We tend to look at human behavior as a matter of providing rational incentives for human action while most people, in fact, are driven by a need for esteem and a desire to avoid humiliation.

通常，我们倾向于以理性地分析其动机为标准,来看待人的行为是否正确合理,而其他人则是以赢得自尊和避免羞辱为标准,来判断一个人的行为是否合理。

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So what I would take the most credit for as Chief of Staff is having helped bring in very good, energic, smart, talented people into the White House, into the boarder administration to assist the president on dealing with the biggest problems of the day.

所以我作为办公厅主任最自豪的,就是帮助白宫引进了,非常优秀，非常有活力,非常聪明能干的工作人员,让他们进入这个机构协助总统,处理现今社会的重大问题。

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