有一次，美国通用电气首席执行官杰克·韦尔奇应邀来中国给企业管理人员讲课。
然而，听完课，很多人却感到很失望。
他们问杰克·韦尔奇："您讲的那些内容，我们也差不多知道，可是为什么我们之间的差距会那么大呢？
”杰克·韦尔奇回答："那是因为你们只是知道，而我却做到了，这就是我们的差别。
”从"知道”到"做到”，需要付诸行动，克服种种困难。
很多人尽管"知道”却无法"做到”，原因大致有两个：一个是缺乏吃苦耐劳的精神，不能坚持到最后；
另一个就是停留在"知道”的空谈，光说不做。
不去尝试，不去坚持，即使"知道”，最终成功也只能是一种空谈。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 美国 | Měi guó | United States; USA; US |
| 通用 | Tōng yòng | General Motors |
| 电气 | diàn qì | electric / electrical |
| 首席执行官 | shǒu xí zhí xíng guān | chief executive officer (CEO) |
| 杰克·韦尔奇 | Jié kè Wéerqi | Jack Welch (1935–2020), former CEO of General Electric, known for business management lectures and leadership practices. |
| 应邀 | yìng yāo | at sb's invitation / on invitation |
| 来 | lái | to come |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 企业 | qǐ yè | company; firm; enterprise; corporation |
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | management / administration |
| 人员 | rén yuán | staff / crew / personnel |
| 讲 | jiǎng | to speak / to explain / to negotiate |
| 课 | kè | subject / course / class / lesson |
| 然而 | rán ér | however; but; yet |
| 听 | tīng | to listen to; to hear |
| 完 | wán | to finish / to be over |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 却 | què | but / yet / however / while / nevertheless / even though |
| 感到 | gǎn dào | to feel; to sense; to perceive |
| 失望 | shī wàng | disappointed |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 您 | nín | you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3]) |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 那些 | nà xiē | those |
| 内容 | nèi róng | content; substance; details |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 差不多 | chà bu duō | almost / nearly / more or less |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 可是 | kě shì | but; however |
| 为什么 | wèi shén me | why? / for what reason? |
| 之间 | zhī jiān | (after a noun) between; among; amid |
| 差距 | chā jù | disparity / gap |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 那么 | nà me | like that; in that way; to that extent |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |
| 回答 | huí dá | to reply; to answer / reply; answer |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 你们 | nǐ men | you (plural) |
| 只是 | zhǐ shì | merely; only; just; nothing but / simply |
| 而 | ér | but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates contrast) |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 做到 | zuò dào | to accomplish / to achieve |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 就是 | jiù shì | exactly; precisely / only; simply; just / even; even if |
| 差别 | chā bié | difference; distinction; disparity |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; to require |
| 付诸 | fù zhū | to apply to / to put into (practice etc) / to put to (a test, a vote etc) |
| 行动 | xíng dòng | operation / action |
| 克服 | kè fú | (try to) overcome (hardships etc) |
| 种种 | zhǒng zhǒng | all kinds of |
| 困难 | kùn nan | straitened circumstances / difficult situation |
| 尽管 | jǐn guǎn | despite / although / even though / in spite of |
| 无法 | wú fǎ | unable to; incapable of |
| 原因 | yuán yīn | cause / origin / root cause / reason |
| 大致 | dà zhì | more or less; roughly; approximately |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 缺乏 | quē fá | to lack; to be short of |
| 吃苦耐劳 | chī kǔ nài láo | hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom) |
| 精神 | jīng shén | spirit / mind / consciousness / thought / mental / psychological |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 坚持 | jiān chí | to persevere with / to persist in / to insist on |
| 最后 | zuì hòu | final; last; ultimate |
| 另 | lìng | other / another / separate |
| 停留 | tíng liú | to stay somewhere temporarily / to stop over |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 空谈 | kōng tán | prattle / idle chit-chat |
| 光 | guāng | only; merely |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 尝试 | cháng shì | to try; to attempt |
| 即使 | jí shǐ | even if; even though |
| 最终 | zuì zhōng | final; ultimate |
| 成功 | chéng gōng | success |
| 只能 | zhǐ néng | can only |
| 种 | zhǒng | classifier for types, kinds, sorts |