17. Super Hard

Lesson 17 super hard (Elon Musk)

超级努力

【1】The first is you need to work, if you, depending on how well you want to do.
首先，你需要行动，这依赖于你究竟想要做的多好。
【2】Particularly if you're starting a company, you need to work super hard.
你需要超级努力地工作，特别是对于创立公司的人。
【3】So what does super hard mean
超级努力是什么意思呢？
【4】Well, when my brother and I was starting up our first company，instead of getting an apartment, we just rented a small office.
我弟弟和我一起开创第一家公司的时候，我们租不起公寓，只租了一间小办公室。
【5】And we slept on the couch.
我们都睡在沙发上。
【6】And we showered at the YMCA。
我们在基督教青年会洗澡。
【7】We're so hard up.
我们很拮据。
【8】We had just one computer.
只买得起一台电脑。
【9】The website was up during the day, and I was coding at night, seven days a week, all the time.
网站在白天运行，而我在晚上写代码，一周七天没有间歇。
【10】And I briefly had a girlfriend at that period.
这期间我短暂交过一位女友.
【11】And in order to be with me, she had to sleep in the office.
为了和我一起，她不得不也睡办公室。
【12】So I work hard like at every waking hour.
我工作努力到醒着的时间都用于工作。
【13】That's the thing I would say particularly if you are starting a company.
特别是对于要开公司的人，这就是我的建议。
【14】And if you do simple math, say like, if somebody else is working 50 hours, and you're working 100， you'll get twice as much done in the course of a year as the other company.
你可以简单算算，如果别人工作50小时，而你工作100小时，你公司在一年之内的作为肯定会比别人公司强一倍。