心靈雞湯:20來歲的你也許還沒明白的20件事(1)
Be the First In & Last to Leave -– I give this advice to everyone starting a new job or still in the formative stages of their professional career. You have more ground to make up than everyone else around you, and you do have something to prove. There's only one sure-fire way to get ahead, and that's to work harder than all of your peers.
第一個上班，最後一個離開——我把這條建議送給每一位剛開始從事一份新工作，或者職業生涯依然處於形成階段的年輕人。相較於你周圍的每個人，你需要學習更多東西，你需要做出一些能夠證明自己的成績。通往成功的道路只有一條是安全可靠的，那就是比你的同事更加努力地工作。Don't Wait to Be Told What to Do– You can't have a sense of entitlement without a sense of responsibility. You'll never get ahead by waiting for someone to tell you what to do. Saying “nobody asked me to do this” is a guaranteed recipe for failure. Err on the side of doing too much, not too little.
不要等着別人告訴你怎麼做——沒有責任感，就無法獲得成就感。如果你總是等着別人告訴你該怎麼做，你就永遠也不會成功。總是說“沒人要我這樣做”的人是註定要失敗的。寧可因做得多而犯錯，也不能做得少。Take Responsibility for Your Mistakes– You should be making lots of mistakes when you're early on in your career. But you shouldn't be defensive about errors in judgment or execution. Stop trying to justify your F-ups. You're only going to grow by embracing the lessons learned from your mistakes, and committing to learn from those experiences.
爲你的錯誤承擔責任——在你的職業生涯早期，你應該犯許多錯誤。但你不應該辯解你在判斷或執行過程中犯下的錯誤。不要爲你搞砸的事情尋找託詞。唯有接受你從錯誤中汲取的教訓，並下決心學習這些經驗，你纔會儘快地成長起來。
Both the Size and Quality of Your Network Matter– It's who you know more than what you know, that gets you ahead in business. Knowing a small group of folks very well, or a huge smattering of contacts superficially, just won't cut it. Meet and stay connected to lots of folks, and invest your time developing as many of those relationships as possible.
社交網絡的規模和質量都很重要——你認識的人比你知道的事情更能幫助你在職場獲得成功。熟識一小羣人，或者與衆多人士只進行過表面上的膚淺接觸，都是辦不成事的。與衆多人士會面，並保持接觸，然後花費時間儘可能多地發展這些關係。Social Media is Not a Career – These job titles won't exist in 5 years. Social media is simply a function of marketing; it helps support branding, ROI or both. Social media is a means to get more awareness, more users or more revenue. It's not an end in itself. I'd strongly caution against pegging your career trajectory solely to a social media job title.
社交媒體不是一項職業——這些職位存在的時間不會超過5年。社交媒體僅能發揮營銷職能；它有助於品牌推廣，提升投資回報率或兩者兼而有之。社交媒體是一種獲得更高知名度、更多用戶或更多收入的手段。它本身不是目標。我強烈告誡年輕人不要把你的職業路線孤注一擲地寄託於一個社交媒體職位。
