第一章 认识自己 领导自己

第一章  认识自己 领导自己

引言：

在英国威斯敏斯特教堂的地下室里有一块墓碑，上面写着这样一段话：

When I was young and free and my imagination had no limits.I dreamed of changing the world.

As I grew older and wiser,I discovered the world would not change,so I shortened my sights somewhat and decided to change only my country.But it,too,seemed immovable.

As I grew into my twilight years,in one last desperate attempt,I settled for changing only my family,those closest to me,but alas,they would have none of it.

And now,as I lie on my deathbed,I suddenly realize:If I had only changed myself first,then by example I would have changed my family.

From their inspiration and encouragement,I would then have been able to better my country,and who knows,I may have even changed the world.

在我年轻的时候，还充满想象力，曾梦想改变这个世界。

可当我成熟以后，我发现我不能改变这个世界。于是，我将目光缩短一些，那就只改变我的国家吧。可是，这终究也未实现。

当我到了暮年的时候，作为最后的尝试，我的愿望仅仅是改变我的家庭，可是这也不可能。

现在当我躺在床上，行将就木的时候，我突然意识到，如果当初我仅仅是从改变自己开始，我将能改变我的家庭。

在家人的帮助和鼓励下，也许我就能为我的国家做一点事情。然后谁知道呢，说不定我能改变这个世界。