Susan三叶草 2021年9月8日上午6:27

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At the time, I assumed it was a blip; a kind of midlife crisis. But at our twenty-five- and thirty-year reunions, the problems were worse. One of our classmates--Jeffrey Skilling -- had landed in jail for his role in the Enron scandal
The Jeffrey Skilling I knew of from our years at HBS was a good man. He was smart, he worked hard, he loved his family. He had been one of the youngest partners in McKinsey &Co's history and later went on to earn more than $100 million in a single year as Enron's CEO But simultaneously, his private life was not as successful: his first marriage ended in divorce. I certainly didn't recognize the finance shark
depicted in the media as he became increasingly prominent And yet when his entire career unraveled with his conviction on multiple federal felony charges relating to Enron's financial collapse, it not only shocked me that he had gone wrong.but how spectacularly he had done so. Something had clearly sent him off in the wrong direction
Personal dissatisfaction, family failures, professional struggles, even criminal behavior-these problems weren't limited to my classmates at HBS. I saw the same thing happen to my classmates in the years after we completed our studies as Rhodes Scholars at Oxford University. To be given that opportunity, my classmates had to have demonstrated
extraordinary academic excellence: superior performance in
extracurricular activities such as sports, politics, or writing:and significant contributions to their communities. These were well-rounded, accomplished people who clearly had much to offer the world
当时，我认为这只是暂时的；一种中年危机。但是在我们二十五年和三十年的团聚中，问题变得更糟了。我们的一个同学杰弗里·斯基林因在安然丑闻中的角色而入狱。
印象中在哈佛商学院一起学习的杰弗里·斯基林是个好人。他很聪明，他努力学习，他爱他的家人。他曾是麦肯锡公司历史上最年轻的合伙人之一，后来成为安然公司的首席执行官，他在一年内赚了1亿多美元。但与此同时，他的生活并不那么成功:他的第一段婚姻以离婚告终。随着他变得越来越突出，他被媒体描绘成金融鲨鱼，我当然不太了解。然而，当他的整个职业生涯随着他被判与安然财务崩溃有关的多项联邦重罪而瓦解时，他的错误不仅让我震惊，而且他的所作所为是多么惊人。显然有什么东西使他走错了方向。
个人不满、家庭失败、职业斗争，甚至犯罪行为——这些问题不仅限于我在哈佛商学院的同学。在牛津大学完成罗兹奖学金的学习后的几年里，我看到同样的事情发生在我的牛津大学同学身上。为了得到这个机会，我的同学必须展示非凡的学术成就:在课外活动方面有卓越的表现，比如体育、政治或写作:以及对社区的重大贡献。这些同学都是全优的而且有成就的人，他们显然为这个世界做出了很多贡献。

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