Most career advice you receive focuses on the big picture: how to get ahead, how to “win,” and such things that are on a much larger scale than the daily grind that most of us face. In fact, it is that day to day grind that pulls down many of us - we go to work, come home exhausted, and often feel as though we’re just spinning our wheels.

你所知道的大部分的有关职业的建议都集中在大的图片上,如何前进,如何”赢”, 并且这些建议比我们面对的日常工作的范围大得多.实际上,日复一日的琐碎的工作拖跨了我们很大一部分人, 我们早出晚归,筋疲力尽, 经常感到自己就象是个旋转的陀螺.

If you want to get ahead in your career and in your life, you need to start small and look at the immediate things you can do to help out your situation. If you’re sitting out there at your desk, tiredly wondering if there’s something better that you can be doing with your life, start with these fifteen tips that you can start executing immediately that will lead you down a path towards a better career.

如果你想要走在你职业和人生前面,你必须从小做起,从你力所能及的事情做起,让自己走出困境.如果你只是无所事事的坐在自己桌子前面,想象是否有什么事情去做了可以使你的生活好起来.从这15条建议开始,你可以马上执行, 可以引领你走向更好的职业.

Make a list of all of the things you did today/this week/this month to help your organization, and file them away.
Whenever you have a few spare moments, make a list of all of the things you are actually doing at work. Date them and provide specific examples. When you’ve made this list, drop it in a folder and let it sit there until your next performance review - or the next time you ask for a raise or a promotion. I do this regularly, which has allowed me to build up extensive positive documentation about my career.

给你今天,今周,今月做的所有的事情列个清单帮助你整理, 存档.

当你有空的时候,给你实际在工作中做的事情列个清单. 写上日期并举出具体的例子. 完成后,放在文件夹里面直到你下次预习时候看,或下次你要提高和改善的时候看. 我定期做这个工作,给我的职业建立了大量的积极的文件.

Send a thank-you note
If you’ve recently been assisted in your career or personal development by someone, spend a few moments and send that person a handwritten thank you note. The respect, kindness, and personal touch of a handwritten thank you creates an indelible positive mark in your favor in the recipient’s mind, which can do nothing but help you out in the long run.

给帮助你的人写个感谢条

如果你最近在工作上或是个人发展上受到别人的恩惠, 花点时间给他写张感谢条. 带有尊敬,善意和个人感情手写的感谢条在帮助你的人的心中建立的不可磨灭和积极的记号对你有利,只会对你有长远的利益.

Work on your writing skills
For me, The Simple Dollar is actually an active part of improving my own writing. Starting a blog related to a work-related topic that interests you is a good way to practice your skills. Don’t be lazy with it, though; focus on writing strong material that will engage others, because without it, you’re not really improving your skills at all, merely regurgitating facts.

提高你的文笔

对我而言,最简单的就是提高我的文笔一个积极的部分. 从你对和工作有关的,而且自己有兴趣的博客开始是个好办法,可以锻炼你的写作技巧.别懒得去做,尽管规定主题限制其他的材料, 因为没有他,你根本就不可能提高你的写作技巧, 只不过是涌回事情.

Design some classy business cards for you
I have a small pile of business cards that are just for me (actually, they’re for The Simple Dollar), not for any firm I represent or work for or anything else. I drop these regularly, as envelope enclosures and in face-to-face opportunities. These cards are a reflection of me and what I wish to represent to people, and by getting quality ones, I create a positive impression on the recipients. Don’t go for the office store perforated ones, either; get them professionally done and in a high quality.

给自己设计些时髦的名片

我有一小堆名片,只是给自己的(实际上,他们是给私人的), 不是给任何我代表的或工作的公司. 我定期扔掉,要么要信封装起来,要么就随手扔掉. 这些名片是我的折射, 是我希望在人们面前表现出来的形象,如果找到了个好的,我就可以给别人留下好的印象,不要去办公室里翻箱倒柜去找, 去做一张专业的高质量的.

Send a quick contact email
Got any professional contacts that you haven’t touched base with recently? Send them an email letting them know what you’re up to - and ask them what they’re up to. By this, I don’t mean clients - I mean professional acquaintances in the same field as you (contacting clients should be a regular part of your workflow). A quick email to the people you met at conferences last year can be a very good thing, as you never know if they might have a great opportunity available that could really help you out.

发一封快速联系的电邮

找个你最近没有联系的人, 用专业的方式联系他们.发封电邮问他最近怎么样,告诉他你最近 的情况. 通过这样,我不是指你的客户, 我是指你同行业的熟人(联系客人是你工作中定期要做的事情),一封给你去年在会议上认识的人的电邮是一件很好的事情. 因为你永远不知道他是否有帮助你的可能性.

Suggest a solution to a persistent workplace problem
This is especially true for smaller things, not necessarily big enterprise-wide issues. Are people always complaining about the printers? Spec out an additional printer and ship a proposal for a new printer by your boss. Workplace tensions between two people? Figure out how to most discreetly move them far apart from each other, write it up, and ship it off. The key is to make the solution as complete as possible, so that the boss can tell you saw a problem, looked into how to solve it, and came up with a solution on your own.

对工作的地方经常出现的问题提出一个解决方法

这个对于小事情尤其实用,并不一定要是牵涉到整个公司的问题. 其他人是否总是抱怨打印机了? 找台其他的打印机,给老板提个建议买台新的. 公司你有怨对头吗? 找出他们,很谨慎地把他们分开,写出来, 把他们调开. 最关键的是把解决方案尽可能完善.这样老板就会说你看出了问题,并寻找如何解决,还自己提出了解决方法.

