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How You Spend Your 20s Will Define You
20幾歲的人生軌跡會決定你的一生
Adult Responsibilities Make You Happier
成人的責任會讓你更快樂
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。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%的漲薪機會出現在職業生涯的頭十年里，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習。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 enormousproportions 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.
大腦中負責用理智控制情感的大腦前額葉在20幾歲的時候還處在發育的階段。同時，年輕人的工作經驗較少，這就意味著20幾歲的年輕人對于意外和批評會表現得更加情緒化。他們更有可能把別人的反饋當成是針對自己，在腦海里把事情嚴重放大。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，并從中學習經驗教訓。
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，大腦還沒有完全發育成熟，尤其是負責未來規劃和情感管理的部分。但這并不意味著你就應該坐等大腦發育成熟。事實上，在20幾歲時學到和經歷過的事務會烙印進你的大腦，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。
