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There are many people who could be Olympic Champions, all Americans who have never tried.I’d estimate1 five million people could have beaten me in the pole vault2 on the years I won it, at least five million.Men who were stronger, bigger, and faster than I could have done it, but they never picked up a pole, never made the feeble3 effort to vault their legs off the ground to try to get over the bar.
Greatness is all around us. It’s easy to be great because great people will help you. What fantastic about all the conventions4 I went to was that the greatest in the business would come and share their ideas, their methods and their techniques with everyone else.I have seen the greatest salesmen opening up and showing young salesmen exactly how they did it. They didn’t hold back.I have also found it true in the world of sports.
I’ll never forget the time I was trying to break Dutch Warmer Dam’s record. I was about a foot below his record, so I called him on the phone.I said, “Dutch, can you help me?I seem to have leveled off. I can’t get any higher.”
He said, “Sure, Bob, come on up to visit me and I’ll give you all I got.” I spent three days with the master, the greatest pole-vaulter in the world.For three days, Dutch gave me everything that he’d seen.There were things that I was doing wrong and he corrected them.To make a long story short, I went up eight inches.That great guy gave me the best that he had.
Great people will share.Great people will tell you their secrets.Look for them, call them on the phone or buy their books.Go where they are, get around them, talk to them. It is easy to be great when you get around great people.
在所有未曾努力尝试的美国人中，有许多人原本是有可能成为奥运冠军的。据我估计，在我称雄撑竿跳高比赛的岁月里，约有500万人有可能会击败我，至少500万。那些比我更强壮、更有力、更敏捷的男人们能够做得到，但他们从未拿起撑竿，从未兴微弱之力抬腿尝试跨越横栏。
杰出就在我们身边，俯拾皆是。想要杰出并不困难，因为杰出的人会助你一臂之力。在我所参加的所有大会中，最妙的部分是同行中最杰出的人来与每一个人分享他们的理念、方法和技巧。我见过最杰出的销售员滔滔不绝地向没有经验的销售员展示他们成功的方法。他们毫不保留。我发现在体育界里也是如此。
我永远不会忘记那次我试图打破达奇·沃姆尔·达姆所创造的纪录时的经历。我的纪录比他的大约低一英尺，于是，我打电话给他。我说：“达奇，你能帮助我吗？我好像已经达到了极限。我不能跳得更高了。”
他说：“当然，鲍伯，到我这里来吧，我会倾囊相授。”我与这位老师，这位世界上最杰出的撑竿跳高运动员在一起待了三天。在这三天里，达奇把他所知道的一切都教给了我。我许多做得不正确的地方，他都给纠正了。总之，我又跳高了八英寸。那个杰出的人把他所拥有的最有价值的东西教给了我。
杰出的人愿意与人分享。杰出的人愿意把他们的秘诀坦然相告。去找他们，或者打电话给他们，或者购买他们写作的书。去他们所在的地方，围绕在他们周围，与他们交谈。当你处在杰出人物的身边时，要变得杰出也就轻而易举了。
罗茜元摘译自Mind & Spirit
Greatness is all around us. It’s easy to be great because great people will help you. What fantastic about all the conventions4 I went to was that the greatest in the business would come and share their ideas, their methods and their techniques with everyone else.I have seen the greatest salesmen opening up and showing young salesmen exactly how they did it. They didn’t hold back.I have also found it true in the world of sports.
I’ll never forget the time I was trying to break Dutch Warmer Dam’s record. I was about a foot below his record, so I called him on the phone.I said, “Dutch, can you help me?I seem to have leveled off. I can’t get any higher.”
He said, “Sure, Bob, come on up to visit me and I’ll give you all I got.” I spent three days with the master, the greatest pole-vaulter in the world.For three days, Dutch gave me everything that he’d seen.There were things that I was doing wrong and he corrected them.To make a long story short, I went up eight inches.That great guy gave me the best that he had.
Great people will share.Great people will tell you their secrets.Look for them, call them on the phone or buy their books.Go where they are, get around them, talk to them. It is easy to be great when you get around great people.
在所有未曾努力尝试的美国人中，有许多人原本是有可能成为奥运冠军的。据我估计，在我称雄撑竿跳高比赛的岁月里，约有500万人有可能会击败我，至少500万。那些比我更强壮、更有力、更敏捷的男人们能够做得到，但他们从未拿起撑竿，从未兴微弱之力抬腿尝试跨越横栏。
杰出就在我们身边，俯拾皆是。想要杰出并不困难，因为杰出的人会助你一臂之力。在我所参加的所有大会中，最妙的部分是同行中最杰出的人来与每一个人分享他们的理念、方法和技巧。我见过最杰出的销售员滔滔不绝地向没有经验的销售员展示他们成功的方法。他们毫不保留。我发现在体育界里也是如此。
我永远不会忘记那次我试图打破达奇·沃姆尔·达姆所创造的纪录时的经历。我的纪录比他的大约低一英尺，于是，我打电话给他。我说：“达奇，你能帮助我吗？我好像已经达到了极限。我不能跳得更高了。”
他说：“当然，鲍伯，到我这里来吧，我会倾囊相授。”我与这位老师，这位世界上最杰出的撑竿跳高运动员在一起待了三天。在这三天里，达奇把他所知道的一切都教给了我。我许多做得不正确的地方，他都给纠正了。总之，我又跳高了八英寸。那个杰出的人把他所拥有的最有价值的东西教给了我。
杰出的人愿意与人分享。杰出的人愿意把他们的秘诀坦然相告。去找他们，或者打电话给他们，或者购买他们写作的书。去他们所在的地方，围绕在他们周围，与他们交谈。当你处在杰出人物的身边时，要变得杰出也就轻而易举了。
罗茜元摘译自Mind & Spirit