職場(chǎng)12個(gè)銘記一生的英語(yǔ)教訓(xùn)
When I set out on my own, I had all the gumption and appetite for risk that I needed to take charge of my career. At the time I thought that was all I needed to succeed.
當(dāng)我開(kāi)始管理自己的事業(yè)時(shí)，我有對(duì)自己事業(yè)負(fù)責(zé)的進(jìn)取心和風(fēng)險(xiǎn)容量。那時(shí)候我以為這就是成功所需要的全部。
It wasn’t. I also needed guidance. Without it, I learned some difficult (and often painful) lessons along the way.
其實(shí)并不是，我還需要指導(dǎo)。沒(méi)有了指導(dǎo)，我一路上吸取了許多困難(也很痛苦)的教訓(xùn)。
I’d like to share some of my biggest lessons learned with you so that they can help you as you take charge of your career (in whatever form that takes). As I look back on these lessons, I realize that they’re really great reminders for us all.
我想分享一些最實(shí)用的經(jīng)驗(yàn)給你們，以便于日后你們?cè)诠芾碜约旱氖聵I(yè)時(shí)能得到幫助(不管是任何形式)。當(dāng)我回首這些經(jīng)驗(yàn)時(shí)，我意識(shí)到它們對(duì)我們來(lái)說(shuō)是非常好的提醒。
1. Confidence Must Come First
1. 首先要自信
Successful people often exude confidence—it’s obvious that they believe in themselves and what they’re doing. It isn’t their success that makes them confident, however. The confidence was there first.
成功的人往往散發(fā)出自信——很明顯他們相信自己，也相信自己在做的事情。不是他們的成功讓他們自信，相反，他們先有自信。
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1). Doubt breeds doubt.Why would anyone believe in you, your ideas, or your abilities if you didn’t believe in them yourself?
1). 懷疑導(dǎo)致懷疑。如果連你自己都不相信的話，為什么別人要相信你、你的想法，或是你的能力?
2). It takes confidence to reach for new challenges. People who are fearful or insecure tend to stay within their comfort zones. But comfort zones rarely expand on their own. That’s why people who lack confidence get stuck in dead-end jobs and let valuable opportunities pass them by.
2). 迎接新的挑戰(zhàn)需要信心。恐懼或不安的人傾向于待在他們的舒適區(qū)。但舒適區(qū)往往不會(huì)自己擴(kuò)大。這就是為什么缺乏自信的人會(huì)被困在沒(méi)有前途的工作中，讓有價(jià)值的機(jī)會(huì)與他們擦肩而過(guò)。
3). Unconfident people often feel at the mercy of external circumstances.Successful people aren’t deterred by obstacles, which is how they rise up in the first place.
3). 不自信的人經(jīng)常感覺(jué)被外部環(huán)境所擺布。成功的人不會(huì)被困難阻礙，這也是他們?nèi)绾卧谧畛蹰_(kāi)始的。
Confidence is a crucial building block in a successful career, and embracing it fully will take you places you never thought possible. No one is stopping you from what you want to accomplish but yourself. It’s time to remove any barriers created by self-doubt.
信心是成功事業(yè)中一個(gè)非常重要的模塊，完全接納它會(huì)讓你到達(dá)從未想過(guò)的地方。除了你自己，沒(méi)有人會(huì)阻止你去實(shí)現(xiàn)自己想要的事情。是時(shí)候移除自我懷疑所制造的障礙了。
2. You’re Only As Good As Those You Associate With
2. 你只是和那些你交往的人一樣好
You should strive to surround yourself with people who inspire you, people who make you want to be better. And you probably do. But what about the people who drag you down? Why do you allow them to be a part of your life? Anyone who makes you feel worthless, anxious, or uninspired is wasting your time and, quite possibly, making you more like them. Life is too short to associate with people like this. Cut them loose.
你應(yīng)該努力與能激勵(lì)你、能讓你變得更好的人在一起。你可能確實(shí)是這樣做的。但是那些拖累你的人呢?為什么要讓他們成為你生活的一部分?任何讓你感覺(jué)自己沒(méi)有價(jià)值、焦慮或者不受鼓舞的人都是在浪費(fèi)你的時(shí)間，并且很可能讓你變得更像他們。生命短暫，不要和這些人在一起，離開(kāi)他們吧。
3. Don’t Say Yes Unless You Really Want To
3. 別輕易答應(yīng)，除非你真的想這么做
Research conducted at the University of California in San Francisco shows that the more difficulty that you have saying no, the more likely you are to experience stress, burnout, and even depression, all of which make it difficult to take charge of your career.
