大学生英语演讲稿5篇
演讲稿也叫演讲词，它是在较为隆重的仪式上和某些公众场合发表的讲话文稿。以下是小编收集整理的大学生英语演讲稿5篇，希望对大家有所帮助。
大学生英语演讲稿(1)
Thanks to the open policy in China, more and more foreign businessmen have
come to invest, building new factories, mines and other business enterprises, or
enlarging and improving old ones. Foreign investment is important in that it
supplements the economy of our country. It has the advantage of importing
foreign capital, technology, talents, advanced equipment and methods of
management.
Ours is a country of vast territory, abounding in natural resources and
labor force.Foreign investment can help to explore the resources and make use of
the labor force, thus giving our strong points to play. In a word, foreign
investment may improve our economy. Of course foreign investment is of
mutual
benefit.The foreign businessmen can also reap profits, otherwise they would not
come to invest.
To attract more foreign investment, we must maintain the country’s
political stability to bring about a good investment environment.Meanwhile we
should carry out some good policies, which makes the foreign businessmen believe
that to invest in China does pay.
大学生英语演讲稿(2)
I have a question for you. ‘do you know how to breathe?’ okay, i know what
you are thinking now, “girl, are you kidding me? everybody knows how to
breathe.” actually, if i were you sitting down in there one year ago, i would
thin k, “how did s he make it t o the final?”
Alright, seriously speaking, what i am talking about is “the art of
breathing”, and it’s about breathing in a yoga way: peacefully and always under
control. what it reveals is the real essence of perseveranc e, “in order to
achieve, sometimes, you need to wait.” and when it comes to things you really
want in life, it is as hard as it could possibly be.
For me, singing is a life thing. when i am singing on the stage, i feel
whole-heartedly involved, and the self-fulfillment it renders is inexplicably
thrilling. but with all the realistic problems i need to face in life, all those
i want seem too far to be true– so far that i am terrified that i will never
ever be able to get there and that gradually i will be carried away by the
currents and torrents of life. i’ve been drowned into this ambivalence for so
long. now, with a refined perspective towards self-realization, i am waiting, in
a graceful posture, and knowing that i am going to get there. and on this, i
should say, i owe yoga a thank-you.
I still remember, about one year ago, i attended a yoga course for the very
first time. and to tell you the truth, i went there for a nice figure. however,
after practicing for some time, i discovered that there was an ineffable
inner-strength burgeoning sneakily in me while i totally focused. in order not
to let go this significant power, i started to picture all i wanted in my mind
while i was fully concentrating, for i believe the wings of imagination could
make things possible. i learned to breathe with my dreams, shaping the eagerness
into this elegant gesture of persisting.
And no w, if you ask me what exactly is “the art of breathing”, i would say
it is indeed “the art of living”. it combines the search of balance, the grace
of patience, and the awareness of appreciation.
So even though feelings are tied up with life routines, i could still hold
onto that free ego which i have always adored: the girl who is singing under the
spotlight, with all her heart and soul; the girl who is persevering with all she
believes in and always feels grateful for what has been bestowed on her.
That girl is now standing right here in front of you, hoping that you are
all as lucky as she is, living with dreams and love. no matter how tough things
get, i tell myself, i tell myself that, every single thing i am doing now is
every step closer to that very moment of my trajectory, just like every yoga
breath to every blossom moment of my life.
大学生英语演讲稿(3)
Everyone has his own dream, which can be realized or not and which can be
different from time to time. However, there must be a long –term one in one’s
mind. In other words, it is not easy to be realized. I have a dream: to pass
CET-6 before I graduate from the university. It’s maybe easy for most of my
classmates, but to me it is as difficult as cracking the hardest nut in the
world. I have been studying English for about 10 years. It should not be the
No.1 task in my university agenda, but too many failures forced me to do so. I
entered one of the most famous universities in China with the almost lowest
English mark among all my students. I was really disappointed about
that.Although I was not good at English when I was in the middle school, it was
not at least about the average. I had no strength to face the frustration. After
a semester’s study I was the lowest indeed. I have never cried for study before,
but this time I shed tears. Since then I made up my mind to pass CET-6 before my
graduation.
Glanced back to my English studying experience, I realized that interest is
one of the key factors to grasp knowledge. I study English only for the
examination before, but not the language itself. That is the weakest point of
me. I must overcome it so as to realize my dream. I made a plan: read one story
until I can recite it each day; listen to the tapes related to the books as
well. English is not so disgusting for me now. I will persist in doing so even
after I pass CET-6. I wish my English would be as good as my native language in
the future.
