为什么昨天超级碗刷屏了？奇迹是如何发生的！

What Yesterday’s Incredible Super Bowl Game Teaches Us About How Amazing Achievements Happen!

假如你不是美国人，那么可能对“超级碗”知之甚少。

If you’re not from the U.S, you may know very little about the Super Bowl. So I’ll use the following reference to describe yesterday’s game.

神奇是如何发生的！

How amazing happens!

这样好了，我打个比方：中国队进了世界杯决赛，对手是巴西队，比赛还剩15分钟，对手4比0领先。巴西队速度更快，完全控制比赛，而且自信心爆棚。

Your team is in the finals of the World Cup. You’re losing 4-0, with just 15 minutes left in the game. The other team is faster. They’re completely controlling the game and playing with huge confidence.

你们几乎毫无获胜希望。突然，你的队友断球成功，给你们队夺来一个机会。你们进球了。但你方仍然大比分落后，突然，另外一个队友又大显神功，创造出另一个机会。你们再次得分。

With virtually no hope of victory, one of your teammates suddenly steals the ball to give your team an opportunity. You score. You’re still way behind, but then another teammate makes another great play that gives your team another opportunity. You score again.

时间所剩不多，你方防守坚实，进攻冲劲十足。其他队员开始各显神通。你们第三次进球，第四次进球。然后进了加时，你方再次进球，赢得了比赛！

As time is running out, your defense holds. Your offense is energized. Other team members start making key plays. You score again, and then again. And then in overtime, your team scores yet again, and incredibly, you win!

这就是昨天在超级碗上演的一幕：新英格兰爱国者在比赛快结束时3比28落后的情况下，惊天逆转，34比28战胜亚特兰大猎鹰队。大家都觉得这场比赛是体育史上最伟大的逆转。

This is what happened in the Super Bowl yesterday, when the New England Patriots came back from 28-3 late in the game against the Atlanta Falcons to win, 34-28. Many are calling it the greatest comeback in sports history.

很多人看到这场比赛都目瞪口呆。我则感到异常的振奋人心。为什么有些人能有如此特殊的经历？他们是如何获得如此成功的？爱国者队最佳球员Tom Brady赛后说，“我们余生都将铭记此场比赛”。

Watching this happen, many people were shocked. Many were amazed. For me, I felt incredibly inspired. How do some people experience something so special like this? How do they achieve this kind of success? As the Patriots best player, Tom Brady, said afterwards, “We’re all going to remember this for the rest of our lives.”

取得卓越成就的两大重要特质

The two most fundamental qualities that lead to outstanding success

我不是体育分析师，不过在看爱国者队惊天逆转的过程中，我深深地体会到两点：首先，这是一支相信教练和领袖球员的球队。他们对自己平时的训练和取得成功的方法有信心，并很自律。但最重要的是，他们相信自己的能力，相信队友。

I’m no sports analyst, but there are two things that I saw while watching the Patriots’ incredible comeback that deeply impressed me. The first is a group of team members who believed in themselves. They believed in their coaches and leaders. They believed in their training and approach to success, and stayed disciplined. But most importantly, they believed in their capabilities and in each other.

赛后，我想到了自己的公司和同事。我们之间信任到什么程度呢？对工作的投入有多坚定？我知道我们不是支球队，但在同一家公司工作的员工也有着共同的目标。我们都想赢，想成功。

After the game, I thought about my own company and our colleagues. How committed were we all to each other and to what degree we are doing? I know we’re not a sports team, but those who work in the same company also share a common objective. And I believe we all want to win and be successful.

第二点是，这支队伍的队员很有职业精神，无论处于何种情形，都能继续努力比赛。我看到明星球员在关键时刻拿出应有的明星表现，也看到不同队员在关键时刻表现突出，给自己的球队赢得一个个机会。

The second thing I saw is a team of professionals who continued to play hard and perform their roles, regardless of the situation. While I saw stars start to play like stars when it counted, I also saw a lot of different individuals do something exceptional at a critical moment to give their team another chance.

所以，归根结底，这场比赛成就的不是一位的英雄。胜利不仅归功于某位球员，而是球员们众志成城，集体拿出了优异的表现，有一些贡献尤为突出。这是典型的团队努力。正如赛后爱国者队教练Bill Bellinchek所言，这些年来，球队的格言一直都是“做好你的工作！（Do you job!）”这也正是每位爱国者队员昨天所表现出来的。

So in the end, there was no single hero. There was no one person who could be credited with the outcome. Instead, what occurred was a collective accumulation of solid performances from every team member, along with some exceptional contributions from a few. It was the classic definition of a complete and total team effort. As was highlighted after the game by Patriots coach, Bill Bellinchek, the team’s motto all year long has been simply, “Do your job!” That’s exactly what each Patriot player did.

普通人众志成城一起取得特殊成就

When ordinary people achieve special things together

对于我们中的大多数人来说，在职业生涯中，我们很少有机会能够参与到一个超常的情景。哪怕能有机会与一群优秀的、有能力、有机会做出杰出之事的同事、领导、公司合作，也是非常幸运的。

For most of us, it’s a rare thing to be part of an exceptional situation for our career. It’s very fortunate to even have the chance to work with a great group of people, great leaders, and a great organization that has the ability and opportunity to do something great.

即便你真的得到了这种机会，也可能会有许多困难阻碍你取得成就。老实说，有时我们就是差一点运气。但俗话说，“运气常常是留给有准备的人的”，也还有一句俗话叫，“平凡的人做不平凡的事，创造不平凡的瞬间”。

And even if you do have that chance, many things can happen that can prevent you from achieving something great. Frankly, some luck is usually involved. But as the saying goes, “Luck usually happens to those who are well prepared.” And to recall another quote I once heard, “Special moments are achieved by ordinary people who do special things.”

所以，你不必了解美国橄榄球，甚至不必喜欢体育。如果你想找在现实生活中找一个真实、激动人心的故事，告诉你该如何在职场、生活中拿出杰出表现，那我强烈推荐你读读有关爱国者队在昨日超级碗逆转获胜的新闻，也可以回看比赛。这不仅是场极其伟大的比赛，你也能从中获益颇多。特别是，你可以看到一群十分投入的专业人士是如何各司其职，紧密合作的完成一场让所有人称为“神奇（amazing！）”的比赛。

So you don’t need to know anything about American football. You don’t even need to like sports. If you’re looking for a real, live inspiring story that can show you how to be a part of and do something amazing with your career and life, then I highly recommend that you read about or watch parts of the Patriots’ Super Bowl victory yesterday. Not only was it an epic game, there’s a lot you can learn from it. In particular, how a group of highly committed professionals who all did their jobs, continued to believe in each other, and worked together as a team to achieve something that many people are simply calling, “amazing!”