????4. 你收到過的最好的建議是什么？

????最艱難的工作就是最令人滿意的工作。這是我父親給我的建議。我父母一生都在努力工作。

????5. 你希望參與的下一個大項目是什么？

????我喜歡看到創(chuàng)意變成現(xiàn)實。我很喜歡在Artis Ventures公司的顧問工作，也期待它最終能變成一次參與創(chuàng)造的機會。有能力參與新的事情才是真正讓我滿意的地方。這也是我整個職業(yè)生涯的中心——從事新的事業(yè)，推動未來發(fā)展。

????6. 如果你過去職業(yè)生涯中的有些事情可以重來，那會是什么？

????首先也是最重要的，我希望我在大學的時候能對創(chuàng)業(yè)和創(chuàng)新有更深入的理解。我屬于嬰兒潮一代，大多數(shù)嬰兒潮一代的主要想法是，你要在一家組織嚴格的公司工作。人們不會討論創(chuàng)新和創(chuàng)業(yè)。我希望當初能對這方面有更好的理解，因為目前，這正是最令我興奮的領(lǐng)域。

????7. 你在學校學到的最重要的東西是什么？

????思考，分析，解決問題。這是我在范德堡大學學到最寶貴的東西。如今，標準化考試注重死記硬背的知識，而不考察在實際生活中解決問題的能力，這讓我覺得很可怕。從大一到研究生畢業(yè)，我的大多數(shù)功課都是開卷考試和周末項目的形式。這些功課難度很高，從書中根本找不到現(xiàn)成的答案。必須坐下來，利用自己學到的知識逐個解決問題。

????8. 你休閑時玩什么？

????我喜歡滑雪，尤其是在塔霍湖。我還喜歡騎自行車。我經(jīng)常讀書，也愛好攝影和全景拍攝。我很喜歡旅行。我喜歡去新的地方，做新的事情。當然，旅行離不開美酒和美食。打網(wǎng)球也是我經(jīng)常參加的一種體育運動。

????9. 你最近讀過的一本書是什么？你從中學到了什么？為什么會選這本書？

????喬治?吉爾德的《知識與權(quán)力：資本主義的信息理論》（Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism ）。這本書很棒，但我得承認，我并沒有完全讀透。我喜歡他關(guān)于創(chuàng)新的見解，以及為什么供應端是關(guān)鍵，在當代經(jīng)濟學理論中為什么沒有考慮創(chuàng)新等。創(chuàng)新是推動經(jīng)濟增長的主要因素。這是一本非常有趣的專著。

????10. 你有什么個人癖好？

????我的怪癖就是并行閱讀，我會同時開始閱讀許多本書。這種習慣一度讓我妻子難以忍受，因為我家里到處都堆滿了書。不過，有了Kindle，這種情況已經(jīng)有所好轉(zhuǎn)。但這種習慣并沒有改變，只是我會把閱讀的對象集中在更少的領(lǐng)域。(財富中文網(wǎng))

????譯者：劉進龍/汪皓

????4. What is the best advice you ever received?

????The hardest jobs are the most satisfying jobs. I got that from my dad. Both my parents have been hard workers their whole lives.

????5. What's the next big project you want to tackle?

????I like bringing ideas to fruition. I'm enjoying the role of consulting for Artis Ventures, and looking forward to it eventually evolving into an opportunity to help create something. That's where the real satisfaction is, the ability to do something new. It's been the focus of my whole career, to do something new and drive to the future.

????6. If you could have done anything differently in your career, what would it have been?

????First and foremost, I wish I had a better understanding of entrepreneurship and innovation back in university. I grew up as a [Baby] Boomer, and the principal assumption of most Boomers was that you go to work in a corporate hierarchy. There wasn't this talk about innovation and entrepreneurship. I wish I had understood that better because now it's the single most exciting space that's out there.

????7. What was the most important thing you learned in school?

????Thinking, analyzing, and adapting to solve problems. It was the best thing that I got out of my education at Vanderbilt across the board. Today, it scares me that standardized testing focuses on rote knowledge without testing for problem solving abilities in the real world. Starting about my junior year and all through grad school, most of my course work came in the form of take-home exams and weekend projects that were extraordinarily difficult and the answer couldn't be looked up in a book. You actually had to sit down and work through a problem and apply what you learned.

????8. What do you do for fun?

????I like to go skiing, particularly in Tahoe, and I like to bike. I read a lot. I do photography and panoramic work. I like to travel a lot. I love going to new places, doing new things, and of course wine and food goes with the travel. I also play tennis for exercise.

????9. What was the last book you read? What did you learn from it? Why did you choose it?

????Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism by George Gilder. It's a terrific read, and I will admit to not quite being through the whole book. I really love his thought on innovation and why supply side is the one that matters and how innovation is not currently captured in economic theories. It's been the major factor in driving economic growth across the board. It's a really interesting treatise.

????10. What is one unique or quirky habit that you have?

????The quirky habit that I'll confess to is parallel reading, I start many books simultaneously. It's a habit that used to drive my poor wife nuts because I would have stacks of books everywhere all through the house. With the Kindle, I don't have quite as many stacks around the house. I still have them, but I can concentrate them to fewer areas.