英语美文：明白太晚的10堂人生课（下）

Number 6-Discover your niche. Our lives are filled with all kinds of norms and expectations. People expect you to wear certain clothes. They expect you to know certain words. They even expect you to watch certain movies. Over the years you've been taught to blend into the crowd. You learned that the best way to find success is to be as normal and mainstream as possible. 

第六，找准自己的定位。在我们的生活中，到处是各种规范，各种预期。人们期望你穿某种衣服，期望你明白某些词语，甚至期望你去看某些电影。这么多年来，你一直被教导，要融入集体。你知道，获得成功的最好方式，就是尽可能遵守常规，尽可能随大流。

It takes decades for people to realize just how worthless those social norms really are, because the things that actually mean something to you come directly from you. No one tells you that life is about finding a unique niche to call your own. The rest of the world may not notice or care. But that's not what's important. As long as you find something that's meaningful to you, then it will always be worth doing. 

人们要花上几十年的时间，才能明白，这些社会规范是多么一文不值，因为对你有意义的东西，都是从你自己身上来的。不会有人告诉你，人生的意义，在于寻找自己独特的定位。这个道理，全世界都不关注，也都不在乎。但是，这才是最重要的事情。只要你找到了对自己而言有意义的事，那么，它总是值得你去做的。

Number 7-Choose passion over money. Many people base their entire lives around their paycheck. They choose whatever field earns them the most money and then they struggle through years and years of schooling. But when they finally get there they realized that a big pay check isn't as fulfilling as they thought. Money can buy you a lot of things, a fancy house, expensive clothes, the fastest coolest cars. But happiness is something you can't buy with all the money in the world. 

第七，选择你的热爱，而不是为钱工作。有很多人，他们一辈子都在为钱奋斗。他们选择最挣钱的领域，然后刻苦学习很多年。但是，当他们真正工作时，才发现，薪水带来的满足感，比他们想象中的少得多。钱能让你买很多东西，买豪宅，买奢侈的衣服，买最酷炫的车，但是，钱买不到快乐，用尽世界上所有的钱，都买不到快乐。

So, as you're searching for your path in life, don't base your decision on the number of zeros in your salary. Choose a path that sparks your interest that gets you excited that leaves you feeling fulfilled at the end of your day, because that's the kind of work that you're truly passionate about.

所以，在人生中，你寻找自己的道路时，不要为了你的收入中那几个零而做决定。选择能够激发你的兴趣，能够让你兴奋，能让你感到满足的工作，因为这才是你的热情所在。

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