我知道

广东中山市卓雅外国语学校 陈 娟 编译

ThemarathonersI havecoachedis one of the joys. She’s not a professional earning astipendfrom thePhilippineSportsCommission. Her name is Kristy Abello and you probably have never heard of her. She was not a childprodigy. She just started running a few years ago, andjugglestrying tosqueezeruns in around ademandingjob working as aglobalITmanager for theconsumergoods company in the world, Procter and Gamble.

我其中的一个乐趣就是训练马拉松运动员。她不是从菲律宾体育委员会领取津贴的专业人士。她的名字叫克里斯蒂·阿贝罗，你可能从未听说过她。她不是神童。她几年前才开始跑步，她在宝洁公司担任全球信息技术经理，这是一份要求很高的工作，她努力挤出时间跑步。

On her own money and time, Kristy just went off to Canada and ran theOttawamarathonat a blistering pace. Shequalified forthe famousBostonMarathon. Sheclocked a timethat places her in the top 15 Pinay marathoners! All this from a part-time runner with onlya handful ofyears of running!

克里斯蒂挤出时间自费去了加拿大，以极快的速度跑完渥太华马拉松。她有资格参加著名的波士顿马拉松比赛。她的成绩使她跻身于皮奈马拉松前15名！所有这些都来自一个只有三五年跑步经历的业余跑步者！

How is this possible? The answer is simple. She listens. She takes coaching. I have never heard her sentence, “I know that.”

这怎么可能呢？答案很简单。她倾听，她接受辅导。我从来没有听她说过“我知道”这句话。

Yes, the people who are always saying, “I know that,” whether in athletics or business, are killing their careers.

是的，那些总是说“我知道”的人，无论是在体育还是商业领域，都是在扼杀他们的职业生涯。

The fact is,underlyingthis simple three-word sentence, “I know that,” lies two majorissuesthat willimpedesuccess.

事实是，在这句简单的三个字的句子“我知道”背后隐藏着两个阻碍成功的主要问题。

Issue one is lack ofcoachability. In today’s world, be it in sports or business or any part of life, the bar iscontinuallybeing raised.One has to keep growing. People who are coachable listen. They areopen-minded. They place aninherentvalue on experience and the wisdom of their elders and believe everyone can add value to a discussion. They realize that “Nobody is smarter than everybody.” So they take incounseland coaching. And they keep improving. When you continually say, “I know that,” you shut yourself off from any newperspectives. You don’t grow. So in sitting still, in reality you fall behind.

问题一是缺乏受调教的可能性。当今世界，无论是体育、商业还是生活，标准都在不断提高。一个人必须不断成长，而可调教的人都会倾听。他们思想开放。他们重视长辈的经验和智慧，相信每个人都能为讨论增添价值。他们意识到“没有人比每个人都聪明”。因此，他们接受忠告、指导。他们在不断改进。当你不停地说“我知道”，你就把自己拒之于任何新的发展了。你不会成长。所以没有进步实际上就是你落后了。

Issue two is the signal you send to someone when youmutter,“I know that.” The First signal is one that says, “Shut up. I am smarter than you and I know all you know. So justclam up.” Thispissespeopleoffand in a world where working with others is socritical, you shoot yourself in the foot.

第二个问题是当你喃喃自语“我知道”时，你向人发出的第一个信号就是：“闭嘴，我比你聪明，我知道你所知道的一切，所以闭嘴。”这让人们很恼火，在一个与他人合作非常重要的世界里，你就是搬起石头砸自己的脚。

The second signal it sends is you have weakself-confidence. If a person can’t politely listen and has to “brag” by saying, “I know that,” it means they are light in the area ofself-esteem. They have to show off and brag about theirbrainpower. I mean, even if you do really know it already, what is the harm in just listening? Being polite? Holding off on saying anything, because perhaps the next thing you hear will be new information?When yoururgeis tocutsomeoneoffand tell them, “I know that,” what you are really doing is turning the discussion back into some sort ofshowcaseof yourwisdom. And in doing so, it shows a lack of self-confidence.

它发出的第二个信号是你缺乏自信。如果一个人不能礼貌地倾听，不得不通过说“我知道”来“吹嘘”，那就意味着他们把自尊看得很轻。从而，他们不得不炫耀和吹嘘自己的智慧。我的意思是，即使你真的已经知道了，只是听听又有什么坏处呢？有礼貌吗？什么都不说，因为也许你听到的下一个消息可能是新消息？当你想终止某人的讲话，你告诉他们“我知道”，你真正做的是把讨论变成你炫耀智慧的展示。在这样做的过程中，它显示出缺乏自信。

Bottom line, my advice is tostrikethe sentence “I know that” out of your vocabulary. You may listen, learn, be open.

总之，我的建议是从你的词汇表中删去“我知道”这句话，你应该倾听、学习、愿意接受建议。

Notes:

marathonern.马拉松运动员

coachv.指导；辅导

stipendn.津贴

Philippineadj.菲律宾的

commissionn.委员会

prodigyn.奇才；天才

jugglev.尽力同时应付

squeezev.挤压

demandv. & n.要求

globaladj.全球的

IT 信息技术

consumern.消费

Ottawa （加拿大城市）渥太华

at a blistering pace 以极快的速度

qualify for 够资格参加

Boston （美国城市）波士顿

clock a time 计时

a handful of 几个；三五个

underlyv.潜在；深藏于

issuen.问题

impedev.阻碍；妨碍

coachabilityn.可调教性

continuallyadv.持续地

open-mindedadj.思想开放的

inherentadj.固有的

counseln.忠告；规劝

perspectiven.发展前景

mutterv.咕哝；嘀咕

clam up 闭嘴；默不作声

piss sb. off 使人恼火

criticaladj.重要的；关键的

self-confidencen.自信

bragv.吹嘘

self-esteemn.自尊

brainpowern.智慧

urgen.冲动

cut sb. off 打断某人的说话

showcasen.炫耀

wisdomn.智慧

strikev.打；击

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