警告年轻人：这是你必须知道的最重要的人生教训

Another point worth making is advice the older folks consistently did not give:
另一个值得一提的重点是那些老人们始终没有提出的建议：

1.No one— not a single person out of a thousand— said that to be happy you should try to work as hard as you can to make money to buy the things you want.
1.没有一个人说，你应该努力工作来换取能买到你想要的东西的钱。

2.No one— not a single person— said it’s important to be at least as wealthy as the people around you, and if you have more than they do it’s real success.
2.没有一个人说，你至少应该和周围的人一样富有，并且当你比他们更富有时，就代表了真正的成功。

3.No one— not a single person— said you should choose your work based on your desired earning power.
3.没有一个人说，你应该根据你渴望得到的赚钱能力来选择工作。

Now it may sound absurdly obvious when worded in this way. But this is in fact how many people operate on a day-to-day basis. The experts did not say these things; indeed almost no one said anything remotely like them. Instead they consistently urged finding a way to earn enough to live on without condemning yourself to a job you dislike.
现在，应该怎么选择工作似乎是很明显的了。但事实上很多人在日常生活中却践行着那几条原则。专家们对此并没有说什么。实际上没有人事不关己地对此说了什么，相反他们不断地强调，你应该在不去做你不喜欢的工作的前提下找到一条能够赚到足够养活自己的钱的方式。

This might be a lot to remember and ask yourself on a daily basis. What’s a quick litmus test to determine if you’re on the path to happiness or regret?
这或许是一件必须牢记并每天质询自己的事情。就如一张检验你是在通往幸福还是悔恨的道路上的石蕊试纸一般。

You should ask yourself this: do I wake up in the morning looking forward to work?
你要问自己这句话：当我在清晨起来时，我是否向往着工作？