????4. 你獲得過(guò)的最好建議是什么,？

????這條建議來(lái)自我的父親。他對(duì)我說(shuō)：“彼得,，你應(yīng)該像大象推倒大樹(shù)一樣去解決問(wèn)題,。”大象非常強(qiáng)壯,。在印度和東南亞,，人們用大象來(lái)推倒大樹(shù)。大象會(huì)緩慢走到大樹(shù)前面,，用頭去頂樹(shù)干,，直到樹(shù)干斷裂倒下。大象不會(huì)猛地撞向大樹(shù),，因?yàn)檫@樣它們自己會(huì)受到嚴(yán)重傷害,。所以，它們會(huì)慢慢走到樹(shù)前,，努力地推,，直到大樹(shù)倒下。這才應(yīng)該是你應(yīng)對(duì)問(wèn)題的方式,。如果你直直地撞上去,，只會(huì)讓自己受傷，而且不見(jiàn)得能夠解決問(wèn)題,。解決問(wèn)題的成功方式,，應(yīng)該是慢慢接近它,，仔細(xì)的分析，然后不斷努力,。這種比喻有些奇怪,，但卻非常有用。

????5. 你最大的成就是什么,？

????我的回答可能會(huì)顯得自大,，但我確實(shí)為Shapeways公司的成就感到驕傲。我們?yōu)檫@么多顧客提供了滿意的服務(wù),，而且,，眼前還有這么多機(jī)會(huì)，我們將繼續(xù)為很多新顧客提供滿意的服務(wù)——我覺(jué)得這是我做過(guò)的最了不起的事情,。

????6.你在學(xué)校學(xué)到的最重要的東西是什么,？

????我學(xué)的是應(yīng)用物理，這個(gè)專業(yè)有很多具體知識(shí),，但這些都不是我學(xué)到的最重要的東西,。我所學(xué)到的最重要的東西是模型制作。它是一種科學(xué)的解決問(wèn)題的方法,，只要你有相關(guān)數(shù)據(jù),，就可以制作模型。模型可以算是描述問(wèn)題的一種假設(shè),。做好模型之后,，觀察它與現(xiàn)有數(shù)據(jù)是否匹配。如果匹配,，就完成了模型驗(yàn)證的第一步,。第二步則是驗(yàn)證模型是否具有預(yù)測(cè)性?？梢栽O(shè)計(jì)一些前所未有的實(shí)驗(yàn),，觀察實(shí)驗(yàn)結(jié)果是否仍然與模型匹配。如果這兩項(xiàng)都匹配,，模型就是有效的,。這種方法不僅適用于物理，也適用于一般科學(xué)和其它事項(xiàng),。它在解決問(wèn)題方面是一個(gè)強(qiáng)大的方法,。發(fā)現(xiàn)問(wèn)題、提出假設(shè)——描述問(wèn)題的模型,，然后對(duì)比模型與數(shù)據(jù)是否匹配,。如果模型有效，問(wèn)題就得以解決,。這樣一來(lái),，你不僅有了消除“癥狀”的“解藥”,，還對(duì)問(wèn)題及解決問(wèn)題的方法有了深刻的了解。模型制作是我在大學(xué)學(xué)到的一項(xiàng)無(wú)價(jià)的技能,。

????7. 你終生追求的目標(biāo)是什么,？

????我喜歡賽車。過(guò)去在歐洲,，我經(jīng)常參加業(yè)余水平的比賽,。如果有機(jī)會(huì)參加勒芒24小時(shí)耐力賽，我肯定會(huì)毫不猶豫地參加,。

????8. 你的第一份工作是什么？

????我一直在尋找機(jī)會(huì),，通過(guò)開(kāi)小公司賺錢,。其中最有趣的一次經(jīng)歷是草坪養(yǎng)護(hù)。我從一個(gè)朋友的爸爸那里學(xué)會(huì)了這項(xiàng)技能,。當(dāng)時(shí)我看他家的草坪非常漂亮,，就問(wèn)他是怎么養(yǎng)護(hù)的。他告訴我主要靠施肥和除草,。我性格的一部分就是喜歡學(xué)習(xí)新知識(shí),、應(yīng)用新知識(shí)。學(xué)會(huì)養(yǎng)護(hù)草坪之后,，我跟爸爸說(shuō)：“我能讓我家草坪變得和高爾夫球場(chǎng)一樣漂亮,。”爸爸說(shuō)：“行,，那你就去做吧,。”借助一些肥料和園藝器具,，我充滿激情地干了起來(lái),。很快，我家草坪就成了整條街上最漂亮的,。鄰居們認(rèn)識(shí)我爸,，就問(wèn)他怎么養(yǎng)護(hù)。我爸爸說(shuō)：“其實(shí)這都是我兒子的功勞,?！庇谑青従觽儐?wèn)我：“你能幫我家草坪也養(yǎng)護(hù)一下嗎？”我跟爸爸借了園藝器具,，跟鄰居們談好價(jià)格,，就開(kāi)工了。很快,，我就接到了很多活,，最后甚至都忙不過(guò)來(lái)了,。

