Karl Pillemer of Cornell University interviewed nearly 1500 people age 70 to 100+ for his book “30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans.” He asked them what life lessons they’d pass on. What piece of advice were they more adamant about than any other? More adamant about than lessons regarding marriage, children and happiness?
康奈尔大学的Karl Pillemer在他的著作《30个人生教训》中采访了1500个人,年龄从70岁到100岁不等,询问在他们一生中学习到的人生教训。在那些人生教训中,他们最坚持的是哪一个?是什么样的人生教训甚至比婚姻,孩子和幸福更令他们坚持?
Do not stay in a job you dislike.
不要留在你不喜欢的行业里。
You know those nightmares where you are shouting a warning but no sound comes out? Well, that’s the intensity with which the experts wanted to tell younger people that spending years in a job you dislike is a recipe for regret and a tragic mistake. There was no issue about which the experts were more adamant and forceful. Over and over they prefaced their comments with, “If there’s one thing I want your readers to know it’s . . .” From the vantage point of looking back over long experience, wasting around two thousand hours of irretrievable lifetime each year is pure idiocy.
你知道假如你放声呼号,希望警告别人却毫不起作用会是多么噩梦的一件事情么?专家们正是怀着这样一种紧张的情绪在警告着年轻人:假如你在一个你不喜欢的行业里蹉跎多年,那将会是你终生悔恨的根源和一个悲剧的错误。毫无疑问,专家们对此越来越坚定和具备说服力,他们一次又一次地用这样的辞句开头,“假如有那么一件事是我希望读者能明白的,那就是……”根据他们回顾长期经验所得,在无法挽回的时间里,每年浪费将近2千个钟头,这简直蠢到家了。
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