But whatever you resolve¹ to do, I want you to commit to it. I want you to really work at it. 但无论你决定做什么，我希望你保证去做。我希望你脚踏实地去做。

I know that sometimes you get that sense from TV that you can be rich and successful without any hard work— 我知道有时候你会从电视上得到这样的印象：你不用做任何刻苦的努力就能发财致富并取得成功——

that your ticket to success is through rapping² or basketball or being a reality TV star. 唱小调、打篮球或成为真人秀电视明星是走向成功的途径。

Chances are you're not going to be any of those things. 但实际情况是：你可能不会干成任何一件事。

The truth is, being successful is hard. You won't love every subject that you study. 事实上，取得成功不是轻而易举的事情。你不会喜欢你学习的每一门课目。

You won't click with every teacher that you have. 你不会与你的每一位老师都很投契。

Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant³ to your life right at this minute. 不是所有的家庭作业看起来都与你眼前的生活完全有关。

And you won't necessarily⁴ succeed at everything the first time you try. 你第一次尝试做每件事的时候，不一定成功。

That's okay. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures. 这都没关系。世界上最成功的人士中有一些是遭遇失败最多的人。

J.K. Rowling's—who wrote Harry⁵ Potter—her first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published. JK罗琳——《哈利·波特》第一部在出版之前被退稿12次。

Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. 迈克尔·乔丹曾被他高中学校的篮球队除名。

He lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. 在他的篮球职业生涯中，他输过数百场比赛，有数千个球没有投中。

But he once said, "I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that's why I succeed." 但他曾经说过：“在我的一生中，我失败了一次又一次、一次又一次。这就是我成功的原因。”