当年有人这样告诉过我

类别：成长

面对职场新人的焦虑，作者用当年主管宽慰自己的话化解了他的不安，感慨良言如同接力棒代代相传。

时长 56 秒 · 语速 151 wpm

字幕原文

A young man from my company asked me for coffee. 公司里有个年轻小伙约我喝咖啡。

He's twenty-three, in his first job, 他才二十三岁，刚开始工作，

and he looked like he hadn't slept. 看着一副没睡过觉的样子。

"Everyone else seems to know what they're doing," he said. “大家好像都知道自己该干嘛，”他说，

"I feel like a fraud." “我觉得自己就像个冒牌货。”

I knew that face. 那副神情我太熟悉了。

And I heard myself say something. 然后我听到自己开了口：

"Nobody knows what they're doing. “其实没人真正知道自己在干嘛。

The ones who look confident are just better at standing still." 那些看起来很自信的人，不过是更能装作若无其事罢了。”

He laughed. 他笑了。

His shoulders dropped a little. 整个人稍微放松了下来。

On the way home, I realized those weren't my words. 回家的路上，我才意识到那不是我自己的话。

My first manager said them to me, 是我人生中的第一位主管当年对我说的，

when I was twenty-three and ready to quit. 那时我也才二十三岁，正打算辞职不干。

I'd carried that sentence for fifteen years, 这句话我记了十五年，

without knowing I was only holding it for someone. 却不知道自己只是在替别人保管着它。

It was never mine. 它从来就不属于我。

It was on loan. 只是借给我用一阵子而已。

Now it's his. 现在，轮到他了。

Someday, across some table, he'll hand it on. 将来的某一天，隔着某张桌子，他也会把这句话传下去。

Good advice doesn't belong to anyone. 好的建议不属于任何人，

It just keeps moving. 它只是在不断地流转。