指尖阅读—你的生涯你做主（十八）

莎士比亚曾说过：“书是全世界的营养品”。在这个信息化时代，书籍是人们获取知识的重要途径之一。读书可以让人们获得自己所需要的知识，人们要为获取知识技能而读书。

本期的指尖阅读我们将继续和大家一起来读《the start-up of you》

Three puzzle pieces inform your direction and competitive advantage

Your competitive advantageis formed by the interplay of three different, even-changing forces; your assets, your aspirations / values, and the market realities, i.e., the supply and demand for what you offer the marketplace relative to the competition. The best direction has you pursuing worthy aspirations, using your assets, while navigating the market realities. We’re not expecting you to already have a clear understanding of each of these pieces. As we show in the next chapter,the best way to the concepts so you can begin to understand how they work,and how they inform the career decisions we’ll talk about in the rest of the book.

天才在这个世界上只是极少数，绝大多数都只是平凡的人，那么为什么有些人会表现得特别优秀，能够出类拔萃，超乎众人之上，取得令人瞩目的成就呢？答案很简单，因为他们善于运用自己的优势。我们说几乎每个人都是平凡的人，但每个人也都有他独具的优势，当一个人找到自己的优势，并且在生活中最大限度地运用它时，就可以取得不平凡的成就。我们的优势就是我们超越平凡的基础和武器，发现、运用并不断地提升自己的优势，你就可以成为一个优秀卓越的人。