業務的規範化和信息的規範化是城市規劃管理信息係統的基礎性工作。

但是,每個人都要麵對挑戰。你需要用一種良好的態度去麵對它們。

正是由於我這種看問題的態度,我才能做任何正常人能夠做的事情。

這個世界上沒有誰和別人是一模一樣的。

Keep staring! I might do a trick!

do a trick:玩把戲;變戲法

For instance, everyone uses stoves. Little people just have to figure out how to use them in different ways.

figure out:想出;算出

不要害怕失敗

Don' t Fear Failure

佚名 / Anonymous

Many career experts tout failure as the castor oil of success. The idea isn' t to fling yourself into certain disaster in order to be mystically rewarded with triumph. Rather, it' s a simple recognition that people who willingly risk failure and learn from loss have the best chance of succeeding at whatever they try.

Oh, you' ve had minor reverses in school or love, but you haven' t failed meaningfully. Never fear, says Amitai Etzioni, professor of socioeconomics at George Washington University: "Everyone gets a chance. No one lives a failure-proof life forever."

Failure is easy to recognize. "It usually involves loss of money, self-esteem or status," says Carole Hyatt, co-author of When Smart People Fail. At the very least, it is simply not getting what you want.

Not that rational people should wish for calamity, says Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, But a stiff dose of misfortune is often a painfully effective tutor. It "teaches you something about your strength and acquaints you with your limitations." notes Kushner. "That' s an important part of maturity."

People who profit from loss are the kind of foot soldiers business leaders seek, "Continuous success builds arrogance and complacency," says multibillionaire industrialist H. Ross Perot. "I want people who love the battlefield, people willing to go to the war". That includes making honest mistakes. Unsuccessful people, he adds, instinctively avoid risks even when a smart gamble might pay off. "You learn a great deal more from what doesn' t work than from what does." Failure, he says, is merely the cost of seeking new challenge.

If the thought of fouling up paralyzes you, here are several helpful suggestions:

1. Stop using the "F" word.

High achievers, rarely refer to "failure," a loaded word suggesting a personal dead end. They prefer "glitch" "bollix" or "course correction."

2. Don' t take it personally.

When things go sour, do you instinctively label yourself a loser? The language you use to describe yourself can become a powerful reality. Repeatedly calling yourself an unemployed salesperson not only labels you as out of work—synonymous with failure in our society—it considers yourself someone "with options".Those opinions include taking classes to develop new skills or bravely striking out on another career.

3. Be prepared.

Help insulate yourself by mapping a catastrophe plan. Ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Imagining loss of job or spouse can force you to clearly consider practical alternatives. Do you have enough insurance and cash reserves to carry you through a difficult period? Do you have talents that could bring in an income if your employer handed you a pink slip? Keep in mind that the Chinese ideogram for "crisis" consists of the characters for both "danger" and "opportunity."

4. Learn to fail intelligently.

Jack Matson, a University of Houston professor, developed a course his students dubbed "Failure 101". Matson had his class build ice-cream-stick mock-ups of products no one would buy. "They designed hamster hot tubs and kites to fly in hurricanes," says Matson.

The ideas were ridiculous, but once Matson' s students equated failure with innovation instead of defeat, they felt free to try anything. Since most students had at least five failures before finding their business niche, they learned not to take failure as the last word, says Matson. "They learned to reload and get ready to shoot again."

5. Never say die.

Early' s Harrisonburg, construction company went belly up in 1975. Then only 25, Early borrowed on his home rather than declare bankruptcy. He continued to work in construction, trying to master the intricacies of management. In 1982, he "got nervy enough" to borrow more to start his own business again, having built a solid reputation with banks for getting through difficult times.

Early expanded his new construction business cautiously. He took college courses in business administration. By 1988, Early' s company made Inc. magazine' s list of the 500 fastest-growing privately owned companies.

Early is not complacent. Memories of hard times haunt him. "I can' t afford to get arrogant about success," he says, "So I' m always trying to improve my business."

許多職業專家將失敗鼓吹為“成功的潤滑油”。這種說法並不是讓你為了獲得神秘的勝利,而先將自己推向某個災難的邊緣。這僅僅是那些成功人士對失敗的一種認識。他們能夠欣然接受失敗,並從失敗中懂得:無論嚐試什麽,都是成功的最好機會。

噢,你在學校或愛情上也許遇到過一些小的挫折,但是這樣的失敗是毫無意義的。喬治·華盛頓大學的社會經濟學教授阿米塔伊·埃茨奧尼說:“永遠不要害怕,人人都有一次機會,沒有誰會一生都失敗。”

意識到失敗是很容易的事。《當聰明的人失敗時》一書的合著者卡羅萊·海厄特說:“通常,失敗會伴隨著金錢、自尊或身份地位的損失而出現。”至少,失敗的結果是不能得到你想要的。

《當不幸降臨在好人身上時》的作者羅比·哈羅德·庫沙爾說,並不是說理智的人應該盼望災難的降臨,但是巨大的挫折往往是痛苦的深刻教訓。它“能讓你知道自己的長處,了解自己的短處”。庫沙爾寫道:“經曆挫折是成長過程中的重要一課。”

從失敗中汲取教訓的人才是企業領導青睞的對象。擁有億萬資產的實業家H. 羅斯·佩羅特說:“不斷的成功會助長自大、自滿之情。我想要那些喜歡戰場,願意鬥爭的人才。”這其中包括犯誠實的錯誤。H.羅斯·佩羅特又補充說:“失敗者本能地避開冒險,即使是麵對形勢較好的投機機會時也是如此。你從失敗中學到的東西,要比從成功中學到的東西多得多。”他說:“失敗僅僅是在尋找新的挑戰時所付出的代價。”

如果害怕失敗而讓你舉步維艱,這裏有幾條有益的建議:

1. 停止使用“失敗”一詞

有較高成就的人很少提到“失敗”二字,因為使用這個沉重的詞說明這個人無法再繼續發展。他們更喜歡“小麻煩”“改正方針”等詞。

2. 不要因失敗而沮喪