专栏露西

Better to save face than take a long look in the mirror
自欺比面对真相更有效?


FT专栏作家露西•凯拉韦:面对失败,我们通常要么完全不承认,要么就是沉湎其中,喜欢用废物之类的词汇来形容自己。其实此时,用一些半真半假的话来安慰自己可能效果更好。

At a party last week I met a man who told me he had just lost his job. I commiserated, but he said it was OK, he was well out of it. He explained that his boss was a fool who could not cope with having an underling who was far brighter and more charismatic than him. The man looked perfectly cheerful and reassured me that his pay-off had been large, and the move was his employer’s loss.

在上周的一个派对上,我碰到了一位男士,他告诉我,他刚刚失去了工作。我表示同情,但他却说没什么大不了,离开那家公司是件幸事。他解释说,他的老板是个蠢蛋,无法面对一个比他聪明许多、也更有魅力的下属。他看上去兴高采烈,并且要我放心,他的遣散费相当可观,解雇他是公司的损失。

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露西•凯拉韦

露西•凯拉韦(Lucy Kellaway)是英国《金融时报》的管理专栏作家。在过去十年的时间里,她用幽默的语言调侃各种职场现象,并为读者出谋划策。她的专栏每周一出版在英国《金融时报》。露西在2006年获得英国出版业奖的“年度专栏作家”奖项。

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