J.K. Rowling at Harvard: The Fringe Benefits of Failure失敗的魔力與韌性
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#1
Rowling’s parents, who had experienced poverty, encouraged her to pursue a practical vocational career.
羅琳的父母曾親身經歷過貧窮，因此鼓勵她追求實用的職業生涯。
#2
However, she only wanted to study English literature, which was a subject that her parents feared.
然而，她只想學習英國文學，而那是她父母所恐懼的學科。
#3
Seven years after her graduation, by every measure that mattered, she had failed on an epic scale.
畢業七年後，從任何重要的衡量標準來看，她都遭遇了史詩般的慘敗。
#4
She was a jobless lone parent who was nearly homeless, facing the hardest challenges of modern life.
她當時是一位失業的單親家長，幾乎無家可歸，面臨著現代生活最艱鉅的挑戰。
#5
This failure stripped away everything that was not essential, so she began to use her energy to finish her writing.
這次失敗剝離了所有不重要的事物，因此她開始將精力投入到完成寫作中。
#6
"Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life."
「谷底成了我重建生活的堅實基礎。」
#7
Although she had been terrified of failure, she still had a daughter she adored and an old typewriter.
雖然她一直對失敗感到恐懼，但她仍擁有一位她深愛的女兒和一台舊打字機。
#8
Once she survived the worst, she rebuilt her life on a foundation that she truly trusted.
一旦她度過了最艱難的時期，她便在一個她真正信任的基礎上重建了她的生活。
#9
Rowling explained that you fail by default unless you live so cautiously that you never learn to endure hard lessons.
羅琳解釋說，除非你生活得極其謹慎，以至於從未學會忍受艱難的教訓，否則你預設就是失敗的。
#10
"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all."
「活著而不經歷某種失敗是不可能的，除非你活得如此謹慎，以至於你根本不算活過。」