以下内容根据美国西北大学凯洛格商学院常务副院长Betsy Ziegler教授于7月1日在成人直播 EMBA2017年度毕业典礼上的致辞整理：

大家早上好。感谢刘院长、感谢冒书记、感谢李副院长、感谢翟教授，感谢整个EMBA团队。各位尊敬的教职员工、各位嘉宾、各位领导、全体毕业生同学、亲爱的家人朋友们，我非常容幸今天能和大家汇聚一堂，共享盛会。

Good morning everyone. Thank you Dean Liu. And thank you Associate Dean Li, Professor Mao, Prof Zhai and the entire Executive MBA team. Faculty members, distinguished guests, administrators, graduates, family members and friends, I am honored to be here with you for this special occasion.

在我的职业生涯中，我曾多次踏上中国的土地，今天能够重新回到这片热土，我心中满怀兴奋之情。对我而言，这里曾经是我学习与生活过的地方，这里也是一个充满勃勃生机的地方，一个充满着天马行空的创新思想的地方，更是一个拥有着无限的可能性的地方。

In the course of my career, I traveled to China many times and I am delighted to be back. It is clear to me that this is a wonderful place to come together as a community and to learn, a place of great energy, innovation and full of possibility.

今天能够站在这里，能够同时与成人直播EMBA项目和成人直播 -凯洛格国际EMBA项目的所有毕业生们分享这一伟大的时刻，我深感荣幸。

It is a special privilege for me to be here today with graduates from both programs–the Guanghua EMBA program and the Kellogg- Guanghua Executive MBA program.

今天，对于全体2017年度毕业生而言，是人生重要的里程碑，你们两年来的努力学习和真诚投入在今天奏出高潮的篇章。

Today marks a wonderful milestone for all the 2017 graduates—the culmination of two years of hard work and great commitment.

今天，对你们的家人、伙伴、朋友、还有那些此刻正与你们共享喜悦的导师们来说，同样意义非凡。在他们的大力支持与耐心教导下，你们大家都已经完成了EMBA之旅，并为人生下一征程整装待发。

This is also a milestone for your families, partners, friends and mentors who are celebrating with you today. With their support and patience, you’ve reached the end of your EMBA journey and are primed for the next stage of your trajectory.

在这里，我谨代表布朗特院长、代表凯洛格商学院所有教职员工，对所有毕业生取得的傲人成绩表示衷心的祝贺。

On behalf of Dean Blount, the entire Kellogg faculty and community, I congratulate to all the graduates on your exceptional achievement.

你们要肩负起搭建交流桥梁和网络的重任

Counting on you to build bridges and networks

虽然大家只是成人直播 -凯洛格国际EMBA项目的第二个毕业班，但是两个杰出学院之间却有着20年之久的渊源。多年以来，双方的教学人员和学校领导们通力合作，与所有同学共同分享知识学识、共同构建思维领导能力、共同开拓国际视野。他们的一言一行，恰好体现了合作的力量，体现了交流网络的价值。

Though this is only the second graduating class of the Guanghua–Kellogg joint program, the relationship and cooperation between the two schools is 20 years old. Over the years, the faculties and leaders of these great institutions worked together to share knowledge, thought leadership and international experience with our students. They modeled the power of collaboration and the value of networks.

在商业环境和市场背景日趋复杂的今天，无数企业都急需合适的领导者——他们能够搭建起各种结构和规模的网络，无论是在多功能网络还是跨边界网络、抑或是跨文化网络领域，他们都能表现得得心应手。你们的使命便是成为这样的领导者。你们将要肩负起人们的重托，运用商业的力量，为人们带来更多的交流联系，为更多人带来更为良好的生活条件，让人们团结一心、共同发展。

As businesses and markets become increasingly complex, organizations need leaders who can build and succeed in networks of all shape and size - across functions, borders and cultures. The world will look to you to be those leaders. We will be counting on you to use the power of business to create more connections, improve more lives and bring us together.

四则“人生格言”

Four“life mottos”

你们大家都已经准备好了面对21世纪带来的种种挑战，但还请大家能够允许我多说几句，在这里，我有几则“人生格言”，与大家共勉，希望大家能够在你们接下来的人生旅程中，每次作出抉择时，都可以细细品味一番。

I know you are well prepared to meet the challenges of the 21st century, but if you will indulge me, I’d like to offer a few“life mottos”to consider as you take the next step in your life journey.

首先，要努力做到未雨绸缪，以争取辉煌成就：不管是对何人而言，不管其处于什么样的专业境遇中，大家都要先在脑海中清晰勾勒出自己想要达成的目标，仔细思考过程中可能出现的挑战，预先分析好所处的情境，提前准备好意外情况的应对方法以备不时之需。尽管大家可能不愿按我说的方法去做，可要做到这样的充分准备，需要大家拿出时间静静思考，需要大家有过硬的组织能力，也需要大家能够清晰地认识到究竟什么才对自己至关重要。

One, Aspire to achieve no unmanaged outcomes: For any personal or professional situation, envision the outcome you desire, think through potential challenges, get out ahead of the situation and pre-solve for any issues. This requires moments of deep thinking, great organization and the courage to articulate what is important to you–despite potential resistance.

