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　　As a frequent traveler, my goal for each trip is to travel light．Despite(尽管)thoughtful planning, I can't always get my packing right, ending up taking more than I need．Work is like that, too．We often bring too much baggage．It may not look like baggage, but it weighs us down just the same．

　　I've found, after twenty years of management, most people bring suitcases full of self-doubt(缺乏自信的), old problems from old relationships and self-fulfilling(相信一定会发生的)forecasts to work every day, and it stifles(抑制)them．Most people let past work experience decide their future ones．

　　They're like the travelers in a story that I once heard．One day a young man stopped his car on the side of the road．An elderly woman paused from her gardening as he approached(靠近)．“I'm thinking of moving to this town,”he told her,“and I was wondering if you could tell me what the people are like here．”“Well”she said,“what were the people like where you live before?”“Demanding and competitive, and not very helpful,”he said．“Well”she told him,“I think you'll find people the same way here．”

　　A little while later another man stopped and approached the woman．Again she was asked what the townspeople were like and again she asked the traveler what his experience had been where he lived before．“Oh, the people were great．Everyone was helpful and supportive－a real community．”“You'll find people the same way here,”she said．

　　People who are winning at work are like the second traveler．They know that they tend to get what they expect from work(and life), and if they have emotional baggage and poor expectations, they will get poor results．

　　They also know how to travel light．They've learned what essentials to pack．They bring to work only those skills and experience that will positively impact(影响)their work and the future．They leave the rest of their baggage behind．Want to win at work?Travel light．