托福阅读：借节日涨士气的7大招数

又是一年之始。假日的狂欢已经过去，现在到了认真工作的时候了。不过在我们深入考虑目标、策略、战术和财务预期之前，先看看在2015年，我们可以如何借助一些节日传统行为来提升公司的利润。详细请看下面的双语文章：

1. Celebrations.

1、庆祝

My clients and I use the phrase “Pop a cork!” as a cue to stop and celebrate. Why? Becausesharing a toast does two things; it recognizes progress and potential. It says, “Wow,something great happened, and here’s a toast to having more of it!”

“我们开瓶酒!”——我和客户以此作为暂停一会儿来庆祝的暗号。为什么呢?因为“干杯”意味着两件事：肯定过去的进步，表达对未来的期望。“我们做得真棒!为获得更大的成功干杯!”

That’s the kind of energy we need to keep us moving all year long, so don’t save yourcelebrations for the beginning of 2016, find a reason to pop a cork (real or virtual) at least oncea month.

我们常年需要这种促人奋进的能量，所以不要再等到2016年开始时才庆祝，至少每个月都找个理由来“开瓶酒”吧。

2. Gratitude.

2、感恩

We’re reminded, during the holidays, of how much we have to be grateful for. Expressinggratitude can be a powerful exercise in business as well. Take stock of all the things you haveto be grateful for in your professional life. All the people you’ve connected with, all theexperience you’ve accumulated, all the clients you’ve served. Guess what you’ve done. You’veinventoried your resources. And you’ve probably uncovered a few that are undeveloped;people you’ve neglected, talents and skills you haven’t leveraged, testimonials you haven’tasked for. Develop those resources, and you’ll have more reasons to say “Pop a cork” and evenmore to be grateful for the next time you take stock.

在节日期间，我们会想起有多少需要感激的事物。在商界，表示感恩同样可以产生强大的力量。盘点你在职业生涯中一切要感激的事物：所有你联系的人，所有你积累的经验，所有你招待的客户。猜猜你做了什么。你梳理了你的资源，可能还会发现一些没有得到开发的资源：你忽视的人，没有发掘的才华，没有提升的技能，没有咨询的客户评价。开发这些资源，你将会有更多理由来“拔出软木塞”，并在下一次盘点中更加心存感激。