职场精英必须做到的五件事

 Clarity

　　First, you have to know what you want. It’s not enough to go after a profession that pays well. Making money your priority¹ will destroy your soul. It will leave you unsatisfied and miserable²。

　　理清思绪

　　首先，你得知道自己要什么。仅仅追求高报酬的工作是不够的。把挣钱当做你的首要目标会毁掉你的灵魂，你会觉得不满足，甚至抑郁。

　　Focus

　　Once you become clear about what you want to do, it’s important that you focus on the tasks that help you make the most progress. For example, if you’re building an online business, you can spend all the time you want checking email, but it won’t get you closer to the goals that truly matter in your life. An online business is not a business until a sale is made。

　　集中精力

　　一旦你知道了自己想要的是什么，最重要的是要集中精力在能取得实质进展的事情上。比如，如果你想在网上做生意，你可能得花很多时间处理邮件，但是这件事并不能让你接近目标。因为除非卖出了东西，否则不叫做生意。

　　Goal Setting³

　　Goal setting gives your mind something to focus on. Our brains are goal seeking mechanisms⁴. If you don’t give your mind something to go after, it won’t know what to do。

　　设定目标

　　目标会让你的头脑有所聚焦。我们的大脑有目标追寻的机制。如果你不给它一个目标，它就不知道要做什么。

　　Action

　　Once you’ve set your goal, it’s time to start taking massive⁵ action. Most successful people are positive. They face the same amount of challenges as anyone else. The only difference is that they view their failures differently. They know that by trying many things, they will succeed sooner or later, while unsuccessful people tend to give up before they’ve even started。

　　行动起来

　　一旦你有了目标，就该行动起来了。大部分成功的人都是积极的。他们和其他人面临着同样多的挑战。唯一的不同是他们从不同的角度看待失败。他们知道通过这些尝试，他们早晚会成功，而那些失败的人往往在真正开始之前就已经放弃了。

　　Trial & Error

　　Becoming successful is all about trial and error. The more you fail, the faster you will succeed. This doesn’t mean you should jump from thing to thing before you’ve given it a chance. What you should do is pick one thing that has been proven to work, and make it work. The important thing is that you stay focused until you make it work。

　　不断试错

　　走向成功就是不断尝试和犯错的过程。你失败的越多，也就成功的越快。当然这并不是说你要不断的从一件事跳到另一件事。而是说应该选一件被证明是可以完成的事，然后集中精力直到搞定它。

1 priority   

n.优先处理的事，居先，优先（权）

参考例句：

• The development of the national economy is a top priority.发展国民经济是应予以最优先考虑的事。
• Things should be taken up in order of priority.办事应有个先后次序。

2 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

3 setting   

n.背景

参考例句：

• The play has its setting in Vienna.该剧以维也纳为背景。
• Where and when a story takes place is called the setting.故事发生的地点和时间称为故事背景。

4 mechanisms   

n.机械( mechanism的名词复数 )；机械装置；[生物学] 机制；机械作用

参考例句：

• The research will provide direct insight into molecular mechanisms. 这项研究将使人能够直接地了解分子的机理。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He explained how the two mechanisms worked. 他解释这两台机械装置是如何工作的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 massive   

adj.巨大的，大规模的，大量的，大范围的

参考例句：

• A massive sea search has failed to find any survivors.经过大规模的海上搜救仍未找到幸存者。
• He drank a massive amount of alcohol.他喝了大量的烈酒。