著名的父親提出的兩個職業小貼士
1. F. Scott Fitzgerald to his daughter Scottie: “Do I really understand about people and am I able to get along with them?”
1. 弗朗西斯·斯科特·菲茨傑拉德對他的女兒斯科蒂說“我是不是真的瞭解人們呢？我能和他們友好相處嗎？”
Things not to worry about:
不需要擔心的事情“
Don’t worry about popular opinion
不要擔心大衆觀點
Don’t worry about dolls
不要擔心玩偶
Don’t worry about the past
不要擔心過去
Don’t worry about the future
不要擔心將來
Don’t worry about growing up
不要擔心成長
Don’t worry about anybody getting ahead of you
不要擔心別人超過你
Don’t worry about triumph
不要擔心勝利
Don’t worry about failure unless it comes through your own fault
不要擔心失敗，除非這是由於你自己的錯誤而失敗
Don’t worry about mosquitoes
不要擔心蚊子
Don’t worry about flies
不要擔心蒼蠅
Don’t worry about insects in general
不要擔心一般的昆蟲
Don’t worry about parents
不要擔心父母
Don’t worry about boys
不要擔心男孩
Don’t worry about disappointments
不要擔心失望
Don’t worry about pleasures
不要擔心喜悅
Don’t worry about satisfactions
不要擔心滿足
2. Albert Einstein to his son, Hans Albert: “Mainly play the things on the piano which please you, even if the teacher does not assign those.”
2.阿爾伯特·愛恩斯坦對自己的兒子漢斯·阿爾伯特說“在鋼琴上主要彈奏能讓你開心的曲子，即使你的老師並沒有指定它們。”
I am very pleased that you find joy with the piano. This and carpentry are in my opinion for your age the best pursuits, better even than school. Because those are things which fit a young person such as you very well. Mainly play the things on the piano which please you, even if the teacher does not assign those. That is the way to learn the most, that when you are doing something with such enjoyment that you don’t notice that the time passes. I am sometimes so wrapped up in my work that I forget about the noon meal….
你能在彈鋼琴中找到樂趣，我感到很開心。鋼琴和卡朋特樂隊，在我看來，非常適合你這個年齡的追求，比上學還要好。因爲這些事物非常適合像你一樣的年輕人。在鋼琴上主要彈奏能讓你開心的曲子，即使你的老師並沒有指定它們。做自己喜歡做的事情，竟然察覺不到時間的流逝，這是學到最多東西的方式。有時我非常專注於自己的工作，都會忘記吃中飯……
