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아직도 갈길이 멀구먼..
Why do so many people reach success and then fail? One of the big reasons is, we think success is a one-way street. So we do everything that leads up to success, but then we get there. We figure we’ve made it, we sit back in our comfort zone, we actually stop doing everything that made us successful. And it doesn't take long to go downhill. And I can tell you this happens, because it happened to me.
왜 많은 사람들이 성공에 이르고 다시 실패할까요? 가장 큰 이유 중 하나는, 성공이 한 방향 길이라고 생각하기 때문입니다. 그래서 우리는 성공으로 이끌어 줄 모든 일들을 합니다. 그리고 성공에 이르게 되죠. 우리는 해냈다고 느끼고, 편안함에 안주합니다. 우리는 실제로 우리를 성공하게 해줬던 모든 일을 하는 것을 멈추죠. 그리고 곤두박질치는데 그리 오래 걸리지 않죠. 이런 일이 생긴다고 확신할 수 있습니다. 제가 경험했기 때문이죠.
Reaching success, I worked hard, I pushed myself. But then I stopped, because I figured, “Oh, you know, I made it. I can just sit back and relax.”
성공하면서, 전 열심히 일했고 나 자신을 채찍질 했습니다. 하지만 그러고나서 전 그만두었죠. 왜냐하면 “그래, 난 해냈어. 이제 그만두고 쉬어도 돼.” 라고 생각했기 때문이죠.
Reaching success, I always tried to improve and do good work. But then I stopped because I figured, "Hey, I'm good enough, I don't need to improve anymore."
성공하면서, 전 항상 개선하고 훌륭히 일을 하려고 노력했습니다. 그러나 그후에 저는 멈추었죠. 왜냐하면 “이봐, 난 충분히 훌륭해, 더 이상 개선할 필요가 없어.”라고 생각했기 때문이죠.
Reaching success, I was pretty good at coming up with good ideas. Because I did all these simple things that led to ideas. But then I stopped, because I figured, I was this hot-shot guy and I shouldn't have to work at ideas, they should just come like magic. And the only thing that came was creative block. I couldn't come up with any ideas.
성공하면서, 전 좋은 아이디어를 떠올리는데 꽤 능력이 있었습니다. 왜냐하면 아이디어를 떠올리는 이 모든 단순한 것들을 했기 때문이죠. 하지만 그리고나선 전 그만두었죠. 왜냐하면 난 능력 좋은 남자고 아이디어관련 일을 할 필요 없이 마법처럼 아이디어가 생겨날 것 이라고 생각했기 때문이죠. 그리고나서 일어난 일은 창의력의 벽에 부딪히는 것이었죠. 어떠한 아이디어도 떠올리기 힘들었죠.
Reaching success, I always focused on clients and projects, and ignored the money. Then all this money started pouring in. And I got distracted by it. And suddenly I was on the phone to my stockbroker and my real estate agent, when I should have been talking to my clients.
And reaching success, I always did what I loved. But then I got into stuff that I didn't love, like management. I'm the world’s worst manager, but I figured I should be doing it, because I was, after all, the president of the company.
Well, sooner a black cloud formed over my head and here I was, outwardly very successful, but inwardly very depressed. But I am a guy; I knew how to fix it. I bought a fast car. It didn't help. I was faster but just as depressed.
So I went to my doctor and I said, "Doc, I can buy anything I want. But I am not happy. I am depressed. It's true what they say, and I didn't believe it until it happened to me. But money can't buy happiness.“ He said, "No. But it can buy Prozac." And he put me on anti–depressants. And yeah, the black cloud faded a little bit, but so did all the work, because I was just floating along. I couldn't care less if clients ever called.
And clients didn't call. Because they could see I was no longer serving them, I was only serving myself. So they took their money and their projects to others who would serve them better.
Well, it didn't take long for business to drop like a rock. My partner and I, Thom, we had to let all our employees go. It was down to just the two of us, and we were about to go under. And that was great. Because with no employees, there's nobody for me to manage.
So I went back to doing the projects I loved. I had fun again, I worked harder and, to cut a long story short, did all the things took me back up to success. But it wasn't a quick trip. It took seven years.
But in the end, business grew bigger than ever. And when I went back to following these 8 principles, the black cloud over my head disappeared altogether. And I woke up one day and I said, "I don't need Prozac any more." And I threw it away and haven't needed it sense.
I learned that success isn't one way-street. It doesn't look like this; It really looks more like this. It's a continuous journey. And if you want to avoid “success-to-failure-syndrome,” we just keep following these 8 principles, because that's not only how you achieve success, it's how we sustain it. So here is to your continued success.
Thank you very much.
