他們是一群最有權勢、財富和影響力的人，人們很容易認為他們生活在我們不能企及的世界。但這些響當當的大人物中也并非每個人都是含著金湯匙出生的王子公主，有人的第一份工作比我們能夠想象的還要古怪離譜。

It can be easy to see the world's most powerful and influential people as occupying a sphere far removed from the rest of us.
人們很容易認為世界上最有權勢和影響力的人生活在我們不能企及的世界。

But even some of the most successful people started off working odd jobs to earn money and learn the ropes.
但即便是一些最成功的人，也是從瑣碎的工作開始賺錢和熟悉各個行業的。

These 10 successful people prove that the path to success doesn't have to be linear.
下面這10位成功人士證明，通往成功的道路并不一定是條直線。

Donald Trump collected bottles
唐納德?特朗普撿瓶子

The president-elect and billionaire real-estate mogul grew up wealthy, but he says his father wanted him to learn the value of money early on.
剛當選總統的億萬富翁、房地產大亨特朗普出生于富裕家庭，但他說父親希望他從小就能明白金錢的價值。

As a child, his father, real estate developer Fred Trump, would take him to construction sites and have him and his brother pick up empty soda bottles to redeem for cash, Trump tells Forbes.
特朗普對《福布斯》表示，父親弗雷德?特朗普是房地產開發商，在他還是個孩子時父親就帶他到建筑工地上，讓他和弟弟撿空飲料瓶換錢。

He says that he didn't make much, but it taught him to work for his money.
他沒賺到多少錢，但這教會了他通過工作賺錢。