Know your paradigm and live it without excuses .

知道你自己心中的标尺，无理由的相信它。

He magnanimously excuses the economist 's poor record of predicting the price of oil : our suggestion in 1999 that oil would remain dirt cheap was conventional wisdom at the time , he says soothingly .

他很大度地原谅了《经济学家》在石油价格预测方面的失误，安慰说：我们在1999年认为世界石油价格将会一直非常便宜，但这是当时人们普遍的看法。

Often these excuses aren 't overt .

通常情况下这些理由都不太明显。

Nothing excuses the lack of savvy shown by the commercial banks .

商业银行所表现出的缺乏机智，是找不到任何理由的。

They said that excellent companies actively look for excuses to hand out rewards .

他们在书中说道卓越公司积极寻找理由去分发奖金。