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Pride in Accomplishment
對成就的自豪
The human being longs for a sense of being accomplished, of being able to do things, with his hand, with his mind, with his will. Each of us wants to feel he or she has the ability to do something that is meaningful and that serves as a tribute to our inherent abilities.
人們渴求取得成就，渴望有能力用自己的手，用自己的腦，憑自己的意志辦成事情。我們每個人都希望自己能夠做出有意義并能顯示出自己天賦的事來。
It is easiest to see this in the craftsman who lovingly shapes some cheap material into anobject that may be either useful or beautiful or both. You can see the carpenter or bricklayer stand aside and admire the product of his personal skill.
這一點最容易在工匠身上看出來。他深情地將某一種價值不高的材料做成一件或是有用，或是美觀，或是兩者兼備的東西。你可以看到木匠或磚瓦匠常站到一邊，欣賞自己的產品。
But even where there is no obvious end product that is solely attributable to one person's skill, researchers have found that employees find pride in accomplishment. Our own research inhospitals suggests that even the housekeeping and laundry staffs take pride in the fact thatin their own ways they are helping to cure sick people — and thus accomplishing a good deal.
研究人員還發現，即使在沒有明顯的最終產品可以顯示個人專長的場合，雇員們也對工作成就感到自豪。我們自己在醫院的調查表明，即便勤雜人員和洗衣房的職工，也對自己的工作引以為榮，他們通過自身的工作協助治好了病人——因而也就作出了不少成績。
We're often misled by the complaints surrounding difficult work; deep down most people regardtheir own capacity to conquer the tough job as the mark of their own unique personality.Complaining is just part of working. After all, how else do you know who you are, except as you can demonstrate the ability of your mind to control your limbs and hands and words? You are, in significant measure，what you can do.
我們常常被抱怨工作困難的言論所誤導。在內心深處，多數人把自己善于解決棘手問題的本領看作個人的出眾之處。發牢騷也是工作的一部分。說到底，如果你不顯示出駕馭自己言行的能力，那你還有什么別的辦法來認識你自己呢？在很大程度上，你就是你所能成就的事情。
Some are deceived into thinking that people like to store up energy, to rest and save themselves as much as possible. Just the opposite.It is energy expenditure that is satisfying.
有些人誤認為人們喜歡積蓄精力，喜歡休息，并盡可能保養自己。事實恰恰相反。消耗精力才真正給人以滿足。
