《年輕的戰場》歌詞唱到：“今天我終于站上這年輕的戰場，請你為我驕傲鼓掌。今天我想要走向這勝利的遠方……”

四年大學生涯的結束，即將踏入社會的莘莘學子，此刻置身十字路口的他們，有更多的抉擇等待著他們……

Would you tell me which way I ought to go from here?”asked Alice.

“That depends a good deal on where you want to get,” said the Cat.

“I really don’t care where” replied Alice.

“Then it doesn’t much matter which way you go,” said the Cat.

- Quote from the Alice in Wonderland Movie

“你能告訴我從這兒我該走哪條路嗎？”愛麗絲問。

“那在很大程度上取決于你想去哪兒。”貓回道。

“哪兒都可以，我不在乎。”

“那么你走哪條路也就無關緊要了。”

——引自《愛麗絲夢游仙境》

My brother called me the other day and asked me for some advice? He was trying to decidebetween two job offers:

Job 1 –The first job was your typical 40 hour a week “office” job.

Job 2 –The second job was more of a career in the insurance industry, where he would startat the bottom, and after many years and many long hours eventually rise to the top (if he wasgood). The second job did not pay as well as the first job (initially), but the potential pay-off of thesecond job was much greater than the first job.

So which job should my brother take? Well the answer is…it depends.

Just like the Cat was trying to tell Alice, which road you take depends a great deal on whereyou want to end up.

一天，弟弟打電話想征求些我的意見，他要在兩份工作中做出選擇：

工作1——典型的一周40個小時的“辦公室”工作

工作2——在保險行業的工作，需要從基層做起，可以經過多年和長時間努力后最終升職到高層（如果他足夠優秀的話）

顯然，第二份工作的薪水不如第一份豐厚（在剛開始時），但是第二份工作潛在的薪水支付遠遠多于第一份工作。

那么，弟弟應該選哪份工作呢？答案當然還是……取決于他自己想得到什么。

就如貓告訴愛麗絲的，你選擇哪條路在很大程度上取決于你想停到哪，想到哪去。

Begin with the End in Mind

I asked my brother what was his life’s purpose. He said his purpose is to “teach,” but hewants to make a lot of money first.

I told my brother to forget about the money, and I advised him to focus on his purpose.

I then asked him which job best supports his end result of “teaching.” He said the first jobbest supports his goal because he would only have to work 40 hours a week, which would givehim spare time to teach.

He continued on to say, but if I take job number two, I can work hard and make moremoney, then I can retire early and “teach” later in life. I again advised him to “focus” on hispurpose, not money.

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I cautioned him to think this process through carefully because things don’t end wrong, theybegin wrong!

思而后行

我問弟弟他的人生目標是什么，他說目標就是“教書”，但想先掙些錢。

我告訴他要忘記金錢，要專注于自己的目標理想。

我又問他哪個工作對他的目標“教學”最有幫助，他說是第一份，因為他只需一周工作40個小時，這樣的話就會有閑余時間來教書。

他接著說，“如果我選擇第二份工作，我可以努力掙很多錢，然后提早退休，用剩余的時間教書。聽他這樣說，我提醒他要專注與自己的理想而不是錢。

我告誡他須謹慎考慮，因為很多事不是錯誤的結束，而是一開始就是錯誤的。