第一章 態度如何影響領導力?
態度在你的團隊中永遠是「隊員」。
Attitude is always a "player" on your team.
態度是……
它是我們真實自我的「先遣人員」。
它的根源來自內在,而它的成果則顯露在外。
它是我們最好的朋友,亦或是最壞的敵人。
它比我們的言語還要更真誠、更持久。
它是一種以過去的經驗為基礎的內在樣貌。
它是吸引人們走向我們或是抵抗我們的事物。
除非它被表達出來,否則它無法被滿足。
它是我們過往的圖書館員。
它是我們現今的發言人。
它是我們未來的先知。
Attitude …
It is the "advance man" of our true selves.
Its roots are inward but its fruit is outward.
It is our best friend or our worst enemy.
It is more honest and more consistent than our words.
It is an outward look based on past experiences.
It is a thing which draws people to us or repels them.
It is never content until it is expressed.
It is the librarian of our past.
It is the speaker of our present.
It is the prophet of our future.
以下有關態度的五項事實,釐清態度如何影響團隊合作與一個領導者的團隊:
一、 態度有能力提升或毀滅一個團隊
二、 向他人顯露時,態度的效果會加強
三、 不良的態度強化的速度比良好的態度更快
四、 態度是主觀的,因此要判斷出錯誤的態度並不容易
五、 惡劣的態度無以倫比,破壞一切
The following five truths about attitudes clarify how they affect teamwork and a leader's team:
1. Attitude have the power to lift up or tear down a team
2. An attitude compounds when exposed to others
3. Bad attitudes compound faster than good ones
4. Attitudes are subjective, so identifying a wrong one can be difficult
5. Rotten attitudes, left alone, ruin everything
態度其實是有關於一個人的感受。
那會在他的行為當中展現出來。
Attitude is really about how a person is.
That overflows into how he acts.
沒有什麼事情可以阻止一個擁有正確心態的人去達成他的目標;而這個世界上也沒有任何事情能幫助一個擁有錯誤心態的人。
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
──湯瑪士‧傑佛遜總統(President Thomas Jefferson)
第二章 態度如何影響一個人?
你的態度和你的潛力總是息息相關。
You attitude and your potential go hand in hand.
以下是七項有關態度的原則,能幫助你更加了解態度如何影響一個人的生活。
態度原則 1:我們的態度決定自己的處世方式
態度原則 2:我們的態度決定與人們的關係
態度原則 3:我們的態度通常是成功與失敗的唯一分別
態度原則 4:我們在任務起始時抱持的態度將會是影響結果的最大關鍵
態度原則 5:我們的態度能將問題扭轉成好運
態度原則 6:我們的態度能帶給我們一種罕見的正面觀點
態度原則 7:你的態度不會因為你是一個篤信宗教的人而自動變好
Here are seven axioms about attitude to help you better understand how it impact a person's life:
Attitude Axiom #1: Our attitude determines our approach to life
Attitude Axiom #2: Our attitude determines our relationships with people
Attitude Axiom #3: Often our attitude is the only difference between success and failure
Attitude Axiom #4: Our attitude at beginning of a task will affect its outcome more than anything else
Attitude Axiom #5: Our attitude can turn our problems into blessings
Attitude Axiom #6: Our attitude can give us an uncommonly positive perspective
Attitude Axiom #7: Your attitude is not automatically good because you are a religious person
當面臨艱困的景況時,有優異態度的人會由最壞的情況獲取最佳的成果。
When confronted with a difficult situation, a person with an outstanding attitude makes the best of it while he gets the worst of it.
第三章 形成一個人態度的因素為何?
許多事物構成態度──然而有更多事物是來自態度!
A lot goes into an attitude-but a lot more comes out of it!
一般來說,擁有某些性情的人們會發展與那些性情有關聯的特定態度。
Generally, people with certain temperaments develop specific attitudes common to that temperament.
人們不會在乎你懂得多少,除非他們知道你有多在乎。
People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
我們的手中一直都會有一些機會,而我們必須決定是否要冒險去運用這些機會。人生中沒有什麼事情是比新的經驗還更能造成壓力,卻也同時能提供更多成長的機會。
We always have a number of opportunities in our hand, and we must decide whether to take a risk and act on them. Nothing in life causes more stress, yet at the same time provides more opportunity for growth, than new experiences.
不管你是十一歲、四十二歲或是六十五歲,你對人生的態度都仍然在建構當中。一個人要改變態度絕對還來得及。
Whether you are eleven, forty-two, or sixty-five, your attitude toward life is still under construction. It's never too late for a person to change his attitude.
第四章 態度可以被改變嗎?
擁有良好態度的關鍵在於改變的意願。
The key to having a good attitude is the willingness to change.
