The private pain I could have endured. But the deliberate public humiliation was too much for me. I was full of anger, and I had a simple choice： I could turn that anger against myself, with disastrous results. Or I could take some of that energy and try to do something productive.

“Don't get mad，” Mary reminded me. "Get even." In times of great stress and adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

As it turned out, I went from the frying pan into the fire. A year after I signed up, Chrysler came within a whisker of bankruptcy. There were many days at Chrysler when I wondered how I had got myself into this mess, ⑨ Being fired at Ford was bad enough. But going down with the ship at Chrysler was more than I deserved. ⑩

Fortunately, Chrysler recovered from its brush with death. Today I'm a hero. But strangely enough, it's all because of that moment of truth at the warehouse. With determination, with luck, and with help from lots of good people，I was able to rise up from the ashes.

Now let me tell you my story.

參考译文

                                有话直说

你就要读到的是ー个人的生平，这个人获得了非同一般的成功;但是，在他成功的道路上，也有过艰难坎坷。其实，回顾三十八年的汽车制造生涯,我记得最淸楚的那一天却与新型汽车、促销活动及利润毫无关系。