志賀の発言、 There is no future in believing something cannot be done. The future is in making it happen. は難しいです。要はinの使い方ですね。believeingやmakingする 場所のなかにある、という感じでしょうか。
また、その下のタイソンの発言、 In competitive markets creativity is the greatest asset there is to keeping your head above water. の、there isの意味がわかりませんでしたが、強調のための 挿入のようです。
■意味を考えてみよう。今日取り上げる単語が含まれています。
But many of them are self-motivated, take risks, thrive on ambiguity and love their work.
It's a knack like learing how to play tennis or mastering a pinball machine.
That's a real downer.
Unfortunately, destructive criticism comes all too easy.
[ODE] motivated to do or achieve something because of one's own enthusiasm or interest, without needing pressure from others
ex) she's a very independent self-motivated indivisual.
────────────────────────────── thrive on, …を糧(かて)にする、…で成長する ────────────────────────────── これは過去にも取り上げたことがある表現だと思います。
If you say that someone thrives on a particular situation, you mean that they enjoy it or that they can deal with it very well, especially when other people find it unpleasant or difficult.
If you describe a situation as a downer, you think that it is very depressing. [INFORMAL]
ex) For divorced people, Christmas can be a downer.
────────────────────────────── all too easy, 至極簡単で ────────────────────────────── all-too-easy way = 安易な方法 (英辞朗より)
If you say that something is easy or too easy, you are criticizing someone because they have done the most obvious or least difficult thing, and have not considered the situation carefully enough.
"NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 Fostering Creativity (3) 6/6 2008"
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