..續本文上一頁 with adverse circumstance was, “Face the failure; learn from the mistakes.”
英國首相丘吉爾，在第二次世界大戰中，應付逆境的方法是「面對失敗，從錯誤中學習」。
“Face the failure” means we should be faithful to the truth, and absolutely obey the data numbers, not look for excuses, but put into practice the best and only standards to examine Truth.
「面對失誤」，宜實事求是，絕對應該服從數字，而不應找尋借口，因爲「實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標准」。
In some cases, specialists think, “True, if you are a powerful man with a leader”s charisma, you should spend some time to think that, a leader”s charisma is an asset, but is also a debt. Your merits of character could also bear the seeds of problems. Your followers will automatically filter information, preventing you from seeing the cruel truth. You have to be very aware of this, and spend a lot of time to focus on this problem, and always watch out for the side effects.”
在專家研究的個案中認爲：「的確，如果你是很有領袖魅力的強人，應該花時間好好想一想，領袖魅力是資産，也是負債，你性格上的優點也可能埋下了問題的種子，員工會自動過濾資訊，不讓你接觸到殘酷的真相，你必須有充分的自覺，長期投注心力，注意這個『副作用』。」
Churchill was very aware of a powerful man”s weakness. During the darkest days of World War II, almost all European countries and North African tribes had fallen into the Nazi”s hand. The United States putting its own safety as its first priority, therefore allowed Adolf Hitler the chance to attack Britain with all of Germany”s force (at the time, they hadn”t invaded the Soviet Union yet). Churchill said, “We will never give up, never! We will never parley; we will never negotiate with Hitler or any of his gang. We shall fight him by land; we shall fight him by sea; we shall fight him in the air, until, with God”s help, we have rid the earth of his shadow and liberated its people from his yoke.”
英國的丘吉爾首相深知強人的缺點，在第二次世界大戰，最黑暗的日子裏，幾乎整個歐洲和北非都落入納粹黨的魔掌，美國當時希望明哲保身，因此希特勒可以專心對付英國(當時還沒有發動對蘇聯的攻擊)。丘吉爾說：「我們絕不放棄，絕不！我們永遠不會求和，我們永遠不會和希特勒或納粹黨徒談判。我們將在陸上迎戰他們，在海上迎戰他們，在空中迎戰他們，直到在老天爺幫助下，我們完全擺脫納粹的陰影」。
Although Churchill held a bold vision, he was willing to face the cruel reality. He was afraid that he couldn”t hear the truly bad news because of his powerful character, so beyond the normal command system, he established a completely independent department: the Statistic department, during the early stage of the war. This department”s main function was to provide him with the most updated and unfiltered cruel facts (for example, this unit would check and confirm how many fighter planes had been damaged or lost, and the current level of supplies). During World War II, he valued this special unit greatly. He constantly requested them to provide him with the facts, and as long as the data was true to the facts, everything was considered okay. When the Nazi”s armored troops swept the entirety of Europe, Churchill still slept soundly every night. He said, “I had no need for cheering dreams. Facts are better than dreams.”
盡管胸懷大膽的願景，丘吉爾卻正視殘酷的現實，他唯恐自己會因爲強人的性格，而聽不到真正的壞消息。因此，他從開戰初期就在正常指揮系統外，設立了完全獨立的部門－統計局，主要的功能，就是持續提供他最新而且完全未經過濾的，最殘酷的事實(例如：隨時查證戰鬥機數量和折損狀況，軍需品供應數量等等)，整個二次世界大戰期間，他都十分倚重這個特殊單位，不斷要求他們提供事實，只要是事實資料都好。當納粹黨裝甲部隊橫掃全歐時，丘吉爾每晚仍照樣呼呼大睡，他說：「我不需要鼓舞人心的美夢，事實勝于美夢」。
“In difficult times, which kind of person cannot persist until the end
” Case studies from research reports tell us, “The blindly optimistic person, who hasn”t found the way out.” This kind of optimist would say in a difficult time, “We will solve the problem before Christmas.” As a result, Christmas comes, and Christmas goes, yet the problem is still there. And then they say, “We will definitely solve the problem before Easter.” As a result, Easter also passes. Next is thanksgiving, and then, Christmas comes again. At the end, they fail because they are heartbroken.
「在困難時期，哪一種人通常無法堅持到最後？」研究個案告訴我們，「盲目樂天派，但又沒找到出路的人」，樂天派的人在困難時期會說：「聖誕節以前，我們會解決問題」，結果，聖誕節來臨了，聖誕節過去了，問題依然存在。然後，他們又說：「複活節以前，我們一定會解決問題」，結果，複活節也過去了，接下來，是感恩節，然後聖誕節又來臨了。最後，他們因爲心碎而失敗。
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