“I realized I was more convincing to myself and to the people who were listening when I actually said what I thought, versus what I thought people wanted to hear me say.”
— Ursula Burns, Chairman and CEO of Xerox
「與其說別人想聽的話，我發現當我實際說出自己想法時，不論是對自己還是別人，我都比較有說服力。」– 厄蘇拉‧柏恩斯 (執行長)
- convincing (adj.) 有說服力的，使人信服的。例：convincing evidence that he is involved in the crime (他涉案的有力證據)。versus (prep.) …對… 例：the Philadelphia 76ers versus the Miami Heat (費城 76 人隊對邁阿密熱火隊)
- 厄蘇拉‧柏恩斯 (1958- ) 是全錄公司執行長，在全錄服務逾 30 年，從基層一路做到最高主管職位，她是首位「財富 500 大企業」(Fortune 500) 黑人女性執行長，在 2009 年被《富比士》雜誌評選為「世界百名權威女性」榜上第 14 名女性。