2015年商务英语BEC中级考试阅读资料六

　　不要沉迷于昨日的成功

　　Today's advice comes from Autodesk Inc. CEO Carl Bass:

　　今天的嘉宾是Autodesk Inc.首席执行官Carl Bass：

　　"I think it’s real easy as a leader to confusewhat the results are today with the actions that happened a while ago, BECause then you just start coasting."

　　“我认为作为领导者真的很容易混淆过去的行为与该行为所产生的结果，那就意味着你已经开始走下坡路了。”

　　Bass says the problem is that companies use factors like revenueand profit to measure their success, but it's possible that these things are still positive even after a company has lost its original spark.

　　Bass表示，问题就在于公司总是在用绩效和收益来衡量公司的成功与否。但是，计时在公司出现问题之后，这些东西可能还是显示良好。

　　"I’ve been spending a lot more time trying to quantifyor figure out if what we’re doing is right, or whether what we’re really doing is just celebrating the result of things that happened a while ago."

　　“一直以来，我都花大量的时间尝试着确定或指出是否我们在做的事情是正确的，或者是否我们真正在做的只是在享受之前的成果。”