"做自己喜歡的事情"真的是一個好的建議嗎?
With just about every presidential candidate's campaign in full swing, one group we keep hearing about (and will continue to) is all of the ordinary, everyday Americans: The ones who are taking the brunt of the economic downturn, the ones who need someone to stand up for them, and the ones who need decent paying jobs to provide for their Norman Rockwell, picture-perfect American families. So what's the most popular suggestion for what these everyday Americans should do for work? DWYL – "do what you love."
每一個總統候選人都在爲競選活動拼盡全力，在這個羣組中，我們聽到的最多的就是關於普通的美國人的事情。有些人正在處於經濟的低迷期；有些人需要人支持；有些人需要一個體面的工作去供養他們的家庭，就像諾曼·洛克威爾畫中完美的幸福家庭一樣。那麼對於這些每天都在工作的美國人來說什麼提議最受歡迎？做你自己喜歡做的事情。
Let's start with millennials. Fresh out of college with six-figure debts and five-figure salaries, we're being told to "do what we love" and "follow our hearts" into our careers. But if I’m going to "keep it 100," as many of my fellow millennials might say, I think that's horrible advice.
讓我們先從“千禧一代”開始。帶着六位數的債務和五位數的薪水從大學畢業，我們被灌輸着“做自己喜歡的事情”、“追隨自己的內心”思想進入職場。但是，如果百分百這樣做，我不認爲這是一個好的建議。我的千禧一代的同事或許認爲那是非常糟糕的建議。
In fact, no matter what age group you're in, or education level you've attained, I think it's incredibly dangerous to wander down the path of "doing what you love."
實際上，不管你處在哪一個年代，不管你的受教育水平如何，我都認爲，堅持“做自己喜歡的事情”是一件非常危險的事情。
You Can't Always Get What You Want
不是所有的事情都如你所願
When we're told to do what we love, we immediately narrow our vision of what a career can be – and therefore, limit our ability to be satisfied by our careers.
當別人告訴我們去做我們想做的事情的時候，我們會立即縮小自己的的視角關於選擇職業，從而限制我們適應工作的能力。
We get the idea that unless we're doing the job that we "love," we're not doing a good job, or the right job, or the best job when in reality there are plenty of amazing careers to be had in fields we're probably not all too aware of.
我們會認爲，如果找不到喜歡的工作、正確的工作或者說最好的工作，就無法把手頭工作做好。在現實生活中許多領域有很多很棒的工作，而我們大多數人卻沒有意識到。
The problem for all of us here in the middle class is that the middle class is, well, shrinking. The economic landscape is rapidly changing, and what we may have dreamed of doing as kids may not be the smartest paths for us to pursue today.
中產階層正在縮減，這是他們現在所面臨的問題。經濟景觀瞬息萬變，依然做着孩子的夢，在今天或許已經不合時宜。
What's more, we might be wasting our time chasing after bachelor's degree only to take a job where our degree's all but obsolete.
更重要的是，我們或許會爲了找到一份工作而浪費時間去獲得一個學士學位，而對於這份工作而言，不過是一張廢紙。
But Try Sometimes…
但是有時候可以嘗試一下新的選擇
If you look at job trends over the last 100 years, blue-collar and farming jobs are disappearing, but service industry and white-collar jobs are on a steady and welcome rise. New fields are emerging in the tech world every day. While we need good workers in the service industry, web developers and data scientists are in sharp demand as well.
如果你看一下在過去一百年的發展趨勢，可以發現藍領和農場工作正在消失，但是服務業和白領工作呈現穩定增長的趨勢。新的科技領域在不斷出現，與此同時，對於網頁開發者、數據師的需求也在直線上升。
When your most prominent career advice is "do what you love," there's a big chance you're missing out on some of the wisest potential career decisions available to you. Whether it's finding a field you haven't yet discovered, or learning the value of job that can simply pay your bills – don't put so much pressure on yourself to find that "perfect job."
當別人告訴“你去做喜歡做的事情”的時候，你很容易就會錯過作出明智的有利的職業選擇的機會，無論是否幫你找到一個從未發現的領域，還是隻夠償還賬單，不要揹負沉重的壓力去選擇“完美工作”。
Start with focusing on what skills you have, what you can learn, and how that can translate into a sustainable job with upward mobility. The reality is: we need bus drivers, we need cooks, and we need doormen just like we need developers, bankers, and engineers. While machines may be taking some jobs away, there are myriad jobs that aren't going anywhere – and we depend on them in the big picture of our world's day-to-day.
想一想自己學到了什麼,有什麼技能，怎樣把它們轉化爲適應工作的動力。現實中，我們需要汽車司機，我們需要廚師，就像我們需要開發者、銀行家和工程師一樣。儘管機器會代替一部分的工作，但是仍然會有很多工作需要人去做。每一天我們都需要它們。
Stop focusing on loving what you do, and start focusing on finding a job that fills a tangible need. Your love for what you do will come with the satisfaction of a job well done.
不要一味關注你喜歡做的事情，開始尋找一份工作，來填補有形的需要。如果你喜歡自己做的事情，那麼也會對自己的工作很滿意。
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