其次，要重视导师与学员之间的关系发展：导师对大家的进步成长至关重要，因为我们大家都会需要帮助，也都有灵光一闪的智慧思维需要与别人分享。我差不多每五年就更换一次私人导师。随着时光匆匆流逝，我会遇到各种各样的问题、需要各种各样的帮助指导，而众多的导师完美地满足了我的要求。在我的一生中，师生关系成为了上天给予我的最为宝贵的恩赐。

Two, Cultivate mentor and mentee relationships: Mentors matter–we all need support and we all have wisdom to offer. My personal mentors have changed every five years or so. I’ve needed different guidance over time and different mentors to meet those needs. My mentor-mentee relationships have been some of the most rewarding in my life

第三：一个人在犯错误之后的反应，要比错误本身更值得重视。大家都会犯错误，有些错误可能会非常严重，而也有些错误可能微不足道。在职业生涯中，我也犯过不少错误。你们的导师、前辈们可能不愿提及自己曾经所犯的错误，可这些错误一定真实地发生过。就我的个人经验来看，人们不会去记住这些错误，也不会记住这些错误的负面影响，人们会记住的是你们在面对这些情况时的态度。你们的诚恳态度、你们的坚持不懈、还有你们由此给人留下的高大正直的形象，将会冲淡错误造成的其他所有负面影响。

Three: Focus on your response to the“bounce or mistake”vs. the“bounce”itself: You will make mistakes. Some will be big, and some will be small. I’ve made many over my career. Your mentors and those more senior than you have also made them, even though they may not talk abut them. In my experience, people won’t remember the mistakes themselves (or the negative bounce), they will remember how you respond to thosesituations. Attitude, perseverance, standing tall supersedes all else.

最后，要有一个清晰的规划，让自己的人生充实、愉快：我入职时的第一份工作在麦肯锡公司，在那里，我每隔半年就会扪心自问：我有没有学到知识？我有没有让自己变得有价值？我有没有保持身心愉悦？

Four, plan to live a full and happy life: Every 6 months that I was at McKinsey–where I started my career - , I asked myself–Am I still learning? Am I still making an impact? Am I still having fun?

11年来，我每次这样质问自己，都能得到肯定的回答。可到了第11年，我再次这样质问自己的时候，却觉得心里不是那么有底气了。所以，我列出了一份“40×40”的清单，即40岁前要完成的40件事情，那年我37岁。写完之后，我便开始按照清单一项一项执行。我的整个世界也随之豁然开朗。我去欣赏了好莱坞颁奖典礼，参观了圣丹斯电影节，游历了世界各地，参加了阿斯彭思想节，等等。随后，我又做出了决定，加入了凯洛格商学院的大家庭。

For 11 years, the answers to these questions were yes. At year 11, I started to feel differently, so wrote out a 40x40 list (things I wanted to do by the time I was 40, I was 37 at the time) and started executing. My world totally opened up. I went to a Hollywood award show, Sundance film festival, travelled around the globe, attended the Aspen Ideas Festival…and I made choices that got me to Kellogg.

我深深地坚信，要想获得完满和幸福的人生必须有所规划。但我们很容易陷入日常的繁琐常规，陷入埋头苦干，用职业上的成就来定义人生价值。但我们需要判断从长期来看对我们真正重要的东西，而未必是在他人眼中重要的东西。这样我们才能够进行有益的选择，给我们带来最大的人生幸福。也许你所想选择的道路，在旁人看来是疯狂和冒险的。但是如果你坚信，这条道路就是通向幸福快乐的彼岸，那么请你勇敢地迈开步伐，努力向着远方前进。

I firmly believe that you have to plan to live a full and happy life. It is so easy to get caught up in the routine, put your head down and work, and define yourself by your professional accomplishments. Figure out what is important to you over time (not necessarily what others think is important), and make intentional choices that bring you the greatest personal happiness. You may want to walk down a path that everyone around you thinks is crazy or risky. If you have conviction that this path will make you happy, make the brave choice and take it.

手握EMBA学位，在你面前会打开无数扇新的大门和新的机遇。鼓起勇气，把对自己最重要的事物清晰地印在心里，把这些都当作前进道路上的指路明灯，指引着自己做出关键抉择，实现无悔人生。

With an EMBA in hand, many new doors and opportunities will be open to you. Be courageous, articulate what is most important to you and use that as your guidepost for navigating life’s big decisions.

欢迎大家加入我们的大家庭

Welcome to thecommunity

虽然大家在这里的学习生活即将结束，可大家彼此之间的联系注定天长地久。要继续培养强化在共享经验的过程中形成的个人和专业交流网络。

While your days in these two outstanding programs have come to an end, your connection to each other lasts for a lifetime.

Continue to nurture and strengthen your personal and professional networks that were forged in your shared experiences.

对于成人直播 -凯洛格国际EMBA项目的各位毕业生同学，我深感骄傲，能够成为第一个邀请你们加入凯洛格全球校友大家庭的人——这是一个拥有6万名校友的强大网络。希望你们能从这个大家庭中汲取到灵感、收获到帮助，并为之做出贡献，这是为了彼此，为了你们的前辈，也是为了那些跟随你们脚步即将加入的人。

For the graduates of the Guanghua–Kellogg program, let me be the first to welcome you to the Kellogg global alumni network–some 70,000 people strong. I encourage you to draw inspiration and support from this wonderful community. Contribute to it and to make it stronger for each other, your predecessors and those who follow.

我们对大家已经取得的傲人成绩深感自豪，也期待着大家能继续为企业、为社会、为市场、为世界做出更多更长久的贡献。

We are so proud of what you have accomplished and look forward to how you will continue to create lasting value for your organizations, communities, markets and the world.

祝贺2017年度全体毕业生，献上我最美好的祝福。

Congratulations, Class of 2017.Best wishes to you all.