Stop delaying.
停止拖延

Making a career change is challenging in the best of times, so this economy certainly doesn’t help. Many people allow that to keep them frustrated and stuck—not just for now, but for the long haul. They think about making a change, decide they can’t do it, and stick their dissatisfied noses right back down to the same grindstone. But what feels impossible today could be an open door in the future.
　　在经济繁荣时期转行也是一件很难的事，跟别说现在经济不景气了。许多人允许自己长时间沮丧地待在一个地方。他们考虑过改变，然后觉得他们无法做到，然后继续郁闷地待在原地。但现在觉得不可能的事未来可能是一种机遇。

Prepare to feel fear.
准备好面对恐惧

You’re 99.9 percent guaranteed to bump up against fear. It just comes with the territory. But it can actually be an enormously valuable asset. Productive fear shines a light on potential dangers so you can assess how to minimize or eliminate them. Ask yourself: Is this fear valid? What warning does this fear have for me? What factors would make this outcome more likely? What could I do about each of those risk factors?
　　你99.9%会感到恐惧。 但它可能是一种财富。恐惧揭示了潜在的危险，这样你就可以考虑如何最小化或消除这些危险。问问自己：恐惧是有根据的吗？这种感觉预示了那些危险？有哪些因素会增加危险出现的可能性？我如何处理这些风险点？

Analyze yourself.
分析自己

Start with questions like: What do I love doing? Why? When do I feel most energized? Why? What activities do I lose myself in? Why? What work sparks my interest? Why? What feels meaningful? Why?
　　问自己以下问题：我喜欢做什么？为什么喜欢？什么时候我觉得精力最旺盛？为什么？做什么事会让我感到迷失？为什么？什么事情能激发我的兴趣？原因是什么？我觉得做什么有意义？为什么？

Lay the groundwork.
预先打好基础

Ask yourself, “What is it going to take to make the change? What do I need to put in place?” Maybe you need to start putting aside money for a career change fund. Maybe you need to start developing an expertise or building relationships in your new area of focus.
　　问你自己：做出改变后会发生什么？我应该预先做些什么？也许你应该开始设立转行(跳槽)基金。也许你应该开始发展一个专长，或者在你新领域建立关系网。

Take action.
采取行动

There comes a time when exploring and thinking and noodling cease being productive and become just another way to procrastinate. Action creates opportunity. There are countless doors that will never open to you unless you take the first steps. Action is also a great antidote to fear. Sitting passively and letting life happen to you breeds fear the way still, stagnant water breeds mosquitoes. Stir it up a little.
　　当前，探究、思考和深思变得没有成效而且已经变成另一种拖延的方式。除非你开始行动，否则无数的门不会向你敞开。行动也是治愈恐惧的良药。被动的等待仍然会让生活滋生恐惧。死水滋生蚊虫,把它搅动起来。

Network.
建立人际网络

Once you have clarity about what makes you tick and where you want to go, you can start building a network. The idea is to create a framework that you can tap into when it comes time to make that change. Build your network before you need it.
　　一旦你清楚你需要什么和你想去的地方,你就可以开始建立你的人际网络。这样，当发生变化时，你就可以进入对应的体系。你应该未雨绸缪，提前建立你的人际网络。

Assume success.
假定会成功

There’s a well-known self-exploration question that goes, “What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?” It’s a way to help people shine a light on their dreams. Tell yourself: “Success is inevitable. Now prove it.” Assume that the only possible outcome is success, and then challenge yourself to prove how that can happen.
　　有一个自我探究的问题是：“如果你知道你不会失败，你会如何做。”这是一种帮助人们更清楚他们梦想的方法。告诉你自己“成功是必然的，现在去证明它。”假设成功是唯一可能的结果，那就挑战自己来证明这是如何发生的。

Pay attention.
集中注意力

Make it a habit to pay attention to two things at work: what you love about your job and what you dislike. Your goal is to understand the details of your experience, because that gives you something specific to work with as you pursue positive change. Think of your work as a big research experiment aimed at helping you uncover what energizes you and what drains you.
　　养成一个习惯，注意工作中的两件事：你喜欢什么，你不喜欢什么。(这样做的)目的是理解你的经历，因为当你追求积极的变化时，这些经历会给你提供一些具体的参照。把你的工作看成是一个大的研究性实验，来发现是什么让你活力四射，什么让你精疲力竭。

Find good company.
找好的同伴

When you surround yourself with people who are positive and motivated, who believe in their potential, a funny thing happens. Even if nothing else in your life changes, it starts to rub off on you. It starts to change your paradigm.
　　当你周围的人都是积极主动，相信他们的潜能时，有趣的事就会发生。即使你生活中没有别的变化，周围的人也会感染你。你的目标会开始发生变化。

Get knowledge support.
获得知识的支撑

You don’t have all the answers, so don’t pretend you do. Take stock of what you need to learn, and find ways to learn it. Find mentors, interview experts, or take classes. The less you grapple with figuring out the answers, the more energy you’ll have to use them.
　　你不是无所不知，所以不要假装你什么都知道。想想你需要学的知识，然后找机会去学习。找导师、与专家交谈或者参加课程。你越不努力找到答案，就将不得不耗费更多精力。

Help someone else.
帮助其他人

As you look at your goals, ask the question, “How can I serve?” How can you help someone? Where are your opportunities to give? When you focus on helping and giving, you are often the recipient of helping and giving from some other direction. I can’t tell you the equation that translates your giving actions into benefits for yourself. But almost everything I have been able to accomplish in my own career has been driven in some way by focusing on how I can help others.
　　当你追寻目标时，问 自己：我如何为他人服务？我如何能帮助他人？我奉献的机会在哪儿？ 当你专心帮助他人或尽心奉献时，你经常会得到他人其他方面的帮助。我没办法告诉将付出转化成好处的方程式，但在我的职业生涯中，我获得的成功绝大多数都或 多或少因为我专注于帮助别人。

Deal with past failures.
正确对待过去的失败

Are there any failures in your past that are keeping you from your future? Are you playing it safe anywhere, not because it’s the wise thing to do but because you’re letting your fear close doors? What one step can you take to start opening those doors again? You can either learn and move on, or let that failure limit your life.
　　之前的失败经历是否影响了你的未来？ 你是否曾经保守行事，不是因为应该这样做，而是因为你不想面对失败的恐惧？你可以从失败中学习并继续向前进，也可以让过去的失败影响你的生活。

Be sure you're not getting in your own way
不要养成坏习惯

Perhaps you find yourself spending too much time watching TV and not enough time working towards what you really want. Or it could be that your diet is so packed with junk food that you have no energy to do anything but come home at the end of the day and collapse.
　　也许你发现自己花太多时间看电视，而没有足够时间努力实现你真正想要的。也许你吃了太多的垃圾食品，以至于你没有精力做事，晚上回家精疲力竭。

Get back on track after a derailment.
在偏离之后重回正轨