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.
我们呼吸的空气是如此的自由，以至于我们认为这是理所当然的。但没有它，我们活不过几分钟。大部分情况下，每个人都可以呼吸到同样的空气，每个人都需要。有些人坐着为自己感到难过时，用空气来支撑他们。其他人呼吸空气，利用空气所提供的能量为自己创造美好的生活。
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.
机会也是如此。它无处不在。机会是如此的无拘无束，以至于我们认为它是理所当然的。然而，光有机会是不足以创造成功的。为了有价值，必须抓住机会并采取行动。所以很多人都急于“进入”一楼“机会”，好像机会会做所有的工作。这是不可能的。
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.
就像你需要呼吸空气一样，你也需要成功的机会。然而，这需要的不仅仅是呼吸新鲜空气中的机会。你必须利用这个机会。那不是机会。那由你决定。机会在哪一层并不重要。重要的是你用它做什么