大学生英语演讲稿(4)
The dream came true----the first day i work for the __ olympics
I woke up and looked at my watch. oh my god, It’s 7:30 already! i have to
get up at once otherwise I’ll be late. today i’ll take the australian athletes
as a tour guide around beijing, and i’m going to be the interpreter at the
beijing olympic games opening ceremony tomorrow. this has always been a dream of
mine since beijing won the bid of the olympics, and now the dream has finally
come true—i have already become a successful interpreter. and today is another
important day of my interpreting career. i’m a little nervous but, of course,
very excited. here goes my plan for today:
Well, our first destination is, surely, the landmark of beijing, the symbol
of the 5000 years’civilization—the forbidden city—where the emperors and
empresses of the ming and qing dynasties lived, and it’s really grand. it was
renovated recently because of the coming olympics.
The second place we are going to is the great wall. this is the only
building, i hear, that can been seen from the moon, and it represents the
diligence and the wisdom of whole chinese nation.
Now, it’s time for lunch. we plan to have… what? you say ”beijing duck”?
yeah, right you are! we’ll come back to the center of beijing, and we’ll have
dinner at “quanjude” restaurant. you can enjoy the most delicious chinese
food—beijing duck, and you must be very pleased to hear this! then I’ll show you
around the summer palace. It’s the royal garden for the emperors and empresses
of the qing dynasty to pass the hot summers.
After visiting those historical places, you’ll surely be impressed by the
long-lasting history of our great country. at the same time, during the journey
of moving from one place of interest to another, we won’t miss having a glance
of beijing’s modern civilization. the skyscrapers, beautiful avenues and
advanced facilities must also catch your eyes. and we’ll also have a chance to
experience beijing’s fast development in person. we’ll do some shopping
at the
shopping center near the olympics village. you can buy everything there of
course except guns and drugs which are seriously forbidden in china. to see is
to believe. what you see and experience will be strong prove of your choice to
beijing, china!
That’s all about my plan for the day. what do you think of it, my friends?
today, I’m very proud to be here to give a speech about a dream, a dream for
which we worked together for nine years or even more. as beijing becomes the
host city of the 29th olympic games, every beijinger cares for the environment
and good manners and behaviors much more than before. now beijing has already
made herselves’ dream come true. so i must work harder to catch up with her
steps. knowing the hardness of making a dream into reality, I need to do my best
at every side of my work, so then I believe my little dream—to be an
interpreter—will definitely be realized someday in the future!
Thank you
大学生英语演讲稿(5)
Honorable judges, ladies and gentlemen. today，we are gathering here to
discuss a very hot issue. how to find harmony in a new age between man and
nature? where modern science and technology are concerned i am only a layman i
have to say. however, living in this new age , seeing my dear ones suffering
from respiratory diseases from time to time, finding the beautiful colors of
green and blue are being replaced by that of gray and pale, and realizing that
our mother planet is getting more and more unhealthy; i can t help trying
to
offer my idea and my trivial efforts to look for the answer of the question.
As the ancient greek oracle goes: know thyself. i think in answering this
above-mentioned question, this precondition is also very important.
Who are we? this is a question, which should be answered not only by those
specialists, but also by every one of human beings.
Some people may proudly say: we are the masters of nature. it is true that
the idea of man can conquer nature has dominated people s mind for years, and
it is true, man has kept acting like a master and doing whatever things he wants
for thousands of years. however, as the consequence of this kind of leadership
, now the master seems to be confronted with problems that are far beyond his
control. facts are really very ample. thegreen house effect leaves islands and
cities along the coast, such as this oriental pearl-shanghai, in danger of the
disaster of being drowned;the holes of the ozone layer make the earth less
suitable to live for some creatures including human beings;the phenomena of el
nino and la nina leave the land with serious flood and drought, and the
diseases, caused by pollution,are increasing at an incredible speed... seeing
all these facts, can we still ignore the counterattack of nature? we are not the
masters of nature. facing all the disasters made by ourselves, we, mankind as a
whole should realize that we are just a normal member of the big family of
nature. any mistreatment towards nature will meet only with the revenge from
her.
