天啊,我太不幸了
I want to share with you some biographical facts about my life, you know, I have a mild case of ADD, which is great, you know why? Because,
我想说一些我生活中的某些自传性事实,我有轻微注意力缺陷障碍,这很棒,知道为什么吗?因为
it actually forces me to only study things that I love, things that I care about, because anything else, my concentration just goes away.
这实际迫使我只能学我喜欢的东西,我关心的东西,因为其他的事情,我就集中不了精神
So it's like, I have an internal mechanism that forces me to focus on the ultimate currency, on things that make me happy.
所以就像我有一个内部机制强迫我专注最终的东西、专注让我快乐的东西
And I only study things that I'm passionate about, it is wonderful.
我只学我热爱的东西,这很棒
You know, when I was in high school, I really wanted to get into a certain program, in a very lucrative program, and I didn't get in, I failed the entrance exam,
我读高中时,非常想进某个项目,一个可以赚钱的项目,但没能进去,我入选考试没通过
which turned out to be a blessing in disguise, because it gave me so much more time to practice and play squash,
这最终是塞翁失马,因为它让我有更多时间练习打壁球
and I ended up winning international championships in the following year, which I wouldn't have done had I been in that program.
我最终在第二年赢得了国际冠军,如果我进了那个项目就不会做到了
When I was in the University of Cambridge, I was in a PhD program,
当我在剑桥大学时,我在一个博士项目
and I was the only one in my class, and as far as I know, the only one in years to be thrown out of the program.
我是班里唯一,据我所知,数年来唯一被赶出这个项目的人