双语阅读如何在工作中受重视.doc

双语阅读：如何在工作中受重视 　June was part of a team that had struggled hard to finish a difficult assignment. I wanted to call it a day and get home as much as anyone, she recalls. But she found herself saying, Im sorry, but we need to do some more work on this. 　　Suddenly she was the most unpopular person in the room. No one agreed with her, and some were openly angry that she was rocking the boat. But I stuck to my guns, she says. When the report was presented we were commended for picking up on the very thing I said wed missed. I was right and everyone had to respect that. 　　THE POPULARITY TRAP 　　Respect versus popularity—it is the old conflict between being professional and being personal. We want to do a good job, but we want to be friends with everyone, too. The truth is, you cant always be liked if you do your job property. And the desire to keep everyone happy can become a weakness. 　　At best, says management consultant Jennie Lumley, worrying about what others think makes us reactive when we need to be proactive. At worst, were so busy playing the office sweetheart that we lose sight of the demands of the job and our needs. 　　This is a particular problem for women professions, Lumley finds. Its a childhood hangover. We all long to be the most popular girl in school. Also, girls are brought up to try to please. This need to be liked gets in the way of career progress. At work, men dont give a thought to what others think so long as they get their way. 　　AT TIMES YOU HAVE TO BE TOUGH 　　Although we would all love to be Ms Popular at home and in the office, at work the task is not to be liked, but to be effective, says computer sales executive Andrea. 　　This is possibly the single most important lesson we can learn. You cant always be popular. You shouldnt have to be; its not what youre there for. Progress depends on having your own ideas and sticking to them. And that means having the guts to make difficult decisions when you have to, she says. 　　The soft decisio