By saying so, i do not mean we should give a sudden stop to any
development. because that will result in a threat to the existence of human
society. i mean we should treat nature equally, leaving the chance of existence
and development to nature as we are obtaining the same thing, and thus we will
get the situation of win-win.
I am very pleased to find that now more and more people, from every corner
of the planet, have come to realize that harmony with nature is the only way to
universal and continuous progress and prosperity. and i think that is why we
come here from all over the country to discuss this topic today.
I want to end my speech by quoting from mr. nixon. our destiny offers, not
the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity. the future is not ours to
see of course. however, by seizing firmly the opportunities, by knowing clearly
about ourselves, we, human beings, can doubtlessly achieve the real harmony with
nature!
Thank you.
大学生经典英语演讲稿：成功的定义 【导语】如果通往成功的道路崎岖曲折，那么成功的回报必然硕果累累，反之亦然。如果一个人继承了父辈的百万家产而生活得轻松富足，那么，即使在物质上，他也不能算是个成功人士，因为，他的财富并没有经过艰难困苦而获得。老师为大家整理的《大学生经典英语演讲稿：成功的定义》，希望对大家有所帮助！ 善于发现，善于思考，处处都有成功力量的源泉。其实成功的本质是蕴藏在人的内心的，总想着成功的人，在什么地方都能受到启迪。以下是小编分享给大家的关于成功的英文演讲，给大家作为参考，欢迎借鉴! “Once upon a time， there was a king who had a daughter as beautiful as a blooming rose. To all the suitors who came to the king's palace to ask for the hand of the princess, the old king assigned three tasks to be accomplished, each next to impossible. One day, into the king's palace came a handsome young prince..." Well, you know the rest. The three tasks may be different in different versions, but the main plot is always the same, with the prince claiming the princess's hand triumphantly. “很久以前，有个国王，他的女儿貌美如花。老国王向所有来求婚的男士提出了三个任务作为挑战，而每一项任务都异常艰
大学生英语演讲稿College English speech 编订：JinTai College
大学生英语演讲稿 小泰温馨提示：演讲稿是在较为隆重的仪式上和某些公众场合发表的讲话文稿。演讲稿是进行演讲的依据，对演讲内容和形式的规范和提示，体现着演讲的目的和手段，用来交流思想、感情，表达主张、见解；也可以用来介绍自己的学习、工作情况和经验等等；同时具有宣传、鼓动、教育和欣赏等作用，可以把演讲者的观点、主张与思想感情传达给听众以及读者，使他们信服并在思想感情上产生共鸣。本文档根据演讲稿内容要求展开说明，具有实践指导意义，便于学习和使用，本文下载后内容可随意修改调整及打印。 Thirty college students across the country attended the Tenth 21st Century Cup National English Speaking Contest in Beijing on April 10.Eventually, Xia Peng, from Nanjing University was named the champion. The second and third places went to Zhang Jing, a sophomore from China Foreign Affairs University, and Zhang A Xu, from Hong Kong Polytechnic University, respectively. More than 1000 college students in Beijing are lucky birds to listen to the speeches on the spot in Friendship Hotel.
关于青春励志英文演讲稿 everyone has his ownunderstanding of young,it is a period of time of beauty and wonders,only after you have experienced the sour ,sweet ,bitter and salty can you really become a person of significance.thre time of young is limitted,it may pass by without your attention,and when you discover what has happened ,it is always too late.grasping the young well means a better time is waiting for you in the near future,or the situation may be opposite . having a view on these great men in the history of hunmanbeing,they all made full use of their youth time ,to do things that are useful to society,to the whole mankind,and as a cosquence ,they are remembered by later generations,admired by everyone.so do something in the time of young,although you may not get achievements as these greatmen did ,though not for the whole word,just for youeself,for those around! the young is just like blooming flowers,they are so beautiful when blooming,they make people feel happy,but with time passing by,after they withers ,moet people think they are ugly.and so it is the same with young,we are enthusiastic when we are young,then we may lose our passion when getting older and older.so we must treasure it ,don't let the limitted time pass by ,leaving nothing of significance.
名校优秀毕业生英文演讲稿 faculty, family, friends, and fellow graduates, good evening. i am honored to address you tonight. on behalf of the graduating masters and doctoral students of washington university's school of engineering and applied science, i would like to thank all the parents, spouses, families, and friends who encouraged and supported us as we worked towards our graduate degrees. i would especially like to thank my own family, eight members of which are in the audience today. i would also like to thank all of the department secretaries and other engineering school staff members who always seemed to be there when confused graduate students needed help. and finally i would like to thank the washington university faculty members who served as our instructors, mentors, and friends. as i think back on the seven-and-a-half years i spent at washington university, my mind is filled with memories, happy, sad, frustrating, and even humorous.
