心靈雞湯:名人們10年成功的傳奇故事(1)

Childhood: Shirley Temple

懵懂童年：秀蘭•鄧波兒

Before the age of 10, Shirley Temple enjoyed four years as the top box-office draw in America, earning an unprecedented $50, 000 per film from 20th Century Fox in the late 1930s. She gave definition to the term child star, which was the title of her autobiography.

不到10歲的秀蘭•鄧波兒在長達四年的時間裏一直是最有票房號召力的明星。20世紀30年代晚期，她在20世紀福克斯公司（20th Century Fox）每部電影中的片酬達到史無前例的5萬美元。她定義了“童星”一詞，而這也是她自傳的書名。

But early success often comes with the cost of devoting your childhood to hard work rather than play. Temple acted in four films a year at an age when ordinary children swing in the playground and master cursive writing.

但過早的成功往往伴隨着把童年奉獻給辛苦工作、而不是玩耍的代價。在普通孩子四處遊玩和塗鴉的年紀，鄧波兒每年就要參演4部電影。

"The early young chargers are willing to sacrifice freedom and choice at a young age, " says Bruce Tulgan, New Haven-based consultant and author of It's Okay to Be the Boss. "They put in a huge amount of time and energy in a focused pursuit at a very young age."

“年少的衝鋒者們願意在年紀輕輕時就犧牲了自由和選擇，”位於紐黑文市的諮詢顧問、《像個老闆樣》（It's Okay to Be the Boss）的作者布魯斯•塔爾幹說。“他們在年幼時就把大把的時間和精力投入到專心致志的追求中。”

Although Temple retired from movie-making at age 22, that early sacrifice gave her the platform and name recognition to become active in politics, serve on corporate boards, and fill the role of U.S. ambassador to Czechoslovakia during the administration of President George H.W. Bush.

雖然鄧波兒在22歲時息影，但早年的那種犧牲爲她提供了平臺和知名度，使她得以活躍於政壇，擔任公司董事，成爲老布什執政時期美國駐捷克斯洛伐克的大使。