英语小达人 51 Increasing My Value
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Increasing My Value
提高自我的价值
It took 46 years for me to realize that I was holding myselfback in my career. I am a businessman and I love it! However I wasn’t giving myself enough credit 1 for my skills. In other words, I wasn’t charging enough for my services.
我花了四十六年才了解到自己是职业生涯没有进展的元凶。我是个实业家我热爱我的工作!但是我却不怎么认同自己的能力换句话说,我的服务没有索取够高的费用。
I was working too hard and barely 2 getting by. This created a bad situation. Many people were calling me to ask for my services because they had heard about my low fees 3. I was overworked and began to dislike my job.
我工作得很辛苦却只能勉强糊口。这造成了很糟的情况,许多人打电话找我工作,是因为他们听说我的价格很低。我工作过量,而变得讨厌工作。
A few months ago, I took a workshop that taught me how to recognize my skills and see their dollar value. I began to see myself as a professional 4 instead of someone to be taken advantage of .
几个月前,我参加一个研讨会,教我如何识别能力,并了解其代表的现金值。我开始视自己为专业人员,而不再任人利用。
It has been only a few months but I am beginning to see many fantastic changes in my career and life. My clientele has also changed. I am receiving jobs from some pretty amazing and important people in the community. I feel grateful 5 that I have discovered a new relationship with my career and myself.
虽然才过几个月,不过我开始看到我的职业生涯和人生都有了许多很棒的改变,我的顾客也变了,我开始从社区里相当优秀且重要的一些人那里接到工作,我很高兴能发现职业生涯和人生的新关系。
n.信用,荣誉,贷款,学分;v.归功于,赞颂,信任
- I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
- He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉,我们做不讨好的工作。
adv.仅仅,几乎没有,几乎不
- The male bird is barely distinguishable from the female.雄鸟和雌鸟几乎无法辨别。
- He took barely enough money to keep the children in bread.他赚很少的钱仅够孩子们勉强糊口。
费用; (加入组织或做某事付的)费( fee的名词复数 ); 专业服务费; 咨询费; 报酬
- Employees are reimbursed for any legal fees incurred when they relocate. 员工调往异地工作时,他们可以报销由此产生的所有法律服务费用。
- As a scholar you will not have to pay college fees. 作为接受奖学金的学生,你不必付大学的费用。
adj.专业的;职业的;n.专业人员;职业运动员
- He is a professional tennis player.他是一名职业网球运动员。
- I need a professional to sort out my finances.我需要专业人士为我管理财务。
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