财富忠告：不要理睬那些说三道四的人

克劳切克（花旗集团掌门人）

走自己的路。

不要理睬那些说三道四的人。

克劳切克：当我还是孩子时，我是那种“孩子”――脸上长着雀斑、牙齿套着矫正套，而且还戴着眼镜。只要是组团，我不是最后一个被选上，就是倒数第二。我的记忆里总是有那么多令人伤心的故事，比如，我终于设法在儿童垒球游戏中踢到了球，我兴奋地跑上了第一垒，然后摔掉了眼镜，不得不回家去取。经常遭人取笑，的确令人难堪。我不仅在班上哭，在学校我几乎崩溃了。我的分级从A降到了C。

一天，当我真的不行了，妈妈把我抱起来放在沙发上，她像是对待大人那样对我说，让我不要理睬那些经常取笑我的女孩子。她说，她们都是些只会坐在边道线上对场上拼搏之人说三道四的家伙。她说，她们这样做是因为她们妒嫉。现在回想起来，我知道她们并不是真的妒嫉，但当时，我相信妈妈是对的。我的分级又开始上升了，我从此再也不受那些说三道四人的干扰了。

Don’t listen to the naysayers.

Krawcheck: When I was a kid I was “that kid”----freckles, braces, and very unfortunate glasses. If I wasn’t the last chosen for the team, I was the second to last. There are so many heartbreaking stories I remember, like the time I finally managed to kick the ball in kickball. I was running for first base all excited, and then my glasses fell off and I had to go back and get them. The teasing was really tough. I wasn’t just crying in class; I was falling apart at school. My grades went from A’s to C’s.

One day when I was really down, my mom sat me on the sofa. She spoke to me as though she was speaking to another adult, telling me to stop paying attention to the girls who were teasing me. She told me that they were naysayers who would sit on the sidelines and criticize those who were out there trying. She said that the reason they were doing it was because they were jealous. Looking back, I know they weren’t really jealous, but at the time, I believed my mom. My grades went backup, and I never let the naysayers bother me again.

摘自《财富》——易激扬编译

《走自己的路 2015》摄于加拿大美的半岛。