????9. 你平時(shí)都有哪些消遣？

????我會(huì)自己釀啤酒,，這事非常有意思,。我會(huì)釀各種各樣的啤酒，我喜歡的種類有印度麥啤,、淡味啤酒和比利時(shí)修道院啤酒,。釀酒的樂(lè)趣在于，如果釀得好,，能喝到非常美味的高質(zhì)量啤酒,。我之所以釀酒，是因?yàn)榘岬矫绹?guó)后,，我很難買到比利時(shí)修道院啤酒,，即使找到有賣的，價(jià)格也很貴,。我就想：“干嘛不自己釀呢,，能有多難？”

????我享受過(guò)程,，所以我也喜歡烹飪,。釀酒比烹飪要復(fù)雜一點(diǎn)，也更有意思,。上面提到我喜歡賽車,，我還喜歡看電影，喜歡帆船運(yùn)動(dòng)和潛水,。所以?shī)蕵?lè)活動(dòng)還是挺多的,。

????10. 如果可以擁有一項(xiàng)超能力，你會(huì)想要哪一種,？

????我想要超人的飛行能力和快速在兩個(gè)地點(diǎn)間轉(zhuǎn)換的能力,。身為企業(yè)家，我得去很多地方辦事,，但總是從這到那的很費(fèi)時(shí)間,。如果可以飛或者瞬間移動(dòng)的話，那就太方便了,。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：劉進(jìn)龍/朱毓芬/汪皓

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

????It's actually from my father. He said to me, "Pete, you should approach problems the way elephants can push over trees." Elephants are amazingly strong creatures. In India and Southeast Asia, they use elephants to push over trees. The elephant slowly walks toward the tree, and pushes his head against the tree until the tree cracks and it falls over. The elephant doesn't run into the tree, or they would have severe trauma problems. And so he walks and pushes and pushes and pushes until the tree cracks. That's the way you should approach problems. If you run into them, you will hurt yourself and it won't be solved. But if you slowly approach and then you analyze and push and push and push until the problem is solved, that's the successful way of doing it. It's a weird metaphor, but it actually works.

????5. What is your greatest achievement?

????It's a bit of a presumptuous question, but I'm proud of what we have achieved at Shapeways. We are already making so many of our customers happy, and we still have so much opportunity that we can go for, and so many new customers that we can make happy. I think it's the greatest thing that I've ever been a part of.

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

????I studied applied physics, and there's a lot of concrete things that you learn, but that's not the most important thing that I learned. The most important thing that I learned in my university years is model making. That means in a scientific approach to problems, if you hopefully have data, you make a model. The model is basically your hypothesis that describes your problem. And then you see whether your model fits the data you have, and if that's true, that's the first step of validating your model. The second step is whether the model can predict the future. You can come up with some experiments that nobody has ever done, you can do them, and they still fit the model. If you have those two proof points, then you know that the model is valid. That not only works for physics, but it works for science in general and beyond that. It's a really strong way to solve problems. You see a problem, you come up with a hypothesis, a model that describes how the problem is solved, and you look at the data to see whether it fits. And if it works, then you've solved it. Because now, you not only have an antidote or something that gets rid of the symptoms, but you deeply understand what it was, and how to get around it. Model building is something I learned from university that has been priceless.

????7. What is one goal that you would like to accomplish during your lifetime?

????I love fast cars. In Europe I used to race cars on an amateur level. If I ever had the opportunity to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, I would jump at it.

????8. What was your first job?

????I've always looked for opportunities to make money by starting small businesses. The most fun one was gardening. I learned it from a father of a friend of mine. I noticed that he had a beautiful lawn, and I asked him what he did. He said it's all about fertilizer and taking care of the weeds. That's something that is a part of me; I like to learn and apply. I said to my dad, "I can make your lawn look like a golf course." He said, "Okay, do it." So I used fertilizer and all the gardening stuff and worked on it with a passion. Pretty soon his lawn was the best on the street. My neighbors knew my dad, and they asked him what he did to make it look like that. He said, "Well, that's actually my son." So they said to me, "Can you do that for me too?" So I borrowed my dad's equipment, and I haggled with my neighbors. Pretty soon I was doing more gardening than I really cared for.

????9. What do you do for fun?

????I brew my own beer, which I think is a lot of fun to do. I brew all kinds. I like IPAs, lagers, and Belgian Trappist beers. It's about doing it well and having a nice, tasty, quality beer. I got into brewing beer because I found after I moved to the U.S., it was hard to find Belgian Trappists, and they were expensive if you did find them. So I wondered, "How hard could it be to brew my own?"

????Because of the process, I love cooking too. Beer is a little more complicated than cooking, so that's fun. I race cars, like I mentioned. I love to watch movies. I love to sail, I love to dive. So, quite a few things.

????10. If you could have one superpower, what would it be?

????I would fly, like Superman. The ability to quickly go from one place on this planet to another. As an entrepreneur, you have to be in so many different places at the same time, and going from A to B takes way too long. If you could fly quickly or teleport, of course that would be immensely handy.