职场：学习办公室礼仪从何做起？
Q: I worked in the health-care industry for 15 years as a geriatric nursing assistant, but I recently decided that my career wasn’t paying the bills and went back to school for a B.A. in organizational management and communication. The problem is, I have never worked in an office setting and I’m not sure how to go about learning etiquette, how to speak appropriately, etc. I thought that once I got a degree, everything would be self-explanatory, but it really isn’t. Can you help?
问：作为一个老年病护理助理，我曾在医疗保健业工作了15年。但不久前，我发现这份工作不够应付生活开销，于是决定回到学校攻读机构管理和传播学的学士学位。问题是我从来没有在办公室环境工作过，我不知道如何开始学习相关礼节，如何适当措辞等等。我本以为 ……此处隐藏367个字……>
A: While the people featured in Reinvent have indeed done inspiring things, remember that a 500-word column is not enough room to chronicle their life stories. Most of them have experienced career lulls and hardships in addition to their successes. If there is a particular profession you’d like to explore now, then I encourage you to give it a shot. But please remember that raising healthy children and giving back to your community do constitute meaningful work, and if you have been happy doing these things, then in my opinion, you should have no regrets.
答：虽然我在专栏里写到的人确实做出了令人鼓舞的成就，但别忘了，篇幅才500字的专栏文章并不足以一一道来他们的毕生经历。他们大多数人在成功之外都经历过事业停滞的时候，也遭遇过艰难困苦。如果现在有哪种职业是你想尝试的，那我鼓励你去尝试。不过请记住，养育身心健康的孩子和回报社会也是很有意义的工作，如果你你喜欢做这些事情，那在我看来你应该没有遗憾。
