ourfirst jobs, no matter how ridiculous, are going to stay with us; they’re goingto teach us things we would never learn elsewhere, and to a certain extent,shape the person we’ll become later in our professional lives.
我们的第一份工作，无论多么荒谬可笑，这份工作都要和我们捆绑在一起，工作会教会我们在其他地方永远都学不会的一些东西，而且我们的职业生涯，在某种程度上，塑造着我们以后会成为怎样的人。
1.People Skills are 90 Percent of Any Job
90%的工作是大众技能即人际交往能力
The other 10percent consists of the actual skills you learned at college or otherwiseacquired along the way. The problem is, we don’t exist in a bubble; we’ll haveto deal with other people pretty regularly.
另外10%的技能才是你在大学中或是在工作中慢慢学到的实战技能。问题在于我们并非活在气泡中，我们要定期处理好人际关系。
Knowing how tocommunicate effectively, as well as being personable, is going to be (for someof us) the hardest part of the job. Even if you work from home as anindependent contractor, you still answer to (and will have to interact with)real people.
知道该如何与别人进行有效沟通，自己还要很有风度，这会是（我们部分人的）工作中最困难的部分。即使你在家当一名个体承包商，也还是要与真实社会的人们有人际交往。
2.You Need to Stay Two Steps Ahead
你要提前先迈出两步
Our success at ourjobs – no matter the job – is less about any given moment, day or project, andmore about the next. Anticipation is a thing we’ll learn early, whether it’santicipating what a customer will want before they know how to ask for it, oranticipating the next demand our boss will make.
无论手头这份工作怎样，我们都从这份工作中取得成功，无关乎特定某刻、某天还是某个项目，而关乎于你接下来到底怎样。预期是我们会在很早就学会的东西，不管是在顾客知道如何开口前就预料到他们的需求，还是在老板开口前就预料到他的下一个要求。
If our first jobsteach us anything, it’s that one of the quickest ways to distinguish ourselvesin the workplace is to take initiative.如果我们的第一份工作教会了我们任何东西的话，那就是：想要在工作环境中最快地脱颖而出，我们需要积极主动。
Don’t wait aroundto be told what to do; don’t make any assumptions, either, but if you’re givena chance to jump on the next thing that needs doing, without being instructedto do so, you’ll probably be rewarded.
不要等着周围人告诉你该做什么，自己也不要做任何的假设，但是如果你有机会可以直接开始做下一件事的话，不要等人要求你做你才开始去做，很可能你就会有所回报。
3.Don’t be (Too) Afraid to Make Mistakes
别怕犯错
Science tells usthat we may learn better from our triumphs.
科学告诉我们：我们可以从我们的成功中学到更好的东西。
When it comes totackling a job, you’re almost guaranteed to slip up once in a while. That’swhat the “learning curve” is all about; it’s an understanding between you andyour boss that you’re still getting used to how things work.
在处理一项工作时，差不多你偶尔就会出差错。这就是“学习曲线”：你和你的老板都会谅解，你还处于适应这项工作的过程中。
learningis a lifelong process. You’re going to make mistakes. Dreading them, or walkingon eggshells all day to avoid them is no way to live.
学习是一个终身性的过程。你会犯错误。害怕出差错，为了避免出差错整天如履薄冰，这并不是生活的方式。
4.Get Used to Monotony
习惯千篇一律
With very fewexceptions, most jobs out there are almost painfully dull.多数工作几乎都让人感觉痛苦枯燥乏味，只有极少数的工作例外。
Learning to makethe most of a predictable life is important; you’ll have to find your own waysto change things up from time to time and inject a little bit of variety intoyour working hours.
重点在于学会充分利用生活的可预见性，你得时不时用自己的方式来改变一下，给你的工作时间注入一点不一样的东西。
5.You’re Going to Work With People You Don’t Like
你会和你不喜欢的人一起工作
This might be themost important takeaway from our first jobs. It’s tempting to think that afteryou accept a job, you’ll find yourself among like-minded individuals who haveeverything in common with you. In fact,on occasion, you may end up feeling like you should take some animal repellantto work with you.
这可能会是我们第一份工作要面临的一大最重要的挑战。你接受一份工作后，你会发现自己与志趣相投的人很容易打交道，这样的环境想想就挺吸引人的。其实有时候，你可能还感觉你应该与自己排斥的人一起工作。
6.Accepting Any Job Can be Risky
接受有风险性的工作
Unless you’re theCEO’s daughter, your continued employment is far from assured. Neither is yourfinancial stability. Learning not to take anything for granted is one of themost important life lessons you’ll ever learn.
除非你是首席执行官的女儿，无需担忧就业问题，否则你的继续受聘达不到十拿九稳的地步，你的财务状况也会不稳定。对什么都不要想当然，这是你人生经验学习过程中最重要的人生课程之一。
7.Getting Hired is Only the Beginning
找到一份工作只是开了个头而已
So you’vesuccessfully landed a job. That’s great, but you’re still far from knowingeverything you need to know about performing the job and, more importantly,immersing yourself in the culture of your new workplace.
那么，你成功找到了一份工作。真的很棒，但你对自己手头的这份工作仍不全了解，重点在于把自己沉浸在你的新工作场所的文化氛围中。
There are peoples’names to learn and organizational procedures to memorize. Just because you workthere now doesn’t mean you’re on even footing with your new co-workers; it’sgoing to take time and effort to make yourself a truly valuable piece of thepuzzle. Find your strengths in the workplace and what kind of skills you offerthat others can’t to make yourself truly valuable.
要记住人们的名字和公司的组织架构。只是因为你现在在那里工作，并不代表你跟你的新同事可以平起平坐；让自己变得真正有价值需要时间和努力。在工作环境中找到自己的优势，找到你有而别人没有的某些技能，让你真正有价值。
