Opportunity 机遇

The air we breathe is so freely available that we take it for granted.Yet without it we could not survive more than a few minutes.For the most part，the same air is available to everyone，and everyone needs it.Some people use the air to sustain them while they sit around and feel sorry for themselves.Others breathe in the air and use the energy it provides to make a magnificent life for themselves.

Opportunity is the same way.It is everywhere.Opportunity is so freely available that we take it for granted.Yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success.Opportunity must be seized and acted upon in order to have value.So many people are so anxious to “get in”on a“ground floor opportunity”，as if the opportunity will do all the work.That's impossible.

Just as you need air to breathe，you need opportunity to succeed.It takes more than just breathing in the fresh air of opportunity，however.You must make use of that opportunity.That's not up to the opportunity.That's up to you.It doesn’t matter what “floor”the opportunity is on.What matters is what you do with it.

机遇无处不在，能否成功取决于你怎样把握它。

参考翻译（高昆）

我们自由自在地呼吸着无处不在的空气，这看起来是件很平常的事。然而，如果没有空气，我们只能存活几分钟。正常来说，空气是人人必需的，也是人人都可以获得的。只不过有的人呼吸只是为了自怨自艾地虚度光阴，有些人则是利用它所提供的能源为自己创造一个绚丽的人生。

机会也是如此，它无处不在，正因为这样，人们常常忽略它。但是，机会本身并不能带来成功。只有抓住机会，采取行动，才能创造成功。很多人都渴望得到机会，他们认为只要有机会就什么都有了。但那是不可能的。

就像人们有空气才能呼吸一样，有机会才能成功。但是，机会远远不是呼吸新鲜空气那么简单，你必须很好地利用它。成功并不取决于机会本身，而是取决于你。你拥有怎样的机会并不重要，重要的是，你怎样把握手中的机会。