迷茫畢業生必看：讓夢想照進現實(圖)

2010年04月26日 11:57   滬江英語



畢業生：讓夢想照進現實

　　在網上有一段很紅的flash叫「理想服務員」，很多畢業生看了都特別感觸。的確就像片子里說到的那樣，經常都聽到畢業生說「其實不太喜歡現在的工作」、「我向現實妥協了」或者「先干著再說吧」……更糟糕的是很多人甚至不知道自己到底想要什麼。於是就這麼渾渾噩噩地開始工作，夢想在日復一日的枯燥工作中消失殆盡，等到醒悟、一切都晚了。年輕人到底應該重視什麼？到底夢想是不是能照進現實？下面的文章也許能給你一點啟發和思路。

　　Imagine a scenario where you actually loved getting up in the morning. I'm not just talking about those occasional weekends or days off where you actually have no plans (or only plans made and loved by you). I'm talking about every single day. Before you scoff at the ridiculousness of such a concept and flick on further down your reader just stop. Indulge me for a moment。

　　想象這樣一個場景：你真正地愛上了在早晨起床。我並不是在說那些你的確沒有計劃的偶然的周末或假日(或是你有制定的喜歡的計劃的日子)。我說的是每一天。讀者們，在你嘲笑這個荒謬的想法，對此不屑一顧前，請停下來，暫且容忍我一下。

　　If I were a genie and could grant you anything you wanted, don't tell me you wouldn't be interested in finding a pastime (career, hobby, part-time adventure) that not only paid the bills but actually made you feel - what's that word? - good. And I'm talking gooooooood. Like so darn happy you smile at strangers on the street, walk with a little bounce in your step, constantly update Facebook with perky little notes, and basically just spend every day feeling like a kid does on Christmas。

　　如果我是一個精靈，能夠給你任何你想要的東西，你肯定會想要一段消遣娛樂的時光(事業、興趣、過去的奇遇)。在那時光中，你不僅能得到充分享受，並且能使你感覺——那個詞是什麼來著？——非常好。我說的是如入天堂般的感覺。就像在街上對著陌生人微笑，走路時輕盈跳躍的步伐，在Facebook上不斷更新著活潑簡短的狀態，基本就像一個孩子過聖誕節般過著每一天。

　　Sounds annoying, doesn't it? Unless it's you of course。

　　是不是聽起來特煩？當然，如果你自己就過著那樣的生活，那就另當別論了。

　　So let's assume for starters that you still need regular income. To start with we're going to need this muse of yours (thank-you, Mr. Tim Ferriss ) to occupy only a set amount of time. Perhaps half an hour each day, with weekends off. That's doable, isn't it? Of course I'm talking about a solid 30 minutes committed to changing the way you live your life. All in one block。

　　假設你是一個需要固定收入的人。怎麼開始呢？這就要用到你的理論了，Mr. Tim Ferriss(Tim Ferriss 是美國暢銷書作者，著有The 4-Hour Workweek，大概是講改變生活方式、時間管理一類)，每天只需花一點時間，也許是每天30分鐘，除去周末。這個是可行的對嗎？當然我說的是每天必須堅守的30分鐘，用來改變你的生活方式。這樣一切都可以搞定。

　　The idea of introducing part-time passion like this is that it eases you in to the next step. Which is to gradually move you to a point where you are making a living from doing what you love. Where your part-time passion has replaced your full-time job. Sounds good, doesn't it? I managed to do this about 5 years ago. I was in a mid-level management position which I was kinda sick of. Ok, hated. And I was doing some part-time Personal Training before and after work. It took me a full year of being over that job to toss it in and have enough courage to try running a full-time Personal Training business. But at least I got there。

　　像這樣引入「部分時間的激情」的概念是為了讓你更容易進入下一步。在下一步，會讓你逐漸轉移到做自己喜愛的工作來謀生，並且讓這部分的激情取代你的全職工作。是不是聽起來很美好？我5年前就想這麼做了。當時我是一個中等階層的管理者，而且我討厭這個職位。好吧，其實是憎恨。我在上班前後會去上一些業餘的個人培訓班。我用了整整一年時間去擺脫那份工作，並且有足夠的勇氣去經營一個全職的個人培訓公司。但至少我走到了這一步。

　　Where would you like to be a year from now? What would you love to be doing?

