????第二條“小”建議更容易操作，也更簡單。那就是要討人喜歡。就是這么簡單。要做到風趣、樂觀、友善、可靠、充滿正面能量、快樂、令人愉快、擅長聊天，比如聊體育、天氣，甚至《復仇者聯(lián)盟》（The Avengers），或公司里所有人喜歡的話題。如果同事要玩壘球，一定要參加，并爭取上場。要讓公司里的人認識你，讓他們聽到你爽朗的笑聲，讓他們看到你的真性情。當然，有個別人智力超群，他們的個性如何已經(jīng)不那么重要，也沒必要討好誰。但這種人絕對是鳳毛麟角，而且他們大部分人根本不需要暑期實習，因為在18歲之前，他們就已經(jīng)是百萬富翁了，名下早有許多專利或應用程序。

????我們必須再說說暑期實習的最后一件待辦事項，這件事不用帶到工作中，在自己的廉租房內(nèi)就可以完成。牧師、作家特里?A?史密斯曾證實，人們最快樂的時刻就是當他們在“命中注定的領域”工作時。所謂“命中注定的領域”是指，你所擅長的獨特領域，與你內(nèi)心深處真正感興趣的、能激發(fā)你的領域之間的交叉地帶，那一塊絢麗的情感和智力區(qū)域。對此，我們無比贊同。我們經(jīng)常和家里正在上大學的孩子討論“命中注定的領域”，他們在跟我們打招呼的時候甚至會說：“謝謝，我今天在自己命中注定的領域感覺很好。你怎么樣？”

????當然他們是在開玩笑，但實際上，拿同樣的問題問問自己并不是一件壞事。所以，今年暑假，一方面要在極端情況下超額完成任務，贏得他人的好感；同時還要認真思考，你即將踏上的職業(yè)道路能否為你提供機會，讓你能同時從事自己擅長、喜愛的事情。因為，只有既是自己擅長、同時也是自己喜愛的工作才是你真正想要從事的工作，才是你的最終歸宿。

??? 但是，親愛的暑期實習生們，向理想前進的第一步就是要在實習崗位上拿出一份漂亮的成績單。

????譯者：劉進龍/汪皓

????Our second "little" piece of advice is both easier and simpler. Be likable. Just that. Fun, upbeat, friendly, authentic, filled with positive energy, happy, agreeable, chit-chatty about sports and the weather and The Avengers, or frankly, whatever everyone at your company likes to be chit-chatty about. Get in the game and play, even literally, if there's a softball game to be had. Let people know you. Let them hear you laugh. Let them see your humanity. Sure, some people are so freakishly smart, their personalities don't matter and they don't have to make the kind of nice we suggest. But those people are rare, and most of them don't need summer internships anyway because they're millionaires by age 18, with a couple of patents or apps to their name.

????Finally, we would be remiss if we didn't mention one last summer to-do item, which is not to take place at work but rather in the privacy of your own cheap rental. The pastor and author Terry A. Smith makes the case that people are happiest when they are working in their "Area of Destiny" -- that gorgeous piece of emotional and intellectual real estate that exists at the intersection of what you're uniquely good at and what deeply interests and excites you. We couldn't agree more; indeed, we talk about "Area of Destiny" so often with our own college-aged kids that they've been known to greet us by saying, "My area of destiny is fine today, thanks, how's yours?"

????They're joking, but it's not a bad question to ask yourself. So this summer, while you're over-delivering and winning likability points in extremis, also think long and hard about whether you're on the road to a career that someday will give you the chance to simultaneously do what you're good at and what you love. Because that is the place you want to land. It's where you belong.

????And the first step in that direction, dear summer intern, is getting an A on the job right now.