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Born to Win

天生贏家

Each human being is born as something new, something that never existed before. Each is born with the capacity to win at life. Each person has a unique way of seeing, hearing, touching, tasting and thinking. Each has his or her own unique potentials - capabilities and limitations. Each can be a significant, thinking, aware, and creative being - a productive person, a winner.

每個人生來就是新的事物，是前所未有的事物。每個人天生 就具有在生話中獲取成功的能力。每個人都有自己觀察、聆聽、觸摸、品嘗和思考的獨特方式。每個人也各有其獨特潛 能——各有所長也各有局限。每個人都有可能成為一個重要、 好思考、頭腦清醒而富于想像的人——一個創造性的人，一個贏家。

The word "winner" and "loser" have many meanings. When we refer to a person as a winner, we do not mean one who makes someone else lose. To us, a winner is one who responds authentically by being credible, trustworthy, responsive, and genuine, both as an individual and as a member of a society.

“贏家” 一詞和“輸家”一詞都有多種不同的含義。當我們 認為某人為贏家，并不意味著他會讓別人輸掉什么。在我們看 來，一個贏家不管是作為個體還是社會的一分子，他都會以可 靠、誠信、感懷、坦率的態度真切地對一切作出反應。

Winners do not dedicate their lives to a concept of what they imagine they should be; rather, they are themselves and as such do not use their energy putting on a performance, maintaining pretence, and manipulating others. They are aware that there is a difference between being loving and acting loving, between being stupid and acting stupid, between being knowledgeable and acting knowledgeable. Winners do not need to hide behind a mask.

贏家不會置身于想像他們應當成為何種人的觀念之中;相 反，他們就是本真的自我。因此，他們不會費神費力地裝模作 樣，故作姿態，以及玩弄他人。他們很清楚愛與裝愛、傻與裝傻、 真才實學與故作高深之間的區別。贏家們不需要用面具掩飾自己。

Winners are not afraid to do their own thinking and to use their own knowledge. They can separate facts from opinion and don’t pretend to have all the answers. They listen to others, evaluate what they say, but come to their own conclusions. Although winners can admire and respect other people, they are not totally defined, demolished, bound, or awed by them.

贏家們不懼怕進行獨立思考和運用自身的知識。他們既能 夠區分事實與想法，又不會裝作通曉一切。他們傾聽他人意見， 評估他人的言論，從而得出自己的結論。雖然贏家們能夠敬佩 和尊重他人，但是卻不會完全被他人所限制、傷害、束縛或嚇倒。

Winners do not play "helpless", nor do they play the blaming game. Instead, they assume responsibility for their own lives. They do not give others a false authority over them. Winners are their own bosses and know it.

贏家們不會裝作"無助”，也不會玩弄怨天尤人的把戲。相 反，他們承擔生活中自己應盡的責任。他們不會給別人名不符 實的權威，讓別人凌駕于他們之上。贏家們主宰著自己的命運， 對此他們一清二楚。

A winner’s timing is right. Winners respond appropriately to the situation. Their responses are related to the message sent and preserve the significance, worth, well-being, and dignity of the people involved. Winners know that for everything there is a season and for every activity a time.

贏家們擅于舉握時機，會對形勢作出適當的應對。他們能 根據得到的信息做出反應，維護有關人員的地位、價值、利益和 尊嚴。贏家們知道，每件事情都有其適宜的時機，每個行動都有其恰當的時刻。

Although winners can freely enjoy themselves, they can also postpone enjoyment, can discipline themselves in the present to enhance their enjoyment in the future. Winners are not afraid to go after what they want, but they do so in appropriate ways. Winners do not get their security by controlling others. They do not set themselves up to lose.

雖然贏家們能自由自在地享受生活，但是他們也能推遲享 樂的時間。他們能夠在目前約束自己，以便在將來享受更大的 快樂。贏家們不懼怕追求心中想要的東西，但是行為方式恰如 其分。贏家們不會通過控制他人來獲取自身的安全感。他們不會把自己推向失敗。

A winner cares about the world and its peoples. A winner is not isolated from the general problems of society, but is concerned, compassionate, and committed to improving the quality of life. Even in the face of national and international adversity, a winner’s self-image is not one of a powerless individual. A winner works to make the world a better place.

贏家關注世界和世間民眾。贏家不會置身世外，不理睬普 遍存在的社會問題，他對此充滿關心和熱情,并致力于改善生活 的質量。即使面對全國性甚至全球性的災難，贏家也不會顯得 無能為力。贏家致力于讓世界變得更加美好。