Many 20-somethings believe they have all time in the world and how they spend their 20s doesn't matter. But they matter most. The foundation you build in your 20s will define the rest of your life. Take yourself seriously。很多20幾歲的年輕人覺得自己在這個世界上還有大把時間，怎么度過自己的20幾歲無關(guān)緊要。但事實是，20幾歲的人生軌跡非常重要。你在20幾歲奠定下的人生基礎(chǔ)將會決定你的一生。所以，認(rèn)真對待自己20幾歲的時光吧。

Adult Responsibilities Make You Happier成人的責(zé)任會讓你更快樂

While many young people may resist getting a "real job" or becoming independent, these are the things that make you happy and give you purpose. Some people underestimate the satisfaction of working, thinking they’ll be miserable in a cube. The 20-somethings that do work are happier than those who don’t or are underemployed。很多年輕人不愿意去找份“像樣的工作”或者獨立生活，但正是這些東西讓你變得快樂、給了你人生的目標(biāo)。有一些人會低估工作滿意度的重要性，覺得憋在格子間里的工作生不如死。真相是，有工作的20幾歲的年輕人比那些沒有工作的同齡人要活得更快樂。

Get The Best Job You Can Get竭盡全力獲得最好的工作

If you invest in your career early, you'll have longer to build it up. 70% of wage growth happens in the first 10 years, so you need to get the best job you can get and negotiate your salary. People who wait until their 30s to get going are never going to catch up。如果你盡早地給職業(yè)生涯進行投資，那么你就有更多的時間來把它建好。70%的漲薪機會出現(xiàn)在職業(yè)生涯的頭十年里，所以你必須盡力獲得最好的工作，并談好薪水。等到30幾歲再去想這些就為時已晚了。

Not Making A Choice Is A Choice不選擇也是一種選擇

Many 20-somethings don't know what they want to do, so they hang around the house or in low-level jobs waiting for the spirit to move them. Not making a choice is a choice. These 20-somethings think they are keeping their options open, but they are actually closing doors. Resumes start look thin, their peers begin surpassing them and they may get stuck in underemployment。很多20幾歲的年輕人不知道自己想要什么，就宅在家里，或做一些沒有技術(shù)含量的工作，等到哪天興致來了再去找更好的出路。不選擇也是一種選擇。這些20幾歲的年輕人覺得自己向機會敞開了大門，實際上他們是在把前路堵上。他們的簡歷會看上去很單薄，被同齡人趕超，還會受限于沒有充分的工作經(jīng)驗。

It's Going To Take Time To Get Good At Your Job精通一份工作需要時間來歷練

It will take about 10,000 hours (or about five years) to really master their jobs. If you're wondering why colleagues seem so poised

and confident, it's partly because they've been doing it longer. young people should learn as much as they can in their first jobs and remember it will take some time to really get good。精通一份工作需要一萬個小時(約5年)的時間來歷練。如果你想知道為什么同事們看上去是如此鎮(zhèn)定自若、信心十足，從某種程度上來說，那是因為他們從事這份工作的時間夠長夠久。年輕人需要在頭幾份工作中盡量地多學(xué)習(xí)。記住，想把一件事做好，是需要花時間的。

Get Some Perspective從不同角度多想想

The 20-something brain is still developing its frontal lobe, which is in charge of overriding emotion with reason. This, coupled with less on-the-job experience, means 20-somethings are more sensitive to surprise and criticism. They are more likely to take feedback personally, and magnify events to enormous proportions in their minds. Step back and get some perspective. You're not going to be fired because your boss is angry. Hear the criticism and learn from it。大腦中負(fù)責(zé)用理智控制情感的大腦前額葉在20幾歲的時候還處在發(fā)育的階段。同時，年輕人的工作經(jīng)驗較少，這就意味著20幾歲的年輕人對于意外和批評會表現(xiàn)得更加情緒化。他們更有可能把別人的反饋當(dāng)成是針對自己，在腦海里把事情嚴(yán)重放大。退后一步，從不同角度多想想。你不會因為老板生氣了就被炒魷魚。多聽聽批評意見，并從中學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)驗教訓(xùn)。

Change Your Brain For Life為生活改變你的大腦

The brain doesn't fully mature until your mid-20s, particularly the parts that plan for the future and manage emotions. That doesn't mean you should sit around and wait for it to develop. In fact, what you learn and experience in your 20s becomes hardwired

into your brain, and this is the best chance you have to re-wire your brain and change how you think and react. What people do in their 20s wires who they’ll be as adults.25歲之前，大腦還沒有完全發(fā)育成熟，尤其是負(fù)責(zé)未來規(guī)劃和情感管理的部分。但這并不意味著你就應(yīng)該坐等大腦發(fā)育成熟。事實上，在20幾歲時學(xué)到和經(jīng)歷過的事務(wù)會烙印進你的大腦，而這就是改變你的大腦、改變思維和反應(yīng)方式的最好時機。20幾歲時所做的事情將決定這些年輕人以后的樣子。