

There are many critics who have an idealised version of where my strengths lie.

有许多批评者对我的优点有一个理想化的版本。

The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.

承认我们的弱点是弥补损失的第一步。

Disinformation is most effective in a very narrow context.

虚假信息在非常狭窄的背景下是最有效的。

What I do will be straight up. Management knows that.

我所做的将是坦率的。管理知道。

The chief enemy of creativity is "good" sense.

创造力的主要敌人是“好的”感觉。