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It is said that childhood obstacles and hardships restrain one's growth and development. But with the examples of many eminent people, the author makes it clear that adversity is the cradle of success.
据说，童年的障碍和困难会抑制一个人的成长和发展。但是作者举出了很多杰出人士的例子，证明了逆境是成功的摇篮。
Did You Have a Tough Childhood?
你经历了不幸的童年吗？
Jill Ammon-Wexler
吉尔·安蒙-韦克斯勒
Many claim unhappy and terrible childhood experiences "damage" people in their adult years. But is this necessarily true? Actually, just the opposite seems to be true. Intense difficulties, hardships and major obstacles are actually often major contributors to success. It's true that difficult childhoods do leave some people wounded and disadvantaged. But for others, a tough childhood actually drives them to remarkable achievement and success!
1很多人声称，童年时代的严重创伤，会对成年生活造成灾难性影响。果真如此吗？其实，事实刚好相反！重大的困难、艰辛和障碍，往往能造就成功。的确，不幸的童年会使一些人伤痕累累，处于不利的位置。但对另外一些人而言，不幸的童年反而会促使他们取得异乎寻常的成就！
In a classic book entitled Cradles of Eminence, researchers reviewed the childhood family life of 700 of the world's most successful people. Their goal was to identify the early experiences that contributed to the remarkable achievements of these successful people. All of their "research subjects" are widely known for their personal accomplishments. Their names are easily recognizable: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Helen Keller, Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, etc.
在经典作品《伟人的摇篮》一书中，研究者们考査了全球最为突出的700名成功人士的童年生活。他们的目标是要找出哪些早期经历有助于这些成功人士取得非凡成就。他们所有的“研究对象”都是因个人成就而蜚声全球的。这些名字都广为人知：富兰克林·D·罗斯福，海伦·凯勒，温斯顿·丘吉尔，阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦，西格蒙德·弗洛伊德，等等。
