他是我的生命中很重要的人，不折不扣的一家之主。

He was a very important person in my life and certainly the patriarch of the family.

youdao

多花费一些时间和精力陪陪那些对你来说很重要的人。

Invest time and energy in to your key relationships.

youdao

我的感觉是，那些喜爱自己工作并觉得自己很重要的人比那些持相反态度的人较少得感冒。

It seems to me that people who like their jobs and feel indispensable succumb to fewer colds than those who don't.

youdao

For that reason, if you wanted to win a court case, it helped-- - or have somebody represent you in politics or all kinds of things-- it helped to have strong patrons.

所以如果你想赢诉讼-,最好找人在政治及其他事务上代表你-,有个强大的庇护人很重要。

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And, by the way, this business on working on every problem is important because I have seen some people who start working on number one, but that is not their strong suit.

另外，解决每个问题的事情,是很重要的,因为我看到一些人,从第一个开始工作，但这不是他们的强项。

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And I actually think it's probably important for anybody who wants to do a startup, anybody who wants to join a place like Microsoft and work on an established or a new product.

实际上我想这对任何想创业的人,来说应该都很重要，任何想加入微软这样的公司,为新老产品工作的人都是这样。

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