投資大師羅傑斯給寶貝女兒的12封信 - (三) -5

When I was an undergrad at Yale University, a fellow history major asked me how many hours I’d studied for a recent exam. “I put in five hours,” he said, very satisfied with himself. I couldn’t five him an exact number, since I’d never stopped studying. Arriving at Yale from rural Alabama, I was in over my head, to tell you the truth. Most of the other students had attended elite prep schools and were far better prepared than I was. My advantage, though, turned out to be that I worked much harder than they did. For me, there was no such thing as “enough.” No finish line.

當我是耶魯大學的大學生時，有個主修歷史的同學問我，最近的考試我唸了幾個小時。他很滿意的說“我花了5個小時唸書”。我不能給他一個確切的數字，因為我從未停止過學習。那時來自阿拉巴馬州農村，能到耶魯的我，真的是覺得意氣風發。其他大多數學生都有參加過精英預備學校，對耶魯的學習，都遠遠比我有更好的準備。但是我的優勢是我做的比他們更認真。對我來說，沒有什麼事是“夠了”，也沒有底限。