2 . Let’s look back all these years you’ve gone through, what have you done for your life? Are you spending your time wisely to make your life worthwhile? Neal Wu shared some ways we should do to make our short time of life meaningful, find out what you need to do next:
a. Make friends as opposed to networking
Your friends will go a lot further than the professional contacts you make, especially since only one of the two groups is invested in your personal happiness.
b. Become an expert by learning as much as you can and deeply seeking out the things you are curious about
Find the things you enjoy and practice the skills you want to develop. If you can achieve expertise then it will be easy to obtain an audience.
c. Volunteer to help out those less fortunate
In the process you will gain a ton of new perspective and will better understand other people’s real problems. In a society that always looks upward, these people are being forgotten easily.
d. Become as independent as possible
Even though you work in a big company, you should constantly make small steps to reduce your dependence on your job. Write a book, build an app, or start a small business on the side. Release your inner entrepreneur.
e. Don’t spend too much time worrying about your personal brand
Accomplish(完成) things, and the recognition will follow.
f. Stop treating life as a competition and do things for their own sake
Genuine(真正的) interest should be what drives you to improve yourself, rather than a desire to beat others. Find a community of people who are interested in the same things as you do, and drive each other to keep improving.
1. How many ways to make life meaningful did Neal Wu share?
2. To make your life meaningful, you are advised to __________.
| A．protect yourself and hardly help others |
| B．communicate more with the experts than your friends |
| C．rely more on your families than friends |
| D．explore the aspects of life you are interested in |
3. What’s the meaning of the underlined words
personal brand?
| A．one’s particular interest shown in some aspects |
| B．an impression in the mind of others about an individual or group |
| C．something you are concerned about |
| D．private possessions |
4. Where can you most likely to find this article?
| A．The News of the World | B．The New York Times |
| C．Life | D．Scientific World |