　　一年之後你何去何從？你想做什麼呢？

　　If you're not at all sure what your passion might be, then I'd recommend taking some time to identify your strengths. Here are 3 easy ways to get started on that: Ask your friends what they'd consider your strengths/natural skills to be。

　　如果你不確定你的激情源自何方，那麼我建議你花些時間來尋找自己的優勢。這裡有 3條簡單的方法：問你的朋友他們覺得你的優點和技巧是什麼。

　　Take an online personality or strength/weakness test. This one from Dr. Martin
Seligman is world-renowned. You have to register, but that's free。

　　做一份網上的性格或者優點/缺點測試。有份馬丁•塞利格曼博士的測試卷聞名於世。你需要註冊一下，但它是免費的。

　　Invest a little time in some daily journaling. Just let the pen roll as you envisage what your perfect day, then week, then year would look like. I don't mean the down-time (although there's plenty of people who've turned a passion for travel into a solid income)。

　　每天花點時間寫日記。動起筆來想象一下你完美的一天、然後是周、然後是年是怎樣的。我並不是指非工作狀態時間(雖然多數人會把對旅遊的激情轉變到有穩固收入的激情上)

　　By this point you should be starting to get a little excited. Even the act of thinking about how cool it would be to actually love what you do should get the motivational juices flowing. But if you're still really not sure what you'd like to do - or perhaps you feel like there's so many things to choose from - then try this。

　　此刻你應該會有點興奮吧。就算是想到能做自己真正熱愛的事情如此之棒，並且能夠自由發揮你的激情，也會激動不已。但是如果你仍不知道你想做什麼——或者是有那麼多事情，不知如何選擇——那麼嘗試下下面的方法。

　　Find a clean piece of paper and a pen. Write down the numbers 1-10. Think back over past weeks, months, even years - which events/activities stand out as being joyous or exciting for you? If you can't think of anything, consider those events you reacted to in others with excitement, even jealousy. You might like to consider the following categories as a memory-jogger or just for ideas:

　　• Travel

　　• Creativity

　　• Social connection

　　• Helping others

　　• Making deals

　　• Re-selling goods

　　• Teaching

　　拿一張白紙和一支筆。寫下數字1到10。回想一下在過去幾周、幾月，甚至幾年的時間裡，令你充滿歡樂或興奮的事情、活動等。如果你實在想不到任何事情，那麼可以考慮那些別人跟你說的令你感到興奮，甚至妒忌的事情。也許下面的這些目錄能喚起你的記憶或是僅僅作為點子：

　　• 旅遊

　　• 創造力

　　• 社交

　　• 幫助他人

　　• 做交易

　　• 貨物再出售

　　• 教學

　　The long and short of it is that you want to highlight those times when you feel most alive. What makes you feel creative, happy, free, a sense of belonging?

　　這份清單的長短在於當你感覺充滿生機的時候，你想要著重突出那些時光的程度。什麼事情會讓你感到有創造力、快樂、自由、並且有歸屬感呢？

　　Now that you have your passion in mind it's time to start making it happen. This is actually the easiest part of the process so far. Remember back to the start of this article? You've already committed to setting aside 30 minutes per day to work on your passion, so set the timer and get started. Try not to worry too much about how you can turn it into money, just focus on action. And, if you have several possible passions in mind, then choose one and start with that. Commit to it for 21 days and then decide if you'd like to keep going or start afresh。

　　現在你已經有了將這些事情付諸於行動的激情。這是目前為止最簡單的部分。還記得文章開頭所說的嗎？你已經每天騰出30分鐘時間來引發你的激情，所以計時，開始吧。不要過於擔心你要如何將此轉為現金，先關注於行動上。而且，如果你腦子裡有幾個可能的激情點存在，那麼選擇一個並且著手行動。堅持21天，然後決定你想繼續還是開始一個新的激情點。

　　Here's how you might fill that 30 minutes：

　　以下是你如何度過那30分鐘的建議：

　　Write about your passion, what you like about it, what comes easy to you, where you'd like to improve your skills

　　寫下你的激情，你喜歡它什麼，什麼會令你感覺簡單，你哪裡可以改進你的技能。

　　Research the work of others who are effectively using your passion in their lives

　　調查其他人是如何有效使用你選擇的激情點的。

　　Teach it to someone else

　　教給他人

　　Read about it

　　理解它

　　Study different methods of doing it

　　學慣用不同的方法去做

　　Create a vision board of what your life will look like when you're doing it

　　當你著手做的時候想象一個你期望的生活的願景板

　　Do this diligently and sooner or later you'll feel ready to take the next step: offering a discounted version of your service, applying for a freelance position, sharing your knowledge with someone who can help you get ahead. This could be the moment when that part-time passion suddenly really does seem like something that might one day replace your full time income. Soon as you make that first measly dollar from it you'll have the immediate excitement of knowing that if you can make $1, you can make $100, then $1,000. You get the idea. A year from now (or less if you're not such a scaredy-cat like I was) you just might not be imagining that lovin' the morning scenario anymore. You'll be living it。

　　堅持勤快地做，不久之後你會發覺你已經準備好進入下一階段：降低你所做事情的標準，運用到一個自由職業者崗位上，與那些可以幫助你取得進步的人分享收穫。在這個時刻，你那部分時間的激情就像某些事情，也許在未來某一天能夠取代你的全職工作的收入。一旦你從中賺取了第一筆微不足道的收入，並且當你知道你會賺取1美元，100美元，1000美元時，你會激動不已。你已經領會了。一年之後(也許會更短，如果你不是像我一樣的膽小鬼的話)，那種熱愛在早晨起床的場景不會只是個幻想了。你每天都會那樣生活。