双语散文:做得更好

【英文原文】

Do it Better

The next time you find yourself complaining that something is broken or inconvenient or of low quality, go and do it better instead.

If you hate how slow the line at your local coffeeshop moves, go and start a coffeshop that does lines better.

If you think your boss is a terrible manager, get your own department or company or team and run it the right way.

If you’re appalled at the state of modern literature (“What are kids reading these days?”), write the kind of book that ought to be written.

If you think pharmaceutical companies are corrupt, build one that isn’t.

“That’s impossible,” you say. “I can’t start a multi-billion-dollar company or write a bestseller or run a whole department!”

Why not? Someone else clearly did. What makes you think you can’t? Plus, if you’re right about the better coffeeshop or the better management or the better book, then the market and the world are desperately looking for someone like you.

“But I can’t do all of that!” you protest.

You’re right; you can’t fix everything. You might not even be able to do two or three things. But if the other choice is to become yet another armchair reformer who does nothing but complain, why not pick one and do something?

【中文译文】

下一次，当你发现有不顺眼的，比如，什么什么是坏的，慢的，劣质的，不要抱怨，自行做得更好。

如果，你觉得你家附近咖啡店的流水线，实在太慢，那么不要迟疑，重开一家做得更好的店。

如果，你觉得你的老板是个很糟糕的管理者，自己开个公司或者成立自己的工作室吧。

如果，你质疑现在的媒体在做什么，在给小孩子们看些什么乱七八糟的东西，那么不要迟疑，自己动手给孩子们写一本书吧。

如果你觉得这些药物公司是在太腐败了，那么自己 重新开一家吧。

“那是不可能的！”你一定会这么说，“我不可能成立一个几百万的公司，或者，写一本畅销书，或者经营一个部门！”

为什么不呢？！就是有些人做到了的！ 是什么让你觉得不能？如果你真的觉得咖啡厅，儿童读物等等让你觉得不满意，那么世界的市场就是在找你这样的人。“但是我肯定不可能完成所有这些！”你肯定会继续抱怨！

是的，你不可能改正一切，甚至这当中的两三事，但是，如果，改变历史，早就新的领导的原因不是抱怨，而是自己来，那么，为什么不选择一两件来做个尝试呢？