Unit-How-to-Be-True-to-yourself-课文翻译-综合教程一

1、Unit-5-How-to-Be-True-to-yourself-课文译-综合教程一Unit 5 How to Be True to YourselfMy grandparents believed you were either honest or you weren't. There was no in-between. They had a simple motto hanging on their living-room wall: "Life is like a field of newly fallen snow; where I choose to walk

2、every step will show." They didn't have to talk about it-they demonstrated the motto by the way they lived.They understood instinctively that integrity means having a personal standard of morality and ethics that does not sell out to expediency and that is not relative to the situation at h

3、and. Integrity is an inner standard for judging your behavior. Unfortunately, integrity is in short supply today and getting scarcer. But it is the real bottom line in every area of society. And it is something we must demand of ourselves.A good test for this value is to look at what I call the Inte

4、grity Triad, which consists of three key principles:Stand firmly for your convictions in the face of personal pressure. There's a story told about a surgical nurse's first day on the medical teamat a well-known hospital. She was responsible for ensuring that all instruments and materials wer

5、e accounted for during an abdominal operation. The nurse said to the surgeon, "You've only removed 11 sponges, and we used 12. We need to find the last one.""I removed them all," the doctor declared. "We'll close now.""You can't do that, sir," obje

6、cted the rookie nurse, "Think of the patient."Smiling, the surgeon lifted his foot and showed the nurse the 12th sponge. "You'll do just fine in this or any other hospital," he told her.When you know you are right, you can't back down.Always give others credit that is rig

7、htfully theirs. Don't be afraid of those who might have a better idea or who might even be smarter than you are.David Ogilvy, founder of the advertising firm Ogilvy & Mather, made this point clear to his newly appointed office heads by sending each a Russian nesting doll with five progressiv

8、ely smaller figures inside.His message was contained in the smallest doll: "If each of us hires people who are smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs. But if each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, Ogilvy & Mather will become a company of giants." And that

9、 is precisely what the company became one of the largest and most respected advertising organizations in the world.Be honest and open about what you really are. People who lack genuine core values rely on external factors their 100ks or status in order to feel good about themselves. Inevitably they

10、will do everything they can to preserve this facade, but they will do very little to develop their inner value and personal growth.So be yourself. Don't engage in a personal cover-up of areas that are unpleasing in your life. When it's tough, do it tough. In other words, face reality and be

11、adult in your responses to life's challenges.Self-respect and a clear conscience are powerful components of integrity and are the basis for enriching your relationships with others.Integrity means you do what you do because it's right and not just fashionable or politically correct. A life o

12、f principle, of not succumbing to the seductive sirens of an easy morality, will always win the day. It will take you forward into the 21st century without having to check your tracks in a rearview mirror. My grandparents taught me that.如何成为真正的自我我的祖父母认为你要么老实,要么就不诚 实.没有折中之选.在他们起居室的墙上挂了一 句朴实的座右铭：“人生犹如

13、初雪之野,我择路 而行之处,步步清楚可见.他们从不用解释这 句话一一他们用自己的生活方式证实了这句座 右铭.他们本能地理解了诚信意味着有一套自己 的道德标准和准那么,这套个人行为准那么不能因私 利而出卖.与个人当前所处的局势也毫无关联.诚信是判断你行为的一种内在标准.很不幸的 是,在今天,诚信已不多见,且越来越少.但它 却真的是社会各个活动领域中最重要的, 也是我 们每人的必备之物.对这个价值观一个很好的测试,就是观察这 个我称之为“诚信三角的东西,它由三个关键 原那么构成：在个人面临压力时牢牢坚守自己的信念. 这 里有一个故事,讲述了一位外科护士第一天在一 家著名医院的医疗队工作时发生的事.

14、 她负责确 保腹腔手术中用到的一切器材都要有据可查. 护 士对外科医生说：“您只取出了 11块纱布,但是 我们用了 12块.我们必须找到最后一块.“我已全部取出,医生宣称.“我们现在开 始缝合.“您不能这样做,先生,这名护士新手反 对说,“请为病人着想.外科医生微笑着抬起脚,给护士看第 12块 纱布.“无论是在这家还是其他医院,你都会干 得非常出色,他告诉她.当你知道自己是正确的时候,你就不能退 缩.总是给那些人应得的赞扬.不要害怕那些能 想出更好点子或者可能比你聪明的人.大卫奥格威,奥美广告公司的创办人,曾 通过这样的方式来向他新任命的办公室主任们 清楚地表达这个观点：他给他们每人发了一个俄 罗斯套娃,每个娃娃里面都还有五个娃娃, 一个 套一个且一个比一个小.他的意图就在最小的那个娃娃里面：“如果 我们每个人都任用一个比我们还小的人,我们将 会成为一家侏儒公司.但是如果我们每个人都任 用一个比我们大的人,奥美将成为一家巨人公 司.这恰恰就是现在的奥美公司一一世界上最 大最受尊敬的广告公司之一.做一个坦诚的自我.缺乏真正核心价值的人 们依赖于外界因素一一他们的外表或地位一一 为了自我感觉良好.他们不可防止地竭尽所能来 维护这个外表,却无视了内在