我的世代中最大發現就是,人們可以藉由改變他們內心的態度,來扭轉他們的人生。
The greatest discovery of my generation is that people can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
──哲學家威廉‧詹姆士(William James)
愛上轉變的挑戰,看著你渴求改變的意願加強。
Fall in love with the challenge of change and watch the desire to change grow.
第五章 阻礙真能強化態度嗎?
你對抗失敗最大的戰爭在於內在,而非外在。
The greatest battle you wage against failure occurs on the inside, not the outside.
為了完成你的夢想,你必須擁抱逆境,讓失敗固定成為你人生當中的一部分。如果你沒有嘗到失敗的滋味,或許你並沒有真正在前進。
In order to achieve your dreams, you must embrace adversity and make failure a regular part of your life. If you're not failing, you're probably not really moving forward.
優秀的人之所以優秀是因為他們歷經失敗而獲得智慧。事實上我們從成功所能得到的智慧相當少。
Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know.
──美國小說家威廉‧薩洛揚(William Saroyan)
在科學的領域中,錯誤一定會出現在真理之前。
In science, mistakes always precede the truth.
──賀瑞斯‧沃爾博(Horace Walpole)
第六章 何謂失敗?
每個成功的人都曾經失敗過,然而他從不視自己為失敗者。
Every successful person is someone who failed, yet never regarded himself as a failure.
培養對待自己的正面態度是有可能的,無論你在什麼樣的處境或是你有怎麼樣的背景。
It is possible to cultivate a positive attitude about yourself, no matter what circumstance you find yourself in or what kind of history you have.
在未來接受失敗的七項必備能力
一、 向否定說不
二、 視失敗為暫時的情況
三、 將失敗視為一種個案
四、 讓期待符合現實狀況
五、 專注於力量
六、 為成就調整方法
七、 恢復原狀
Seven abilities needed to fail forward:
1. Reject Rejection
2. See Failure as Temporary
3. See Failures as Isolated Incidents
4. Keep Expectations Realistic
5. Focus on Strengths
6. Very Approaches to Achievement
7. Bounce Back
第七章 何謂成功?
態度決定你在成功的旅程上能走多遠。
Attitude determines how for you can go on the success journey.
最常見的錯誤,以及代價最大的想法,是認為成功是來自於某些天賦、某些奇蹟,或是我們所不具備的其他條件。
One of the most common mistakes and one of the costliest is thinking that success is due to some genius, some magic, something or other which we do not possess.
──馬畢‧貝伯考克(Maltbie D. Babcock)
或許針對成功最普遍的誤解是成功就是代表擁有金錢。
Probably the most common misunderstanding about success is that it's the same as having money.
成功從來沒有因為我擁有我想要的某件事物而降臨。所有物充其量只是短暫的事物。成功無法以這樣的方式達成或是衡量。
It has never come as the result of possessing something I wanted. Possessions are at best a temporary fix. Success cannot be attained or measured that way.
權勢的確是一種品格的試練。在正直的人手中,權勢是絕佳的優勢;在專制的人的手中,它會造成可怕的破壞。權勢本身並非正面或是負面。它也不是安全感與成功的來源。
Power really is a test of character. In the hands of a person of integrity, it is of tremendous benefit; in the hands of a tyrant, it causes terrible destruction. By itself, power is neither positive nor negative. And it is not the source of security or success.
成功不是一張等著一個個被勾選的目標清單,也不是要到達一項目標。成功是一趟旅程。
Success isn't a list of goals to be checked off one after anther. It's not reaching a destination. Success is a Journey.
成功是……
了解你人生的目標,
成長以達到你最大的潛力,
以及散播加惠他人的種子。
Success is…
Knowing your purpose in life,
Growing to reach your maximum potential, and
Sowing seeds that benefit others.
我們以所獲得的東西來過生活,然而我們以所施予的來造就人生。
We make a living by what we get: but we make a life by what we give.
第八章 一個領導者如何持續進步?
領導者必須放棄才能提升。
Leaders have to give up to go up.
犧牲在領導力當中是持續的事情。它是一種不間斷的過程,而非一時的付出。那是一種每一位成功的領導者都必須保有的態度。
Sacrifice is a constant in leadership. It is an ongoing process, not a one-time payment. It's an attitude that any successful leader must maintain.
你想要達到的領導力等級愈高,你就必須做愈多的犧牲。
We make a living by what we get: but we make a life by what we give.
成功的人所發現的真理在他們成為領導人之後會變的更為明確。所有的成功都需要有犧牲的態度。你想要達到的領導力等級愈高,你就必須作愈多的犧牲。要提升,你就必須要放棄。那就是領導力的真正本質。那就是正確態度的力量。
What successful people find to be true become even clearer to them when they become leaders. There is no success without an attitude of sacrifice. The higher the level of leadership you want to reach, the greater the sacrifices you will have to make. To go up, you have to give up. That is the true nature of leadership. That is the power of the right attitude.