西部落：做职场中的最强者

I think if you wanna get some excitement in your life, you ought to become a leader. How do you influence others? How do you make a difference in their life and the organizations that you are gonna lead?

So not everyone is a born leader, they need a little help along the way. What are some of the big mistakes that people make when they are in leadership responsibilities whether be, you know, in the workplace or perhaps even at home they think they've got it down, some of because they are the designated leader.

Well, I think the biggest mistake er, is they don't reali, realize that there's two parts of leadership. One is the visionary direction part, which is where we're going, you know, what are the goals? What we are trying to accomplish? And the leaders got to take a major role in setting those. And once the goals are clear now the second part of leadership is how do we get there. That's when you have to philosophically¹ go to the bottom in the pyramid, and become the coach, cheerleader, supporter of people as they are the ones that are gonna be accomplishing the goals, so we teach people about vision and direction and implementation².

So say you want to be a leader in the form of your own small business and everywhere you turn these days, mom-and-pop businesses are being gobbled up by the big conglomerates³, so what's your outlook on those who want to be that entrepreneur, someone who wants to lead and organize their own business?

Well, I think first of all you have to find something that you love to do, that you have energy with because then you'll take the time to be the best. And then you have to find out, OK, how can I make a business out of that? You know, "do I wanna be a coach?" er, "do I wanna be a teacher?" er, "do I have a product that I think people might be interested in?" So find something you are passionate⁴ about and then of course the big issues in running a business and not getting gobbled up is you need good finances and so you need to have some people that'll help you get off the ground and then you got to know more about managing and leading people.

All right, and say you are someone who is just now entering the workforce⁵. Yes, you are excited and passionate about what you've chosen to do but somehow you gotta keep the momentum⁶ going. You get it into the job place or the job market and then you know suddenly you kinda disillusion⁷ that wow, this's a little bit harder than I thought. How do you maintain that kind of excitement so that you can excel?

Well, I think the best advice I've ever given to people is when you go to a job, find a mentor⁸, find somebody who's older than you that has some experience than you and ask them if they would be your mentor. Because a lot of times we get a job and it's more difficult than we thought and we don't know where to turn and so a lot of companies don't set that up, so set it up for your, yourself.

1. mom-and-pop:being or relating to a small owner-operated business

2. mentor:n.A wise and trusted counselor or teacher

1 philosophically   

adv.哲学上；富有哲理性地；贤明地；冷静地

参考例句：

• He added philosophically that one should adapt oneself to the changed conditions. 他富于哲理地补充说，一个人应该适应变化了的情况。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Harry took his rejection philosophically. 哈里达观地看待自己被拒的事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

3 conglomerates   

n.（多种经营的）联合大企业( conglomerate的名词复数 )；砾岩；合成物；组合物

参考例句：

• At the surface, radioactivity of the conglomerates is locally as high as 30 X background. 在地表，砾岩的局部地段的放射性高达30倍本底值。 来自辞典例句
• The conglomerates failed to understand that books could not be sold like soap. 这些联合大企业不懂卖书不象卖肥皂那样。 来自辞典例句

4 passionate   

adj.热情的，热烈的，激昂的，易动情的，易怒的，性情暴躁的

参考例句：

• He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
• He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。

5 workforce   

n.劳动大军，劳动力

参考例句：

• A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
• A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。

6 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

7 disillusion   

vt.使不再抱幻想，使理想破灭

参考例句：

• Do not say anything to disillusion them.别说什么叫他们泄气的话。
• I'd hate to be the one to disillusion him.我不愿意成为那个让他幻想破灭的人。

8 mentor   

n.指导者，良师益友；v.指导

参考例句：

• He fed on the great ideas of his mentor.他以他导师的伟大思想为支撑。
• He had mentored scores of younger doctors.他指导过许多更年轻的医生。