舊金山加州大學(xué)發(fā)布的研究顯示，越難說(shuō)“不”，越有可能經(jīng)歷壓力、倦怠、甚至是沮喪，這些都讓你很難照顧到自己的事業(yè)。說(shuō)“不”對(duì)于很多人來(lái)說(shuō)的確是一個(gè)挑戰(zhàn)。“不”是一個(gè)很強(qiáng)大的詞，不要害怕去使用它。該說(shuō)“不”時(shí)，避免“我不認(rèn)為我可以”或者“我不確定”這樣的語(yǔ)句。對(duì)新的承諾說(shuō)“不”可以兌現(xiàn)已有的承諾，也給了你成功完成它們的機(jī)會(huì)。
Saying no is indeed a major challenge for many people. “No” is a powerful word that you should not be afraid to wield. When it’s time to say no, avoid phrases like “I don’t think I can” or “I’m not certain.” Saying no to a new commitment honors your existing commitments and gives you the opportunity to successfully fulfill them.
4. Avoid Asking “What If?”
4. 避免問(wèn)“如果...將會(huì)怎樣?”
“What if?” statements throw fuel on the fire of stress and worry, which are detrimental to reaching your goals. Things can go in a million different directions, and the more time you spend worrying about the possibilities, the less time you’ll spend taking action and staying productive. Asking “what if?” will only take you to a place you don’t want—or need—to go. Of course, scenario planning is a necessary and effective planning technique. The key distinction here is to recognize the difference between worry and strategic thinking about your future.
“如果...將會(huì)怎樣?”語(yǔ)句無(wú)異于在壓力和擔(dān)憂的火上澆油，不利于達(dá)成你的目標(biāo)。事情可能有成千上萬(wàn)種發(fā)展方向，你花費(fèi)越多的時(shí)間去擔(dān)心各種可能性，采取行動(dòng)和保持高效工作的時(shí)間就越少。問(wèn)“如果...將會(huì)怎樣?”只會(huì)把你帶到自己不想去或沒(méi)有必要去的地方。當(dāng)然，情景規(guī)劃是必要且有效的規(guī)劃技術(shù)。區(qū)別的關(guān)鍵是意識(shí)到擔(dān)心和思考未來(lái)戰(zhàn)略之間的不同。
5. Squash Your Negative Self-Talk
5. 捏碎你消極的自我對(duì)話
When you’re taking charge of your career, you won’t always have a cheerleader in your corner. This magnifies the effects of self-doubt. The more you ruminate on negative thoughts, the more power you give them. Most of our negative thoughts are just that—thoughts, not facts. When you find yourself believing the negative and pessimistic things your inner voice says, it’s time to stop and write them down. Literally stop what you’re doing and write down what you’re thinking. Once you’ve taken a moment to slow down the negative momentum of your thoughts, you will be more rational and clear-headed in evaluating their veracity.
當(dāng)你負(fù)責(zé)自己的事業(yè)時(shí)，不會(huì)總有一個(gè)拉拉隊(duì)長(zhǎng)在角落為你加油。這放大了自我懷疑的影響。你越是沉湎于消極的想法，他們就會(huì)越強(qiáng)大。我們大多數(shù)消極的想法都只是想法，并不是現(xiàn)實(shí)。當(dāng)你發(fā)現(xiàn)自己相信內(nèi)心深處消極悲觀的聲音時(shí)，是時(shí)候停止并把它們寫(xiě)下來(lái)了。停止你正在做的事，把你的想法寫(xiě)下來(lái)。一旦你用片刻的時(shí)間去減緩思想的消極勢(shì)頭，你就會(huì)更加理性、清醒地評(píng)估它們的真實(shí)性。
6. Schedule Exercise And Sleep
6. 安排好運(yùn)動(dòng)和睡眠
I can’t say enough about the importance of quality sleep. When you sleep your brain removes toxic proteins from its neurons that are by-products of neural activity when you’re awake. Unfortunately, your brain can remove them adequately only while you’re asleep. So when you don’t get enough sleep, the toxic proteins remain in your brain cells, wreaking havoc by impairing your ability to think—something no amount of caffeine can fix.
