在不同场合不只一次地， 有人问过我关于职业选择。我相信，很多人在20-30都会有迷惘的阶段，包括我也在内。在一次演讲中，我的答案是 – 选择听从自己的心声。

      最近在一个论坛里看到一段美国职场人士给的建议，觉得里面有些地方很值得借鉴。这里翻译出来，和大家共享。

 

I have studied the careers of thousands of people at close hand and I can tell you that many of them do not find what they really love until they are 30 or 40. What you should do is find something that is a challenge, work hard to make an impression and give yourself future leverage and choices, keeping your eyes open for opportunities, notice the call of destiny when it comes and trust your heart. It is absolutely vital to save money so that you can later change jobs from a position of strength and not be forced to do something you hate because of desperation. Nothing is more powerful in this life than a six month cushion of savings.

       我亲身研究过数以千计的人，并且可以告诉你很多人直到30甚至40岁都没有发现他们热衷的事情。你们应该做的就是找出对你来说是很挑战的事情，勤力去做给别人留下深刻印象，这样就能帮助你在将来提升、拥有更多选择，对机会保持警醒，当你觉得使命在召唤你的时候，听从你的心声。存储是绝对重要的事情，以备将来获得更强有力的职位，这样你不会因为绝望而被迫做你很厌恶的事情。没有什么比六个月的积蓄更有力，来帮助你缓冲。

 

Forget about what you want for now and matching who you are to the workplace. You won’t know who you are until you hit 50 and then probably there will still be questions. Just live your life with courage, staying healthy and taking care of the cash, doing the best for others that you can and being involved in whatever you do. If I employed people instead of interviewing them I would visit their kitchens to discover whether they even noticed what was going on around them. very few people do, but those who are awake invariably have some success in life and those who give will always receive. all successful people are generous with time, money and advice. All losers are mean, pennypinching and suspicious.
      放下你当下的身份、职场的身份。直到你50岁你都不会了解你是谁，可能到那个时候你仍然有疑问。勇敢地生活、保持健康、好好理财，尽你最大能力去帮助别人。如果由我来雇佣员工的话我会看看他们的厨房来检视他们是否觉察生活中的一切细节。很少有人这么做，但是真正觉醒的人能够拥有成功，并且那些拥有的人一直在给予。所有成功人士在时间、金钱和建议上都很慷慨。所有输家都很尖刻、吝啬和狐疑。

These are immutable laws of life, given to you by someone over 60 who has seen it all. At 21 you are just a child whose had too good a time and needs some work to make your life more real, any work.
      这些就是生活中的不变法则，来自一个年逾60岁的饱经一切的人。在你21岁的时候，你还是一个享有一切的孩子，你需要一些经历，任何经历使你的人生更真实。

If you really like people so much then maybe start in sales, which can be a great career for those with the right temperament for it. It can also lead to higher things and often does and, in the end, everyone has to sell something, sometime. But don’t start at the bottom in retail, in a dead end job. Once you do that you will find it hard to escape and you’ll be typecast. If you’re pretty and stylish with a bit of charisma it’s easy for a woman to find something in the conference or corporate events business, for example. Or you could try HR, get a qualification while working and go into training. There’s so much variety out there that you can’t know until you try so whatever you do forget personality tests and explore life. With a good heart. And life will return the favour. I guarantee it.

      如果你很喜欢和人打交道，那么你可以在销售界开始，对于性格很合适的人来说是很好的职业。它可以引领到更高的境地，因为每个行业或多或少都需要销售。但是不要在零售业开始，那是死胡同。一旦你从零售开始你会发现很难逃脱而且被定型。如果你外型不错、很时尚而且很有魅力，对于女性来说就很适合在公关业务界开始，或者先通过工作和训练获得资历，尝试人力资源部。 在你亲身去尝试林林种种之前，你无法确认你想要的，所以无论如何先忘掉你的性格测试，真诚地去探索人生。人生会给你回报。我保证。

 

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