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系列专题：《商界钜子给年轻一辈的事业箴言：卓越之道》
●感谢你问道："您在27岁的时候给自己重新设计了另一条职业道路。而有的人可能到了30多岁，甚至更大一点的年龄才发现自己并不适合自己当前的工作。尽管他们并不热爱自己所从事的，但是考虑到自己的年龄，考虑到工作职位等问题，他们不愿意、也不敢冒险再去重新开始另一种行业的职业生涯。对于这种情况，您认为应该怎么处理呢？" "事实上，我在读大学本科的时候曾计划毕业以后去医学院进一步深造（这里医学院的概念与我国高校教育中医学院的概念略有不同，在美国，大学本科阶段并不开设医学教育。只有本科毕业生才有资格报考医学院，毕业以后获得医学博士学位MD，职业学位的一种。所以这里的医学院其实是研究生院的一种），然后成为一名医生。同时我也在大学附近医院的急诊室工作，就在那儿我遇到一位年纪40多岁的医生。他就是被陷在了这样一种困境中。他并不喜欢自己的工作，不喜欢当医生。但是他已经有了很稳定的收入，如果这个时候让他重新开始另一种职业，成本非常高，所以他不敢去改变他的职业。也就是他的这个例子让我明白，如果我不能从事一份我真正热爱的工作，或者不敢去重新开始，那么我永远不可能取得一份成功的事业。 所以当你还年轻的时候，勇敢地作出你的选择，也不要害怕去改变。不管你是20多岁，30多岁，哪怕已经到了40多岁，你都有机会重新开始。 勇敢地去选择你喜欢的工作，你将在这个领域取得成功。" 附： Take what you really like， and don‘t be afraid of change Professor of the University of Oklahoma， Counselor of Italian Government (Privatization Advisory) （俄克拉荷马大学商学院教授，意大利政府经济政策（私有化）顾问） William Megginson （威廉.麦金森博士） Take what you really like for your career. It sounds simple， but you do should take something that really excites you. Because you‘ll be really good at it. I have a Bachlor‘s degree of chemistry， and worked as a chemist for 5 years， but I didn‘t feel that was what I really like； I wasn‘t happy about it. I changed it as I was getting my MBA. When I found finance， it became clear ‘this is what I really shoulddo.‘ I was 27 when that happened， and that was fairly old to go back school， to get my PhD， but it was still early enough to have a new start. Now I work with firms and governments all over the world. I like traveling and really enjoy my work， I would never regret my decision. ●thank you for your question："you reset your career path at the age of 27， yet some people may find their careers are not cut for them in their 30‘s， or even older. Though they don‘t like what they are doing， they neither wanna change it. They are afraid of change， given their age， job issues and so. As you see， how should people deal with such situation?" "Actually， I was planing to go to Medical School in college， to become a doctor. And I was working in a hospital emergincy room in my college town， where I met a doctor who was exactly in that situation. He was in his 40‘s. He hated what he was doing， he hated being a doctor， but he was trapped. It would cost him a lot of money to quit and take something new， so he was afraid to make the change. And that made me realize， if I don‘t do what I really like， if I don‘t have the courage to make the change， I won‘t get a successful career. So when you are still young enough， don‘t be afraid to make your decision， don‘t be afraid of change. When you are in your 20‘s， when you are in your 30‘s， even in your 40‘s， you are still young enough to have a new start of your career. Take what you really like， and you‘ll be really good at it."