经典英语演讲稿带翻译6篇 经典英语演讲稿带翻译6篇 还在为找不到合适的英语演讲稿发愁吗?为大家整理了经典英语演讲稿带翻译6篇，欢迎大家阅读。 经典英语演讲稿带翻译篇1 As everyone knows,English is very important today.It has been used everywhere in the world.It has become the most common language on Internet and for international trade. If we can speak English well,we will have more chance to succeed.Because more and more people have taken notice of it,the number of the people who go to learn English has increased at a high speed. But for myself,I learn English not only because of its importance and its usefulness,but also because of my love for it.When I learn English, I can feel a different way of thinking which gives me more room to touch the world.When I read English novels,I can feel the pleasure from the book which is different from reading the translation.When I speak English, I can feel the confident from my words.When I write English,I can see the beauty which is not the same as our Chinese... I love English,it gives me a colorful dream.I hope I can travel around the world one day. With my good English, I can make friends with many people from different contries.I can see many places of great intrests.I dream that I can go to London,because it is the birth place of English.
三一文库（https://www.doczj.com/doc/9e9904089.html,）/演讲稿 大学生英语演讲稿【三篇】 【一】mydefinitionofsuccess todayiamverygladtobeheretosharewithyoumyideasofsuccess.whatis success?itiswhateveryoneislongingfor.sometimessuccesswouldbera thersimple.winningagameissuccess;gettingahighgradeintheexamiss uccess;makinganewfriendissuccess;evennowiam standingheregivingmyspeechissomehowalsosuccess. however,asaperson’swholelifeisconcerned,successbeesvery plicated.isfortunesuccess?isfamesuccess?ishighsocialstatussuccess? no,idon’tthinkso.ibelievesuccessistherealizationofpeople’ shopesandideals.nowadays,inthemodernsocietytherearemanypeopl e whoareregardedasthesuccessful.andthemostobviouscharacteristics ofhemaremoney,highpositionandluxuriouslife.somostpeoplebelieve thatssuccessandallthattheydoisforthispurpose.buttheproblemiswet heritisrealsuccess.weallknowtherearealwaysmoremoney,higherposi tionandbetterconditioninfrontofus.ifwekeepchasingthem,whereisth eend?whatwillsatisfyusatlast?therefore,wecansee,togettherealsucc
关于青春励志英语演讲稿 青春是我们挥洒汗水的时期，青春是我们追梦的时期。青春无悔，在自己的青春时光要做到不要留下遗憾。以下是WTT小雅为大家整理了有关于青春励志的英语演讲稿3篇，希望对你有帮助。 关于青春励志英语演讲稿篇1 Leading members and judges, young friends: Hello, everybody! My name is XX, and we are pleased to be able to discuss the pursuit of excellence, dedication youth, this topic, I am going to talk about today is “willing to sacrifice, the fire ignited youth.”; Let the fire burn eternal youth, so that life lightning across the horizon, with all the enthusiasm in exchange for time, there is no end to the dream of youth! I really appreciate the “Agni youth,”; these words inside, and has been encouraging with its own study, work and life. I think that youth should be burned, give off light only value! Burning of one's life may also be corrupt, in that case, I do not want to corrupt, not
大学生优秀英语演讲稿带翻译 英语演讲是学校重视英语实际应用常会举行的活动，这也是课堂教学的一种延伸，可以让学生们学到更多的知识。下面是小雅WTT为大家整理了大学生优秀英语演讲稿带翻译3篇，欢迎大家阅读。 大学生优秀英语演讲稿带翻译篇1 In our daily lives, we have many choices to make, such as what to eat for supper,what clothes to wear, or what to do on weekends. At certain times in our lives, we need to make even more critical choices, such as which school to attend, what job to take or who to choose as husband or wife. Yes, life is a matter of choice. Seemimgly, it means a choice of tangible things. But in essence, it means choosing a way of life. Life is to be lived, savored, and enjoyed, not to be wasted or plained about. Hardly can we forget the time when our society faced the grave threat from the life-and-death disease--SARS. Yet, even during those dreadful times, some afflicted people remained optimistic. Instead of wearing neutral white masks, some people turned to colouful ones, and
大学生励志英语演讲稿3篇 在各学高校英语演讲中，甚至是各级别的英语演讲比赛中，常常感觉学生的演讲稿缺乏实质性的劝说力和感染下面整理了大学生励志英语演讲稿3篇，供你参考。 大学生励志英语演讲稿篇1 Whether there's afterlife, the answer has never been the same. The atheists deny after life, believing that our life is no more than from the cradle to the grave. They may care about their illustrious names after death; they may feel attached to the affection of their offspring, but they never lay their hopes on their afterlife. They may also say that good will be rewarded with good, and evil with evil, but they don't really believe any retribution in their after life. However, in the religious world or among the superstitious people, the belief in afterlife is very popular. They do not only believe in afterlife, but thousands of reincarnations as well. In the mysterious world, there are the paradise and the hell, the celestial beings and the gods, the Buddha and the Bodhisattvas. Maybe they really believed it, or maybe they just wanted to make use of people's veneration, the ancient emperors always declared that they were the real dragons, the sons of God, while the royal ministers claimed to be the reincarnations of various constellations. But can the stars reincarnate?
