Five Balls Of Life
【文章原作者】:the CEO of Coca-Cola Brian G. Dyson.<br>
【文章所用語言】:英文<br>
【文章閱讀心得】:生命中的五項事物：工作、健康、家庭、朋友、靈魂。 許多人常把重心放在工作上，但是可口可樂總裁卻認為，這五項中，唯有工作像是橡膠球一般，掉下去會彈起來，其他四樣就像玻璃球，掉下去便碎了，暗示大家要懂的去珍惜真正珍貴的事物！<br><br>Brian G. Dyson.也列出了12項建議，裡面包含的人生的道理，是需要經驗與時間不斷累積出來的，如人要活在當下，不不要去和別人比較等等...都頗值得深思!<br>
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<p align="center"><strong><font color="Red">Five Balls Of Life</font></strong><br>
This was written by the CEO of Coca-Cola Brian G. Dyson.<br>
It was used as Georgia Tech's Commencement Address:</p><br>
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Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. <br>
You name them - Work - Family - Health - Friends - Spirit, and you're keeping all of these in the air. <br>
You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls -- family, health, friends and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. <br>
They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life. How? <br>
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1. Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special. <br>
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2. Don't set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you. <br>
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3. Don't take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as you would your life, for without them, life is meaningless. <br>
4. Don't let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live ALL the days of your life. <br>
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5. Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. <br>
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6. Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us together. <br>
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7. Don't be afraid to encounter risks It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. <br>
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8. Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings. <br>
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9. Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been, but also where you are going. <br>
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10. Don't forget that a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. <br>
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11. Don't be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily. <br>
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12. Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved.<br>