【推荐1】Failure is probably the most exhausting experience a person ever has.     1     We experience this tiredness in two ways: start-up fatigue and performance fatigue.

In the former case, we keep putting off a task because it was either too boring or too difficult.     2     Such start-up fatigue is very real, even if not actually physical, not something in our muscles and bones. The solution is obvious though—perhaps not easy to apply: always handle the most difficult job first.

Years ago, I was asked to write 102 essays on the great ideas of some famous authors.     3     And I always started the day’s work with the difficult task of essay-writing. The experience proved that the rule works.

Performance fatigue is more difficult to handle. Though willing to get started, we cannot seem to do the job right. Its difficulties appear so great that, however hard we work, we fail again and again.     4    

When planning Encyclopaedia Britannica, I had to create a table of contents based on the topics of its articles. Nothing like this had ever been done before, and day after day I kept coming up with solutions. But none of them worked. My fatigue became almost unbearable.

One day, mentally exhausted, I wrote down all the reasons why this problem could not be solved. I tried to convince myself that the trouble was with the problem itself, not with me.     5     An hour later, I woke up suddenly with the solution clearly in mind. In the weeks that followed, the solution which had come up in my unconscious mind proved correct at every step. Though I worked as hard as before, I felt no fatigue. Success was now as exciting as failure had been depressing.

Human beings, I believe, must try to succeed. Success, then, means never feeling tired.

【推荐2】Most good interviewers will make an effort to establish and keep eye contact. Make sure that you do not find yourself looking down or away. If you wear glasses, be sure to buy the non­glare lenses. Do not stare.

Rapidly nodding your head can leave the impression that you are impatient and too eager to add something to the conversation—if only the interviewer would let you. Slower nodding, on the other hand, emphasizes interest, shows that you are confirming the comments of your interviewer, and encourages him to continue. Leaning the head slightly, when combined with eye contact and a natural smile, shows friendliness and approachability.

Your smile is one of the most powerful positive body signals. Everybody looks better when they smile. Offer an unforced, confident smile. Avoid at all costs the technique that some applicants use: grinning like a fool for the length of the interview, no matter what. This will only communicate that you are insincere.

It's worth remembering that the mouth provides a seemingly limitless supply of opportunities to convey weakness. This may be done by touching the mouth frequently; “faking” a cough when confused with a difficult question; chewing one's lips absent­mindedly. Displaying any of these “insincerity signs” when you are asked about why you lost your last job, will confirm or increase suspicion about your honesty.

【推荐3】The Water Angel

Even if you’ve never been to Phoenix, you know this about the place: it’s hot. From June to September, the temperature can easily turn the earth into a boiler.     1    . Signs warn that the trail is “extremely difficult”. If you continue, a posted checklist suggests at least a liter of water per person. And if you’re still unaware of the danger, another sign farther up declares: “If you’re halfway through your water, turn around!”

    2     Fortunately, Scott Cullymore pays attention. When he’s not running his carpet-cleaning company in nearby Mesa, the 53-year-old Cullymore can be found hiking up and down the mountain a couple of times a day, giving out cold bottles of water to worn-out hikers. He has helped hydrate so many hikers that he has earned a heavenly nickname: the WaterAngel. “I’d like a more manly name, but, you know,” he told azfamily.com.

Cullymore was on the mountain one day in 2015 when a British tourist died after being lost for nearly six hours in the July heat.     3    .“The mountain is usually underestimated and people may get themselves in trouble,” he told the Arizona Republic. If a hiker has a flushed face and is not sweating anymore, Cullymore says he reaches into his insulated(隔热的) orange backpack, pulls out a frosty bottle, and hands it to the person. “It’s misleading that we’re in the middle of the city. You can die up here, and no one will know.”

    4    . “You think you know the heat, but then you get out here in the desert and it surrounds you like a blanket,” said Austin Hill, who was hiking with a high school friend. They were lucky, he said, pointing to Cullymore. “We ran into this Water Angel here,” who went on to search for another hiker in need.