远离文科研究院

1. Avoid grad school in the liberal arts. 不要进文科类的研究生院。

One in five English Phd's find stable university jobs, and the degree won't help outside the university.

五分之一的英语博士能找到稳定的大学职位，但如果走出校门，这个学位就没什么用处了。

别上法学院

2. Skip the law-school track. 别上法学院。

Lawyers are the most depressed of all professionals. Lawyers are always acting on behalf of someone else. Suicide is among the leading causes of premature death among lawyers.

律师是所有职业中最压抑的。律师总是代表别人去争利。自杀是律师中第一号非正常死亡的原因。

参加体育运动

3. Play a sport. 参加体育运动。

People who play sports earn more money than couch potatoes, and women executives who played sports attribute much of their career success to their athletic experience. You don't need to be great at sports, you just need to be part of a team.

从事体育的人要比整天躺在沙发上看电视的同学的收入高得多，而且从事过体育运动的女总裁们的运动经历对她们的事业成功贡献更大。你不必在运动上表现得非常出色，你只需成为某个运动队的成员之一。

上表演课

4. Take an acting course. 上表演课。

Amos teaches executives to communicate authentically so that people will listen and feel connected. You need to learn to do this, too, and you may as well start in college.

《圣经·旧约》中的《阿莫斯书》教导管理者要真正做好沟通工作，这样人们才能听你的并且和你心有灵犀。你需要学着这么做，并且最好从校园开始做起。

走自己的路

5. Separate your expectations from those of your parents. 不要按着父母的期待生活。

Otherwise you wake up and realize you're not living your own life.

否则你醒来时会发现过的不是自己想要的生活。

准确定义成功

6. Define success for yourself. 以自己为中心定义成功。

Society defines success very narrowly. Rather than defining success as financial gain or accolades, define it in terms of individual interests and personal happiness,"says Robbins.

社会将成功的概念定义得非常狭窄。与其将成功定义为金钱或者名望，还不如将成功定义为个人的兴趣和个人的满足感。

学会赞美他人

7. Learn to give a compliment. 学会赞美他人。

The best compliments are specific, so "good job" is not good. Practice on your professors. If you give a good compliment the recipient will think you're smarter: Big payoff in college, but bigger payoff in the work world.

最好的赞美要详细明确，笼统的一句“干得好”不算太有效。你可以拿你的教授来练习。如果你善于赞美他人，被赞美的人将会认定你是个聪明人：在校园里赞美他人会得到不错的回报，在职场中赞美他人会得到更多的回报。

学做生意

8. Start a business in your dorm room. 从宿舍开始做生意。

It's cheap, Google and Yahoo are dying to buy your website, and it's better than washingdishes in the cafeteria. Note to those who play poker online until 4a.m.: Gambling isn't a business. It's an addiction.

这很便宜，谷歌和雅虎都会争先恐后地买你弄出来的网站，这比餐馆里洗盘子强多了。提醒那些在线玩扑克到凌晨4点的朋友，赌博不是生意，赌博是瘾。
勤工俭学

9. Work your way through college. 靠勤工俭学读完大学。

Each experience you have can grow into something bigger. A great bullet on the resume for a junior in college.

任何工作经验都会对你的新工作有所帮助.让你要靠打工读完大学，积累工作经验。简历上的工作经历对于大学低年级的学生来说是一笔巨大的财富。

优先找工作

10. Make your job search a priority. 优先找工作。

Jobs do not fall in your lap, you have to chase them. Especially a good one. Use spread sheets to track your progress. And plan early.

你不可能不费吹灰之力就得到工作。工作、尤其是好工作需要你追着去找。你可以使用分析表去记录你的进展，并早做计划。