Life is too short to live someone else's dream - Larry Ellison

演讲者：Larry Ellison，甲骨文软件公司CEO，身价700亿美元。他在32岁以前还一事无成，开始创业时只有1200美元，却使得Oracle公司连续12年销售额每年翻一番，成为世界上第二大软件公司，他自己也成为硅谷首富。

Growing up in a lower middle-class community on the south side of Chicago, virtually everyone important in my life, my family, my teachers, my girlfriend, wanted me to be a doctor. Overtime, their dreams became my dreams. 

芝加哥南部的一个底层中产阶级社区，这就是我长大的地方。在我的生命中，几乎所有重要的人，我的家人，我的老师，我的女友，都想让我成为一位医生。久而久之，他们的梦想，变成了我的梦想。

They convinced me I should be a doctor, but as hard as I tried, I couldn't do it. I was unable to make myself into the person that I thought I should be, so I decided to stop trying. I was 21 years old when I dropped out of college. 
他们让我相信，我应该成为一位医生。但是，无论我多么努力，我都做不到，我无法变成理想中的自己。所以，我不再尝试这样做。那时，我21岁，从大学辍学了。

During my California springs and summers, I spent most of my days in the High Sierras in Yosemite Valley, working as a river guide and a rock-climbing instructor. I loved those jobs, but unfortunately, they didn't pay that well. So, I also got a job working a couple of days a week as a computer programmer back in Berkeley. 
在加州度过的那几年，大多数时候，我都待在约塞米蒂峡谷的西亚拉山区，我在那儿当河道向导，当攀岩教练。我爱这些工作，然而，不幸的是，它们带来的薪水并不高。所以，我也在当伯克利当程序员，每周在那儿工作几天。

I had learned program in college. I didn't love programming but it was fun and I was good at it. I started taking classes at UC Berkeley. I took several classes, but the only one I can remember was a sailing class taught at Berkeley marina. When my class was over, I wanted to buy a sailboat. 

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