Beyond Success and Failure

A philosopher once said:

“Only when people are not doing what they truly love

do they measure life through success or failure.”

Looking back on my own career, I can say this feels profoundly true.

The moments that brought me the deepest sense of meaning were not simply the moments of achievement, recognition, or external success.

They were the moments when I felt completely aligned with what I was doing — when creating, teaching, researching, and building became meaningful in themselves.

When you truly love the path you walk,

the result still matters — but it is no longer the thing that defines you.

超越成功與失敗

有一位哲人曾說：

「只有當人們從事的不是自己真心熱愛的事物時，

才會用成功或失敗來衡量結果。」

回顧我自己的整個職業生涯，我可以說，這句話極其真實。

那些真正讓我感到有意義的時刻，並不只是來自成就、名聲，或外界的認可。

而是那些我真正與自己所做的事情完全對齊的時刻——當創造、教學、研究與建構本身，就已經具有意義。

當你真正熱愛自己所走的道路時，

結果依然重要，但它不再成為定義你的唯一標準。