向前一步:第102期 如何找到你的人生导师(16)

The company operated by moving quickly and tolerating mistakes, 当时公司的运作依靠行动快速、容忍错误的模式。

and lots of people were nervous that I would not just ruin the party, but squash innovation. 许多人都心情紧张，担心我会压制创新。

Naomi Gleit had joined Facebook right out of college several years earlier. 几年前，娜奥米·格雷特在大学毕业后就加入了脸谱网。

As one of Facebook's earliest employees, she had a deep understanding of how the company worked. 作为脸谱网最资深的员工之一，她对公司的运作有着相当深刻的理解。

Naomi and I became close. I bet most people, including Naomi herself, probably assumed that I was mentoring² her. 我和娜奥米在业务上频繁接触，我敢打赌，大多数人包括她自己都很可能认为是我在指导她，

But the truth is she mentored³ me. 但事实却是她在指导我。

She helped me implement⁴ the changes that needed to be made and jumped in to stop me from getting things wrong. 她帮助我实现了应有的变革，还及时提醒我避免犯错。

Naomi always told me the truth, even if she thought it would be hard for me to hear. She still does this for me today. 娜奥米总是对我坦诚直言，即使她认为我很难听得进去——直到现在她也仍然在这样做。

Peers can also mentor¹ and sponsor one another. 当然，级别相当的人之间同样可以彼此指导和赞助。

There is a saying that "all advice is autobiographical." 俗话说“所有忠告都是基于忠告者自身的经验”，

Friends at the same stage of their careers may actually provide more current and useful counsel. 处于相同事业阶段的朋友之间也许能提出更加实用的建议。

Several of my older mentors⁵ advised me against taking a job at Google in 2001. 2001年，一些比我年长的导师劝我不要接受谷歌的工作，

Yet almost all my peers understood the potential of Silicon⁶ Valley. 然而几乎所有与我同龄的朋友都很清楚硅谷的发展潜力。

Peers are also in the trenches⁷ and may understand problems that superiors do not, 基层员工由于在一线工作，便可以理解高管人员不理解的一些问题，

especially when those problems are generated by superiors in the first place. 尤其是在问题首先来自高管人员的时候更是如此。 

1 mentor   

n.指导者，良师益友；v.指导

参考例句：

• He fed on the great ideas of his mentor.他以他导师的伟大思想为支撑。
• He had mentored scores of younger doctors.他指导过许多更年轻的医生。

2 mentoring   

n.mentoring是一种工作关系。mentor通常是处在比mentee更高工作职位上的有影响力的人。他/她有比‘mentee’更丰富的工作经验和知识，并用心支持mentee的职业（发展）。v.（无经验之人的）有经验可信赖的顾问( mentor的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• One of the most effective instruments for coaching and mentoring is the "role rehearsal" . 辅导和教学的最有效的手段之一是“角色排练。” 来自辞典例句
• Bell Canada called their mentoring system a buddy-buddy system. 加拿大贝尔公司称他们的训导系统是伙伴—伙伴系统。 来自互联网

3 mentored   

v.（无经验之人的）有经验可信赖的顾问( mentor的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• They had a fantastic dean who really mentored a lot of people. 那儿的教务长非常出色，的确为许多人提供了指导。 来自互联网
• The famous professor mentored him during his years in graduate school. 那位著名的教授在他读研究生期间指导他。 来自互联网

4 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

5 mentors   

n.（无经验之人的）有经验可信赖的顾问( mentor的名词复数 )v.（无经验之人的）有经验可信赖的顾问( mentor的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Beacham and McNamara, my two mentors, had both warned me. 我的两位忠实朋友，比彻姆和麦克纳马拉都曾经警告过我。 来自辞典例句
• These are the kinds of contacts that could evolve into mentors. 这些人是可能会成为你导师。 来自互联网

6 silicon   

n.硅(旧名矽)

参考例句：

• This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
• A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。

7 trenches   

深沟，地沟( trench的名词复数 )； 战壕

参考例句：

• life in the trenches 第一次世界大战期间的战壕生活
• The troops stormed the enemy's trenches and fanned out across the fields. 部队猛攻敌人的战壕，并在田野上呈扇形散开。