不做下一个乔布斯，要做最好的自己

译者 hznick

You could read a book written by a genius, the kind of book in which they describe in detail their process for being brilliant.

你可以阅读一本天才写的书，书里事无巨细、详细描述了他如何一步一步的成为天才。

You could follow every step, beginning with A, and work your way through Z.

你可以按照书里描述的步骤，从A开始，一步一步走到Z。

You could hold your brush the same way they hold theirs.

你可以用同样的姿势手握人生的画笔。

You could eat the same foods, wear the same clothes, visit the same places.

你可以吃同样的食物，穿同样的衣服，造访同样的地方。

And you’ll still never do what they do, because you’re not them.

即便如此，你永远也不能达到他们那样的成就，因为你不是他们。

But wait before you hang your head, because the thing you must consider is that no matter how brilliant that genius may be, they could never do what you can do.

但是，你也无需气馁，因为无论他们有多么的优秀，你能做到的事情，他们一样也做不到。

They couldn’t do it even if they followed your every step, or held their brush the same way you hold yours, or ate the same foods, or read the same books, or visited the same places.

即便他们按照你的步骤，或者像你一样的姿势手握人生的画笔，或是吃同样的食物，或是读同样的书籍，或是造访同样的地点，他们仍然做不到。

They couldn’t do it because they’re not you.

他们做不到，因为他们不是你。

The world doesn’t need another Picasso. We already had one. What the world needs is you, doing what you do best the very best you can. That’s all that’s being asked of you.

这个世界不需要另一个毕加索了。有一个就够了。世界真正需要的是你，你要尽全力做最好的自己。世界需要的就是这些。

Sure, you can learn a few tricks here and there, but you’ll have to make those tricks your own. Sure, you can study how others have succeeded, but you’ll still need to succeed in your very own way.

当然，你可以从各处学点花招回来，但是你必须把这些花招变成自己的。当然，你也可以研究别人是如何成功的，但是你还是要以自己的方式成功。

There’s no such thing as generic, plain label creativity.

世界上不存在天才这种东西，只有创造力。

Go ahead. Read that book and a dozen others if you like. It never hurts to learn. But when you’re through, mix and match the parts that work for you, discard the ones that don’t, and add a few tricks of your own.