skill with figures,figure在这里是数字的意思,你可以联系下文,他的回答是,it's not the thing with numbers.
Did he ever imagine,I ask,that his skill with figures would lead him to this position?
我问他,他想过没有是他对数字的能力使他有了这个位置?
‘ It’s not the thing with numbers,’ he replies.‘ There are many people who are much better with figures than I am,even in my own company.
他说,这不是什么数字的问题,很多人的数字能力比我好,甚至在我们公司就有.
process,进程都行,你觉得汉语那个通顺,就用那个吧.
那个人的三个成功之道：
1.concentrate on substance not form 注意（集中）实质,而不是流于形式.
2.believe in a value system,not just in profits.相信价值系统,不仅仅是利润.
3.recognize the importance of process over creativity.认识到创新过程的重要性.