2018大学生英语演讲稿范文：如何面对 压力 ladies and gentlemen , good evening ,i am joy and glad to give you a speech about stress , yes , just the topic you see on the screen. psychologist tell us that stress is a state of worry caused by the problem of living , such as too much work or study , heavy responsibilities , and quickened pace of life .statistics show that stress comes from every detail in our life .financial problems , poor health , being laid off may be the stress that most adults now suffering .as students in the university , we are also under our special stress . while study , having to take various tests and submit a project against a deadline may put a great pressure on us .and the things make us felt stressed may be our parents’s greater expectations on us than we could reach .later , when we are likely to graduate , some other problems will also annoy us . i think we will worry a lot about our ability to compete in the job market and how we can best use what we’ve learned at college in our future job .the chief
励志的短篇英文演讲稿:Never, Never Give Up 本文是关于励志的短篇英文演讲稿:Never, Never Give Up，仅供参考，希望对您有所帮助，感谢阅读。 励志短篇演讲稿：Never, Never Give Up we often hear people say, “never give up.” these can be encouraging words and words of determination. a person who believes in them will keep trying to reach his goal no matter how many times he fails. in my opinion, the quality of determination to succeed is an important one to have. therefore, i believe that we should never give up. one reason is that if we give up too easily, we will rarely achieve anything. it is not unusual for us to fail in our first attempt at something new, so we should not feel discouraged and should try again. besides, if we always give up when we fail, we will not be able to develop new skills and grow as people. another reason we should never give up is that we can learn from our mistakes only if we make a new effort. if we do not try again, the lesson we have learned is wasted. finally, we should never give up because as we work to reach our goals, we develop confidence, and this confidence can help us succeed in other areas of our lives. if we never challenge ourselves, we will begin to doubt our abilities. in short, it is important that we do not give up when working for our goals. whether we succeed in the end or not, we will learn something, and what we learn will help us to become better, more confident people. furthermore, if we give up, we have non chance of attaining our goals, but if we keep trying, there is always a chance that we will succeed one day.
大学生经典励志英语演讲稿3篇 大学生励志英语演讲稿篇1 so if we want to learn english well ,we must practice reading englisheveryday ,acturally practicing repeatly is the best way to succeed.whenyou speak ,don't care how poorly or how well you speak just care aboutcatching the chance to speak…… hello! ladies and gentlemen, it is so nice to meet you !i am gladthat you can spend this precious time having this class in thisafternoon. now please allow me to introduce myself to you .my name is wangjia and imajored in traffic engineering .baoji is my hometown it is verybeautiful. and the people are very friendly. as we all knowen thingking is easy acting is difficult and to putone's thoughts into actions is the most difficult thing in the world. so if we want to learn english well ,we must practice reading englisheveryday ,acturally practicing repeatly is the best way to succeed.whenyou speak ,don't care how poorly or how well you speak just care aboutcatching the chance to
大学生英语演讲稿三分钟 1.Some say growing up in rich family promotes children's personality and character. Some think otherwise. What's your opinion? Why? Well, it's quite a question argued by people all the time. I think a person's personality has little relation to his family economic level. It's commonly said that a child in rich family will has more chances and better choice for his study. However, if the kid himself isn't aware of this, that is all in vain. It's not unusual that many children from rich family are quite rude and conceited although they are always receive the best education. Then, how about the poor family's children? There is another saying that adversity cultivates heroes. To be honest, I disagree with it too. Poor children should learn harder and catch every chance to strengthen themselves. However, the reality is often not like that. Subjectively speaking, poor children are easy to feel inferior and thus can't study well. Even if they study well, they hardly do well in practicing ability. Objectively speaking, poor children can hardly receive good and plentiful education because of the economic limit. That will cause deficiency in some literal or artistic talent such as music or dance. Therefore, I think children's personality have little relation to their family situation.
