专栏 | 女性创业的四大理由
2020-08-17 11:54:47
一个多月前，优雅女企业家Danielle Tate的专栏在优女平台上诞生了。通过这个平台，我们想将一些朴素实用的智慧分享给更多的中国女性，给那些哪怕有一丁点渴望人格独立、财务自由的女性。随着Danielle Tate为优女撰写的第一篇专栏 | 女性创业 优雅出征（点击文字阅读）的推送，这个平台开始逐步散发她的光芒与能量。9月22日，在这个属于美国女企业家的节日里，优女带来了Danielle Tate的第二篇专栏 | 连起节点，变身光芒女性（点击文字阅读）。除此之外，Danielle卸下了女企业家&女作家的耀眼光环，以第一人称讲述生活的方方面面（点击文字阅读），将最真实的自己展现给所有优女读者。畅销图书 Elegant Entrepreneur《优雅企业家》作者 此外，Danielle还是一位妻子，一位母亲，一位普拉提爱好者，和女性权益倡导者。
4 Reasons Why Doing What You Love Makes Entrepreneurship Ideal for Women子曰：“有终身之乐，无一日之忧”。作为一位著名哲学家，他说得颇为中肯，但是我认为做你热爱且让你充满激情的事（抛开工作的成分），能够改变一个人对于工作的认知。你可以在喜爱的行业选择一份工作，但可能遇到一位可恶的上司，让你觉得痛苦不堪，剥夺了你的热情。Confucius once said, “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” As a famous philosopher he had a point, but I venture that doing what you love and are passionate about (drop the job part) is what changes a person’s perspective on work. You could choose a job in an industry that you love, but have a lousy boss who makes you miserable and robs you of your passion. 工作是你通过为他人劳动而获得薪水的渠道。激情使你开心，适当的情况下也可能带来物质利益。创业是将你的激情转化为事业的媒介，而这份事业足以支持你所热爱的生活。下面有四大理由，告诉你为何做自己热爱的事业会使生活变得更美好A job is a measure of work you do for someone else to earn money. A passion is something you do that makes you happy and if channeled correctly will also make money. Entrepreneurship is the vehicle to turn your passion into a business that supports the life that you love. Below are four reasons why doing what you love makes life better.
星期一不再是让你恐惧的日子。你肯定也曾期盼周末再延长一天，但如果你真的对自己的工作富有激情，你就会对新一周的开始倍感兴奋。你的头脑里会充满了各种想法，它们激励着你，使你的工作更上一层楼。你不会再拖拖拉拉地起床，而是早早地出现在办公室，带着一份写满了各种项目的清单，这些都是你周末思考出来的成果。Monday mornings are no longer something you dread. Sure there will be times when you wish your weekends were an extra day longer, but if you are truly passionate about what you are doing you will be excited to start a new work week. Your brain will be full of ideas, ideas that excite you and will help your business grow. Instead of dragging yourself out of bed, you’ll be in the office early with a list of projects you thought of over the weekend.
你就是自己的老板。不会再有毫无成效却必须参加的会议了，也不会再有没人读的无聊报告出现了。不会有人对你的工作成果品头论足，或者将他们的错误转嫁到你身上。作为创业者，你可以掌握自己要做的事。你可以做出对公司有利的决定。你可以决定什么是实现目标的最重要和最好的方式。你不必再继续无效的做法，却可以推广有效的模式。You are your own boss. There are no more mandatory meetings where nothing gets accomplished, no more tedious reports to generate that are never read. No one will take credit for your accomplishments or blame their mistakes on you. As an entrepreneur, you are in charge of what you do. You have the authority to make the decisions that fuel the success of your company. You get to decide what is important and the best ways to achieve the goals that you set. Anything that doesn’t work, you do not have to continue to do. Anything that does work can be amplified.优秀的人会愿意和你一起工作。作为创业者，你身边的人对公司的成功意义重大。好消息是，当你对事业充满激情的时候，这种热情和愉悦将会吸引和你一样激情四射的人。你不用再和办公室里尸位素餐的人打交道了。你会有能力聘请优秀的员工，将你的创业精神发扬光大，并激励着你思考和超越自我。Amazing people will want to work with and for you. As an entrepreneur the people you surround yourself with are vital to your company’s success. Great news, when you are passionate about what you are doing, that enthusiasm and joy attracts other individuals who are equally as passionate. You aren’t stuck dealing with an office full of difficult people who do the bare minimum to maintain their job position. You have the ability to hire the talent and personalities that make your entrepreneurial soul sing and who inspire you to think and achieve beyond your usual scope.你有了掌控力。掌控力和能力是生命中两大力量。当你建立起了自己的公司（或掌握了自己的人生），做着热爱的事，你就掌控了自己的收入、工作量、时间和未来。掌握了这些人生的关键要素，你就有了创造你喜欢的生活的能力。没人能命令你撇下爱人去工作，或者利用你的工作强迫你做违背价值理念的事，也没有人能剥夺你的激情带给你的快乐。当你真正掌控了生活，你就能享受生活的每一个瞬间。You have control. Control and power are two major forces in life. When you have built a company (and a life) around doing what you love, you have control over your income, your workload, your schedule, and your future. With control over all of these key life factors, you have ultimately given yourself the power to create a life that you love. No one has the power to make you work instead of spending time with a loved one. No one can leverage your job to make you do things that go against your values. No one can rob you of the joy your passion brings you. When you have control of your life, you have the power to enjoy every moment of it.