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Thomas took the letter and tore it and said, "Fire you? Fire you? I've just invested a million dollars in your education and I'm going to fire you?"
托马斯把信撕了 说“炒了你？我刚为您的教育投入了一百万美元 现在我要炒了你？”
Now whether this story is exactly true, or almost true, it's still a story that circulates around IBM, and a story that creates a certain reality in IBM, a reality that says "you have to try".
无论这则故事是否100%真是 还是部分真实 在IBM公司广为流传 在IBM公司营造了良好的氛围 告诉大家“你必须尝试”
There is a similar story in Johnson & Johnson, one of the most successful companies in the world, where General Johnson, one of the two founders with his other brother, also called Johnson-just why it's called Johnson & Johnson.
世界最成功的公司之一 强生公司 也有类似的故事 约翰逊将军 他与兄弟创建了该公司 他们俩都叫约翰逊 所以叫强生公司
So Jim Burke was an upcoming employee in Johnson & Johnson, made a mistake that cost the organization a lot of money was called in the morning by General Johnson who was a very austere, very tough man.
吉姆·伯克是强生公司的新人 由于一个错误给公司造成了巨大损失 简朴硬朗的约翰逊将军一早会见了他
And Jim Burke comes in, you know all shivering and scared. He comes in and walks into General Johnson's office. General Johnson walks from around his table, goes to him and says, congratulation, Jim Burke! Congratulation!
吉姆·伯克走进他的办公室 可想而知胆战心惊 他走进约翰逊将军的办公室 约翰逊将军从桌边走到他面前 说 “恭喜 吉姆·伯克 恭喜”
"Sir, I just made a mistake, sir."
先生 我刚犯了个错
"Yes, I know. This is the only way to learn. The more mistakes you make, the more successful you will be. Congratulations!"
“是的 我知道 这是学习的唯一方法 现在犯得错越多 将来越有可能成功 恭喜”
And Jim Burke was all happy and about to walk out. And General Johnson says, "oh, just one more thing, Jim: if you make the same mistake again, I'm going to fire you."
吉姆·伯克非常高兴 正准备离开 约翰逊将军又说“还有一件事 吉姆 如果你再犯同样的错 我会炒了你”
But again, a story that goes around Johnson & Johnson about the importance of failure. Jim Burke, by the way, became the most successful CEO of Johnson & Johnson.
这则关于失败的重要性的故事 在强生公司流传开了 而吉姆·伯克 成为了强生公司最成功的CEO
Thomas Watson-I'm almost done, one minute, almost done: "If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate."
托马斯·沃森 马上就结束了 再给我一分钟 “如果你想提高成功率 就要将失败率翻倍”
