美国待业人员必做的事情

6. Skip the law-school track. Lawyers are the most depressed of all professionals. Stress itself does not make a job bad, says Alan Kreuger, economist at Princeton University. Not having control overone's work does make a bad job, though, and lawyers are always actingon behalf of someone else. Suicide is among the leading causes of premature death among lawyers.

第六，别上法学院。律师是所有职业中最压抑的。律师总是代表别人去争利，压力奇大。自杀是律师中第一号非正常死亡的原因。

7. Play a sport. People who play sports earn more money than couch potatoes, and women executives who played sports attribute much oftheir career success to their athletic experience, says Jennifer Cripsen of Sweet Briar College in Virginia. You don't need to be greatat sports, you just need to be part of a team.

第七，参加体育运动。调查表明，大学从事体育的人，毕业后比那些不沾体育的同学明显收入高。美国人从事体育不仅是锻炼身体，而且是培养竞争的才能和领袖素质。一个大*动队的队长到华尔街找工作，优势不可限量。

8. Separate your expectations from those of your parents."Otherwise you wake up and realize you're not living your own life,"says Alexandra Robbins, author of the popular new book "TheOverachievers." (Note to parents: If you cringe as you read this list,then you need to read this book.)

第八，别按着父母的期待生活，“否则你醒来后会发现你过的不是自己的日子。”

9. Try new things that you're not good at. "Ditch the superstarmentality that if you don't reach the top, president, A+, editor inchief, then the efforts were worthless. It's important to learn toenjoy things without getting recognition," says Robbins.

第九，干一些你并不擅长的新事物。你对自己未必了解，这是苏格拉底给人类的教诲。所以，请给自己一个机会。

10. Define success for yourself. "Society defines success verynarrowly. Rather than defining success as financial gain or accolades,define it in terms of individual interests and personal happiness,"says Robbins.

第十，以自己为中心来定义成功，别以外在的东西(比如金钱)来定义成功。