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　　礼物在一年的任何时候都能让人感到亲切。实际上，出人意料的礼物更能营造这种感觉。你没有必要买大礼，也许只需要在客户身上花点额外的时间，或是费点心思了解员工的喜好。礼品的心意比价值更重要，但这份心意却能在你与公司的推介伙伴、潜在顾客、员工和朋友建立关系时发挥莫大的作用。

　　5. Parties.

　　5、聚会

　　Not the drink until dawn kind of parties. With the exception of a fewindustries, those probablywon’t do much for your reputation. But during theholidays we take more time to reconnect,see people we haven’t seen for a while,and hang out with no agenda except catching up orgetting to know each other alittle better. Anyone can put together a networking event, the realkey tobuilding business relationships by hosting get-togethers is to let go of theagendas andsimply connect.

　　不是那种不醉不归的聚会。除了在少数几个行业，这种聚会对你的名誉可没什么好处。但在节日期间，我们会花更多时间来联系好一阵子没见的朋友，出门闲逛也只为了叙旧和更好地了解彼此。任何人都可以组织社交活动，但组织聚会来建立业务关系的关键在于，抛开动机，专心交往。

　　6. Reflection.

　　6、反思

　　Each year as we say “goodbye” to the old and “hello” to the new, many of ushave made apractice of reflecting on the year past. But in business we usuallygo straight into analysismode. What a SWOTT analysis of the business won’t tellus is our own strengths,weaknesses, opportunities, threats and trends. Yet, thegreatest strengths and opportunities,as well as the greatest weaknesses andthreats, aren’t going to be found in looking atoperations, or profit margins, orsales funnels or market trends. You’ll only become aware ofthem by looking atleadership. And that begins with you.

　　每年我们都要辞旧迎新，许多人都养成了回顾过去一年的习惯。但在商界，我们通常会直接进入分析模式。对企业所做的SWOTT分析不会显示我们自身的优势、劣势、机遇、威胁和趋势。研究公司的运营状况、利润空间、销售管道或市场趋势，无助于你了解最大的优势和机遇，以及最大的劣势和威胁。这一切得从你自己开始反思。

　　7. Resolutions.

　　7、下决心

　　Most people have “failed” on their New Year’s resolutions so many timesthey’ve given up onmaking them. That’s because most people don’t really makesure they have the resolve to dowhat they say they’re going to do. Even morepeople don’t realize that resolving isn’t a onetimeactivity, it’s a dailypractice that becomes easier with repitition. Keep resolving, on New Year’sDayand the 364 days that follow, and you’re likely to find a lot of your problemsresolved bythis time next year.

　　大多数人都在实现新年决心方面屡战屡败，导致他们最后再也不下决心了。那是因为他们并不真正确定自己有决心做那些声称要做的事情。甚至还有更多人没有意识到，下决心并不是一次性行为，而是会不断重复的日常行为。在元旦及剩下的364天中保持坚定，可能在明年的这个时候，你就会发现自己的许多问题已经得到了解决。