指尖阅读—我的生涯我做主（二十六）

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大家好，今天我们将和大家一起阅读《the start-up of you》的下一章。

3 Plan to Adapt （Part I）

The best selling career book of all time goes by the whimsical name What Color Is Your Parachute? But when it comes to charting career plan, that's the wrong question. What you should be asking yourself is whether your parachute can keep you aloft in changing candidates.The unfortunate truth is that in today's career landscape, your parachute - no matter its color - may be shredded and tattered. And if it isn't the way already, it could get that way at any time.

In his first chapter, Parachute author Richard Bolles writes, "It is important, before you enter the job hunt, to decide exactly what you are looking for - whether you call it your passion, or our purpose in life, or your mission.... Passion first, job-huntlater" After four decades in print, this is still the accepted wisdom today. You see similar advice all over. Habit number two of Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is, "Begin with the end in mind":you should produce a personal mission statement that puts your goals in focus.In the Purpose - driven Life, Rick Warren advances the idea that each of us hasa God-given purpose for being on the planet.

The primary message of these books (of which there are more than 50 million copies in circulation) and countless others is to listen to your heart and follow your passion. Find your true north by filling out worksheets or engaging in deep, thoughtful introspection. Once you've got a mission in mind, these books urge, your supposed to craft detailed, specific goals. You're urged to figure out who you are and where you want to be in ten years, and then work backward to develop a roadmap forgetting there.

This philosophy has some serious strengths. It's important to have worthy aspirations. If you are passionate about something,you'll have fun, stay committed, and achieve more. It's also right to invest for the long term: to find out whether you're good at something and whether you like it, you need to stick with it for a meaningful amount of time.

在开拓生涯的过程中，如果你发现你对某些事情充满了激情，你会从中得到很多乐趣，会坚持去做，同时也会通过这件事获得很多。长期的时间投资也是有必要的，因为这样你才会发现你是否擅长和喜欢去做这件事。