#135 Career & Success 2

Key Word

meticulous: very careful and with great attention to every detail. 꼼꼼함

Many hours of meticulous preparation have gone into writing the book.

 

expedite: make something happen more quickly. speed up과 유사

Something needs to be done to expedite the process.

 

autonomous: independent and able to make one’s own decisions. 자율성

The company’s divisions, which have been largely autonomous up to now, will be centralized under the newly appointed CEO.

 

golden handshake: a usually large payment made to people when they leave their job. 거액의 퇴직금

He is to leave with a golden handshake understood to total at least one year’s salary.

delegate: give a particular job, duty
He was always overburdened with too many trivial tasks because he found it impossible to delegate.

 

stress: 강조하다

performance appraisals: 업무[근무] 평가

Stresses the importance of performance appraisals. 업무 평가의 중요성을 강조해라

The company recently completed performance appraisals to evaluate its current workforce and make several key promotions.

Dialouge

Consider the following two quotes: 

 

“I do not know anyone who has gotten to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but it will get you pretty near.”

 

“Don’t tell me how hard you work. Tell me how much you get done.” 

 

It has been said that hard work is different than smart work. Hard workers usually attribute their successes to inputs such as the number of hours worked. Typically, they define hard work as working 60 to 80 hours a week, working at home in the evenings and on weekends, and continuously juggling multiple projects in a frantic attempt to get them all done. However, some believe that this is not hard work, but poor time management. They believe in utilizing one’s strengths and skills to work smartly and balancing one’s work with one’s personal life.

juggling multiple projects: 여러 프로젝트로 바쁘게 일하다.

frantic: 정신없이 

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