充足的睡眠是非常重要的。當(dāng)你睡著時(shí)，大腦從神經(jīng)元中去除毒蛋白，也就是你清醒時(shí)神經(jīng)活動(dòng)的副產(chǎn)品。不幸的是，你的大腦只能在你睡著時(shí)才能充分清理他們。所以當(dāng)你沒(méi)有充足的睡眠時(shí)，毒蛋白停留在你的腦細(xì)胞中，通過(guò)影響你的思考能力來(lái)造成嚴(yán)重破壞，這是再多的咖啡因也無(wú)法修復(fù)的。
Your self-control, attention, and memory are all reduced when you don’t get enough—or the right kind—of sleep. Sleep deprivation raises stress hormone levels on its own, even without a stressor present, which are a major productivity killer. Ambition often makes you feel as if you must sacrifice sleep to stay productive, but sleep deprivation diminishes your productivity so much throughout the day that you’re better off sleeping.
如果沒(méi)有充足或者正確的睡眠，你的自制力、注意力、以及記憶力都會(huì)下降。即使沒(méi)有壓力，睡眠不足也會(huì)導(dǎo)致應(yīng)激激素水平上升，這是高效率的最大殺手。野心往往讓你覺(jué)得必須犧牲睡眠來(lái)保持生產(chǎn)力，但睡眠不足能大大減弱你一整天的生產(chǎn)力，所以最好還是睡覺(jué)吧。
A study conducted at the Eastern Ontario Research Institute found that people who exercised twice a week for 10 weeks felt more competent socially, academically, and athletically. They also rated their body image and self-esteem higher. Best of all, rather than the physical changes in their bodies being responsible for the uptick in confidence, it was the immediate, endorphin-fueled positivity from exercise that made all the difference. Schedule your exercise to make certain it happens, or the days will just slip away.
東部安大略省研究所的一項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，那些10周以來(lái)每周運(yùn)動(dòng)兩次的人感覺(jué)到在社會(huì)、學(xué)術(shù)和運(yùn)動(dòng)方面更加有干勁。同時(shí)他們認(rèn)為這些人的身體形象和自尊心都更強(qiáng)。最重要的是，運(yùn)動(dòng)時(shí)內(nèi)啡肽的刺激直接造成了差異，而不是身體上為了增加信心而產(chǎn)生的物理變化。安排你的運(yùn)動(dòng)并確保它能進(jìn)行，否則時(shí)間會(huì)白白浪費(fèi)。
7. You’re Living The Life That You’ve Created
7. 你在過(guò)自己創(chuàng)造的生活
You are not a victim of circumstance. No one can force you to make decisions and take actions that run contrary to your values and aspirations. The circumstances you’re living in today are your own—you created them. Likewise, your future is entirely up to you.
If you’re feeling stuck, it’s probably because you’re afraid to take the risks necessary to achieve your goals and live your dreams.
你不是環(huán)境的受害者。沒(méi)有人能強(qiáng)迫你對(duì)違反自己價(jià)值觀和愿望的事情做決定或采取行動(dòng)。你今天所生活的環(huán)境是你自己的——你創(chuàng)造了他們。同樣地，你的未來(lái)也完全由你決定。如果你感覺(jué)陷入了困境，很可能是因?yàn)槟愫ε聻榱藢?shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)和夢(mèng)想所必須要冒的險(xiǎn)。
When it’s time to take action, remember that it’s always better to be at the bottom of the ladder you want to climb than at the top of one you don’t.
該采取行動(dòng)的時(shí)候，記住一件事：待在想要攀登的梯子底部要好過(guò)待在不想攀登的梯子頂部。
8. Being Busy Does Not Equal Being Productive
8. 忙碌并不等于高效
Look at everyone around you. They all seem so busy—running from meeting to meeting and firing off emails. Yet how many of them are really producing, really succeeding at a high level?
看看你身邊的每一個(gè)人。他們都看起來(lái)很忙碌——不停地開(kāi)會(huì)、發(fā)郵件。但是他們之中有多少人真正高效地工作并取得成功呢?
Success doesn’t come from movement and activity. It comes from focus—from ensuring that your time is used efficiently and productively. You get the same number of hours in the day as everyone else. Use yours wisely. After all, you’re the product of your output, not your effort. Make certain your efforts are dedicated to tasks that get results.
成功不是來(lái)源于移動(dòng)和行動(dòng)，它來(lái)源于專注——確保你的時(shí)間被有效利用。每個(gè)人每天都擁有相同的時(shí)間，明智點(diǎn)使用吧。畢竟，是最后的結(jié)果造就了你，而不是努力。確保你的努力是專注于工作的，并且取得了成果。
9. Focus On Solutions
9. 專注于解決辦法
Where you focus your attention determines your emotional state. When you fixate on the problems that you’re facing, you create and prolong negative emotions which hinder your ability to reach your goals. When you focus on the actions you’ll take to better yourself and your circumstances, you create a sense of personal efficacy that produces positive emotions and improves performance.
