大学里不教但你必须学会的六项本领

Obviously I’m not advocating people becoming a salesman after school, but learning the art of selling is what I’m advocating. If you think about it, we all sell everyday. We sell ideas to our boss. We sell to our friends when we pitch ideas on what to do this weekend. We sell ourselves in job interviews. You could say that sales is a great combination of social skills and communicating effectively, but with some other components you should pick up that will be useful.
很明显我要提倡的不是让学生毕业之后去当一名推销员，而是去学习推销的艺术。如果你细细思考这个词，你会发现我们每天都在做着推销的工作。我们向我们的老板推销我们的想法，在有好点子的时候向朋友们推销周末的娱乐项目，在面试的时候推销自己。你可以说推销是社交本领和有效沟通的完美结合，但是如果掌握了其他的一些东西，会让你的推销更有效的：

Listen. Really listen. Actively listen.
Learn how to be convincing.
Be persuasive.
Think of objections and counter them ahead of time.
Stress benefits instead of features.
Listen to the other person. (yes I know it's a repeat, but it's for emphasis)
Develop empathy.
Think in terms of how you can help serve the other person.

倾听，是真的倾听、主动的倾听
学习如何让自己有说服力
让自己有鼓动性
事先设想可能会遇到的困难并在之前就解决它们
强调利益而不是特点
倾听别人（我知道这是重复的，但我只是想强调这一点）
拥有更多同情心
从你能够怎么样来服务他人的角度思考问题

Selling is one of the few skills that can be utilized in any job or career. It’s one of the most important cross marketable skills you will ever develop.
推销是仅有的几个在任何职业中都有用的本领之一，是你能够培养的最有用的跨职业适用的本领之一。

#5: Time Management
5.时间管理

Speaking of other skills that can be utilized in any job and career is time management. The majority of students never really learn to value their time and manage it while in school. Procrastination is all too rampant (studying right before class, doing homework and essays the day it’s due, partying the night before the exam). This lack of time management often carries over into adulthood, which becomes a major liability.
要说还有别的能在任何职业中都有用的本领，那就是时间管理了。大多数学生在学校中从没有真正认识到时间的价值，更不用说来管理了，拖拉现象太过泛滥了（在上课前的几分钟才开始预习，在要交作业或是论文的那天才匆匆赶任务，在考试的前一天晚上还开派对）。这种拖拖拉拉的习惯经常会带到他们成年的生活当中去，成为了一项重要的不足。

Learn to make a to do list. Learn to prioritize. Learn to break things down into 30 minute blocks of time. Learn about actionable items.
学着制作一张计划表，学会区分哪些事情需要优先去做，学会把一项任务分解到30分钟内的每一分钟都需要做些什么，学会区分哪些事情有可操作性。

#6: Health
6.健康

It’s not enough to make students run a mile and play sports. Education is needed now more than ever. Education on the dangers of consuming too much fast food. Education on what diets in high sugar and fat can do to the body. Education on proper nutrition. Education on the importance of exercising regularly as well.
仅仅让学生跑个一英里然后做一些体育运动是不够的，这方面的教育是前所未有的重要的。学生们应该被告知过多食用快餐食品的危害、哪些食物的糖类和脂肪含量对人体会产生影响、合理营养、有规律进行运动的重要性等等。

I think if schools start teaching these kinds of things, we could nip so many problems in the bud because most teenagers will not research this material on their own.  If you have any friends or family who are still in school, please forward them this article. Think of it as a cheat sheet for the real world. You’ll be doing them a great service and they will most definitely thank you after they graduate. I guarantee it.
我想如果学校开始教授这些东西，那么很多问题都是可以避免的，因为年轻人自己是不会主动去查这些资料的。如果你有朋友或者是亲戚还是学生的话，请让他们来读一读这篇文章，就把这篇文章看作是带入现实社会的一本备忘录吧。你讲会给他们带来莫大的帮助，我敢保证他们也肯定会在毕业之后对你表示感谢的。