7. Be reliable.
做個可信之人。

"Do what you say you're going to do."
“言而有信，說到就要做到。”

8. Do the right thing.
做正確的事情。

"Advice from Charlie Munger (not proffered personally): The safest way to try to get what you want is to try to deserve what you want."
“從查理-芒格那里得到的建議(不是親自得到的)：想得到東西的最安全的方式就是努力去讓自己理應(yīng)得到想要的東西?！?/p>

9. Slow down.
慢下來

"When I was in my 20s I worked as a waiter at a very popular restaurant. I found it very difficult to keep up with the orders and, consequently, my tips were very low.
“當(dāng)我20多歲時，我在一家非常受歡迎的餐廳當(dāng)服務(wù)員。我發(fā)現(xiàn)很難跟得上那些訂單，因此，我的小費(fèi)非常少?！?/p>

One of the very experienced servers took me aside and she said, 'Slow down and take longer steps. You'll feel more relaxed and your customers will see that and trust you.'
“一位非常有經(jīng)驗的服務(wù)員把我拉到一邊，告訴我，‘慢下來，多走幾步。你會更加放松，你的顧客也能夠感受到并因而信任你?！?/p>

If you slow down, you have time to think and plan better. Taking longer steps means more than just how you move through a space. It's about looking ahead and covering more ground, encompassing more than just the task at hand."
如果你慢下來，你就有時間思考，并能更好地計劃。多走幾步不僅僅是走路。它還包括往前看，多注意一些詳細(xì)的情況，而不僅僅是手頭的任務(wù)?！?/p>

10. Everyone ends up in the same place.
每個人都會在同一地方結(jié)束。

"'At the end of the game, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.' —Italian Proverb
“在游戲的最后，國王和小兵都會回到同一個盒子里?！?——意大利諺語

When you really think about this, in the end we all end up the same. You can't take your money and fame with you after you die."
“你仔細(xì)想想，到最后其實我們都是一樣的。金錢和名譽(yù)都是生不帶來死不帶去的?！?/p>

11. Time is not money. It's better.
時間不是金錢。它比金錢更重要。

"Always choose time over money. Contrary to what people say, time is not money. Time is much much more than money. At the end of your life, it's guaranteed you will be out of time and more than likely out of money as well, if you didn't value time."
“在時間和金錢前，要選擇金錢。和人們說的不同，時間不是金錢。時間比金錢要重要的多。在你生命的盡頭，你肯定會沒時間，如果你不珍惜時間的話，很有可能也沒錢。”

12. Don't worry what other people think.
不要擔(dān)心別人怎么想。

"Stop being so self-conscious because absolutely nobody is paying any attention to you anyway — they are only paying attention to themselves."
“不要那么不自然，因為絕對沒人注意你。——他們只會注意自己。”

13. You can't truly control anything but how well you do things.
你無法真正地去控制任何事情，但你能控制自己如何去做事情。

"To find happiness in life's tasks, invest in the process (which you can control), not in the outcome (which is largely out of your control)."
“在生活的過程中去尋找幸福，在過程中投資（這樣你可以控制），不要在結(jié)果上投資（大部分都是無法控制的。）”

14. Listen.
傾聽

"God gave you two ears and one mouth; use them proportionally."
“上天給了你兩只耳朵和一張嘴;按比例使用它們?！?/p>

15. Take risks when you can.
能冒險時就冒險。

"On deciding whether to step off my career track in my mid-20s to live abroad for a year: 'You have the rest of your life to work. You'll be working for 40 years. I don't know why we were in such a hurry when we were young.' I took the year off."
“在我20多歲的時候，我要做一個決定，是否放棄職業(yè)生涯去國外生活一年：‘你的余生都要工作。你要工作40年。我不知道為什么年輕時我們要這么著急。‘我選擇了出去一年?！?/p>

來源：滬江英語

編輯：杜娟