在哪里集中注意力決定了你的情緒狀態(tài)。當(dāng)你注視你所面臨的問(wèn)題時(shí)，你創(chuàng)造和延長(zhǎng)了負(fù)面情緒，它會(huì)阻礙你達(dá)到目標(biāo)的能力。當(dāng)你專注于將要采取的行動(dòng)時(shí)，為了更好的自己以及周圍環(huán)境，你會(huì)創(chuàng)造生產(chǎn)積極情緒的個(gè)人功效感，它會(huì)提升你的表現(xiàn)。
10. Forgive Yourself
10. 原諒自己
When you slip up, it is critical that you forgive yourself and move on. Don’t ignore how the mistake makes you feel; just don’t wallow in it. Instead, shift your attention to what you’re going to do to improve yourself in the future.
當(dāng)你跌倒時(shí)，關(guān)鍵是要原諒自己并繼續(xù)前進(jìn)。別忽視了你對(duì)錯(cuò)誤的感覺(jué)，只是不要沉湎于它。相反，將注意力轉(zhuǎn)移到將要做的事情上，在未來(lái)提升自己。
Failure can erode your self-confidence and make it hard to believe you’ll achieve a better outcome in the future. Most of the time, failure results from taking risks and trying to achieve something that isn’t easy. Success lies in your ability to rise in the face of failure, and you can’t do this when you’re living in the past. Anything worth achieving is going to require you to take some risks, and you can’t allow failure to stop you from believing in your ability to succeed. When you live in the past, that is exactly what happens, and your past becomes your present, preventing you from moving forward.
失敗會(huì)侵蝕你的`自信，讓你很難相信自己在未來(lái)會(huì)取得更好的結(jié)果。大多數(shù)時(shí)候，失敗來(lái)源于冒險(xiǎn)以及實(shí)現(xiàn)困難的事。成功存在于你面對(duì)失敗時(shí)個(gè)人能力的上升，如果你只是活在過(guò)去是不能做到的。任何值得實(shí)現(xiàn)的事都需要你承擔(dān)一些風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，你不能讓失敗阻止你相信自己成功的能力。當(dāng)你活在過(guò)去，這樣的事就會(huì)發(fā)生，你的過(guò)去變成了你的現(xiàn)在，阻止你前進(jìn)。
11. Seek Out Small Victories
11. 尋找小勝利
Small victories can seem unimportant when you’re really after something big, but small victories build new androgen receptors in the areas of the brain responsible for reward and motivation. This increase in androgen receptors increases the influence of testosterone, which further increases your confidence and your eagerness to tackle future challenges. When you have a series of small victories, the boost in your confidence can last for months.
當(dāng)你真的在追求大事的時(shí)候，小勝利似乎是不重要的，但小勝利會(huì)在大腦負(fù)責(zé)獎(jiǎng)賞和激勵(lì)的區(qū)域建立新的激素受體。雄激素受體的增加會(huì)增加睪丸激素的影響，進(jìn)而增加你的信心和熱心來(lái)應(yīng)對(duì)未來(lái)的挑戰(zhàn)。當(dāng)你有一系列小勝利時(shí)，信心增加會(huì)持續(xù)數(shù)月之久。
12. Don’t Seek Perfection
12. 不要追求完美
Don’t set perfection as your target. It doesn’t exist. Human beings, by our very nature, are fallible. When perfection is your goal, you’re always left with a nagging sense of failure that makes you want to give up or reduce your effort. You end up spending your time lamenting what you failed to accomplish and what you should have done differently instead of moving forward excited about what you’ve achieved and what you will accomplish in the future.
別把完美定為你的任務(wù)。完美是不存在的。人類本質(zhì)上是不可靠的。當(dāng)完美是你的目標(biāo)時(shí)，總是會(huì)留下?lián)]之不去的失敗感，這讓你想放棄或減少努力。最后你花時(shí)間感慨你未能完成的事，你應(yīng)該做的不同，而不是為已經(jīng)完成的、未來(lái)將要完成的事情感到興奮。
Bringing It All Together
綜上所述
I hope these lessons are as useful to you as they have been to me over the years. As I write them, I’m reminded of their power and my desire to use them every day.
我希望這些經(jīng)驗(yàn)教訓(xùn)對(duì)你們來(lái)說(shuō)是有用的，因?yàn)檫@么多年來(lái)它們一直對(duì)我有幫助。當(dāng)我寫(xiě)下這些內(nèi)容時(shí)，我想起了他們的力量以及每天都用到它們的愿望。
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