Pick up the phone and make a call
Keep in touch with what’s going on in the organization as a whole so you can be more informed when meetings occur. Pick up the phone and give someone else a call to see what you can learn, or take a stroll through different parts of the workplace to find out what others are up to. Don’t make a nuisance of yourself, but be aware of what is going on, how it can affect you, and how you might be able to leverage that to get ahead.

拿起话筒打个电话

保持和公司整体进展同步,你就可以更好的知道什么时候有会议, 拿起话筒给其他人打个电话,看看你可以了解到什么,或者到公司其他地方走走,看看其他人怎么样了. 不要做讨人厌的家伙,你必须知道发生什么事情,会不会影响到你,自己可能如何被促使前进.

Work on your language skills
Are you a non-native speaker of the language in your workplace? Spend your spare time working on the finer points. I find that listening to audiobooks and podcasts is an incredible way to pick up on the nuances of a language given that you already know the basics. If you don’t know the basics, seek out some audio courses on that language and get started. For myself, I’ve found that a great way to pick up a foreign language is to read a translation of a work I’m already very familiar with, such as Harry Potter.

提高你的语言技巧

你在你们公司是不是外地人? 把你的业余时间致力与提高你的本地语言. 我发现听有声读物和听力资料是提高你已经有基础的语言的很有效的方法.如果没有基础,找些那门语言的有声课程开始.对我自己来说,我已经找到了提高语言的很好的方法就是读一本你很熟悉的翻译本,例如<哈里波特>

Make yourself more presentable
It always helps to have a clean, fresh impression. I keep a few hygiene products in my traveling bag at all times: underarm deodorant, toothpaste, a toothbrush, some mouthwash, some facial cleanser, a comb, and some cologne. I make sure to clean myself up at least once a day, and often twice a day, when I have a few free moments. That way, I look freshly scrubbed at the 3:30 PM meeting - and having just washed my face vigorously, I feel more awake.

让自己更精神

一个整洁清新的形象总是有用.在我的旅行包里总是有些保健产品,腋下除臭剂,牙膏,牙刷,洗口水, 洗面乳,一把梳子和古龙水. .当我有空的时候.我确保每天至少清洁一次,通常两次.那样,我下无3:00开会的时候看上去精神旺盛,只是洗了脸,我就感觉很清醒.

Polish your resume
There’s never a bad time to give your resume a bit of a touch up. Make sure it has plenty of action words and documents specific results that you’ve produced. In fact, your personal work documentation is a great way to look for ideas to spiff up your resume.

修修你的简历

给你的简历润润色不是坏事,确定你写了很多有行动的的词语和文献明确的结果.实际上你个人的工作记录是给你简历修改寻找方法的好途径.

Read something on topics you plan to be facing in the future in your career
Don’t waste your time reading PerezHilton (unless you work for People magazine or something); instead, find resources that are related to your job and focus on those. If you spend your spare time at work browsing the web, at least spend that time browsing items that can potentially further your career.

读些你将来会在工作中遇到的文章

别把时间浪费在读PerezHilton(除非你在人民杂志之类的公司上班), 而是去找那些和你工作相关的资源并集中你的时间在上面. 如果你业余时间上网,那也要看那些可能有潜力推动你的工作的东西.

Prepare some comments in advance for your next meeting
Got a meeting later? Instead of dreading it, look at it as an opportunity to shine. Look at what the meeting agenda is and prepare some notes and thoughts that you can present during them. If you’re going to sit through someone’s presentation, find out what it’s going to be about and do some preparatory legwork in advance so you can ask a few astute questions.

提前给你的下个会议准备些评论

就快开会了.与其害怕,不如当成秀出自己的机会.看看会议的安排,准备些笔记,并意念自己可以在会议上陈述. 如果完全是听别人讲, 看看他要讲什么,提前做些必要的预备工作,这样你就可以问些机敏的问题.

Work on your public speaking skills
This seems like it would be difficult to do right now, but it’s not. Merely listen to the work of great public speakers on the internet, burn yourself a CD or two of speeches that really inspire you, then play them in your car on the way home and practice speaking along with them. You’ll learn a great deal about how to enunciate words to get your points across and influence others.

提高你的公共演讲技巧

这个看起来现在没办法做,不是的。少去因特网上去听一些伟大演讲, 经常去听可以真正激发你的一两个演讲, 然后开车回家时候可以练练,或跟着演讲练习. 你会学到很多的如何用正确的词语使你的观点让人接受,影响别人.

Clean your work area
Not only will this create a better impression of you in the eyes of others, you may also come across important materials that you thought were missing or lost. It’s also good to start (or enhance) a document filing system when you do this, so you can quickly find materials.

保持你工作的地方干净清洁

这不仅仅可以让你在别人眼里留下好的印象,你还会偶然找你一些重要的你认为已经丢了的资料.对你开始整理或要改善文件系统也会有好处,因为你可以很快找到资料.

Figure out where you want to be in five years - and create a plan for getting there
Spend some time visualizing where you want to be, then think about what it’s going to take to get there. From there, keep breaking down each piece in the process until the pieces are things you can do quickly - and start doing them. Every mountain climb is just a series of steps, after all.

想想你未来5年的要达到什么目标,为此制定计划

花点时间看看你要达到什么目标,然后想想要做些什么才可以做到.从那里,把过程分成小片段,直到你可以很快完成,并开始做. 毕竟,没登一座山都是一系列的步伐做到的.