動起來賺錢! =How to Motivate Yourself Financially=

by Donald J. Trump 文/唐納川普


I once knew a guy who had terrific ideas, would talk them up at hurricane force, and then go off and putter away at something else. He would lose his momentum before he even got going. What's the point?

我曾經遇過有絕妙想法的人，說起點子來滔滔不絕，之後卻無聲無息，被別的事情所羈絆。他在開始行動之前就已經失去動力了。這是怎麼回事?

I've met some brilliant businesspeople in my time, but some of them will never be billionaires because they never act on those brilliant ideas.

在我有生之年，我遇過許多聰明的生意人，但是有些卻因為無法將這些絕佳的點子付諸實現，而不能成為百萬富翁。

Twenty percent of your priorities will give you eighty percent of your productivity. You should always focus your time, energy, and efforts on the top 20 percent of your priorities; that's a four-to-one return on your investment. So if you have a great idea, no matter how much work you know it will require, get going. Don't just sit there. There's nothing more criminal and self-destructive than having a great idea and then putting it off. As the saying goes, a slow starter is always the fastest finisher.

百分之二十的優先事項會给你帶來百分之八十的生產力，你應該把時間、精力、努力都放在這百分之二十的事項上面，這是一個四倍獲利的投資。所以當你有個好點子，別管有多少工作要去完成，做就對了!別老是坐在那邊空想。沒有什麼事情會比讓好點子半途而廢更罪惡、更糟糕的了。有句話是這麼說的: 慢開始者容易草草了事。

Get a move on. Being rich isn't a passive state. Ultimately, time is more valuable than money, because if you run out of money, you can start over again. But when you've run out of time, there's no starting over.

現在就動起來!消極絕不可能富有。最後你會發現，時間比金錢更重要，如果你沒錢了，你可以再賺。但是你沒時間了，是絕對不可能從頭再來的。

Donald J. Trump is Chairman of Trump University.
唐納川普是川普大學的董事長。