中学生关于英语励志演讲稿 很多人在学习英语方面觉得很困难，其实英语要多听多读多练，那你的英语口语能力就会提上来了。小编为大家整理了中学生关于英语励志的演讲稿3篇，希望对你有帮助。 中学生关于英语励志演讲稿篇1 Everyone is attracted by beauty and beauty is powerful. But what is true beauty? Perhaps you can get the answer from the following story. This morning I went to the market to buy some vegetables with my parents. On the way we all highly praised a young man in western-style clothes and leather shoes who was riding by. But he rode so fast that he knocked an old lady down carelessly.Instead of stopping, he pretended not to see this and rode away quickly. We were all very angry with the young man. To our happiness, a girl in plain dress ran forward at once, helped the lady up and took her home. We all praised the girl. From this we know we cannot judge a person by his appearance. A person who is dressed beautifully may not have a beautiful soul. Only a person who has a beautiful soul is really beautiful. 中学生关于英语励志演讲稿篇2 It is human nature that all of us should be fond of beauty. Everybody was born with a heart for beauty.
大学生英语优秀演讲稿精选篇 ——WORD文档，下载后可编辑修改—— 英语演讲应该简洁扼要，直截了当。除非特别需要，一般不要采用中文中的那种迂回曲折的表达形式。下面是小编为大家整理了大学生英语优秀演讲稿3篇，希望能够帮到你。 大学生英语优秀演讲稿篇1Good afternoon everybody! It's my honor to speak here and I am very glad to share my topic with all of you. Today I'd like to talk about “my dream”. I do not just have one dream, in fact, I have three. They are: a healthy life, a happy family and to travel my great country. I have always admired the long healthy life my grandparents have. They are older than 80 years of age and they are still alive and kicking! How do they do that!? My grandparents plant vegetables and grow rice themselves; even in their old age they still make food for themselves! I guess that is why they can remain healthy. More importantly they remain humble and never ask for too much from life. Perhaps that makes them common, but they live a happy life. My grandmother once told me this:” I do not want to live long, only long enough for some grand children to be running around in my house”. I want to live a long, healthy and happy life just as they have.
大学生经典英语演讲稿带翻译其实英文演讲比中文演讲更简单，只要你做好了事前准备，比如，演讲稿。下面是为你整理的几篇大学生经典英语演讲稿带翻译，希望能帮到你哟。 大学生经典英语演讲稿带翻译篇一What life is about As we all know, the most important thing in life is our attitude towards it, tons of men have tried different ways of treating life, and some succeeded, some failed, and here are some of the tips they left us. Life isn’t about keeping score. Life isn’t about your shoes or your hair or the color of your skin. In fact it’s not about if you have lots of friends or if you are alone, and it’s not about how accepted or unaccepted you are. Life just isn’t about that. But life is about whom you love and who you hurt. It’s about how you feel about yourself. It’s about trust, happiness and compassion. It’s about sticking up for your friends and replacing inner hate with love. Life is about avoiding jealousy, overcoming ignorance and building confidence. It’s about what you say and what you mean. It’s about seeing people for who they
大学生英语演讲稿范文三分钟 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 can't always be popular. You shouldn't have to be; it's not what you're 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. We're aware from day one in our first job that every decision we make is either a building block or a stumbling block on our career path. We should use the time to lay the groundwork of future respect by being professional, responsible, innovative, diligent and reliable. Respect is never given for nothing. Claire knew that she was offered a move to Paris with her finance company because she had gained a reputation for keeping cool under fire. And the next step up the ladder would depend on her performance in Paris. “It's essential to build regard if you're going to be able to do what you want in your job,” she says. Winning respect enhances all you do. A proposal for change is more likely to be well received; an application for a raise or a request for promotion is more likely to succeed.