“Sustainability” has become a popular word these days, but to Ted Ning, the concept will always have personal meaning. Having endured a painful period of unsustainability in his own life made it clear to him that sustainability-oriented values must be expressed through everyday action and choice.
“承受力”这段时间成为了一个热词，然而对于Ted Ning来说，这个概念更是有着独特的意义。在经历了他人生中一段难以承受的痛苦时期之后，他清楚地认识到，以承受力为方向的价值观必须通过日常的行为和选择表达出来。
Ning recalls spending a confusing year in the late 1990s selling insurance. He'd been through the dot-com boom and burst and, desperate for a job, signed on with a Boulder agency.
Ning回忆起了20世纪90年代后期卖保险时困惑的一年。在经历了互联网的繁荣和破灭之后，他极其需要一份工作，于是他和波尔德公司签约了。
It didn't go well. "It was a really bad move because that's not my passion," says Ning, whose dilemma about the job translated, predictably, into a lack of sales. "I was miserable. I had so much anxiety that I would wake up in the middle of the night and stare at the ceiling. I had no money and needed the job. Everyone said, ' Just wait, you'll turn the corner, give it some time.' "
然而事情并不顺利，“这实在是一个糟糕的决定，因为这并不是我所喜欢的工作”，Ning说到。他工作上的两难处境显而易见地使得他的销售成绩不佳。“我很痛苦。我也特别焦虑，常常在半夜醒来，呆呆地盯着天花板。我没有钱，我需要这份工作。每个人都在说：‘耐心等着吧，给它点时间，你会迈过这道坎的。’ ”
