????《財(cái)富》（Fortune）科技頭腦風(fēng)暴大會(huì)正在科羅拉多州阿斯彭舉行,。大會(huì)定期邀請(qǐng)科技創(chuàng)新領(lǐng)域最優(yōu)秀,、最聰明的智囊參加。每周,，《財(cái)富》都會(huì)邀請(qǐng)一位與會(huì)者分享對(duì)商業(yè),、科技和企業(yè)家精神的獨(dú)到見(jiàn)解,。我們本周邀請(qǐng)的是通用汽車公司（General Motors）首席娛樂(lè)官菲利普?艾布拉姆,。他回答了十個(gè)問(wèn)題,，包括工作之外的生活,，所收到的最好建議,，以及對(duì)年輕企業(yè)家的行業(yè)建議。他的回答如下,。

????你收到的最好建議是什么,？

????當(dāng)時(shí)我還是一名年輕的工程師，有人建議我去尋找那些正在發(fā)生變革的領(lǐng)域,，在公司的“商業(yè)層面”多花些時(shí)間,，因?yàn)樗P(guān)系到公司的決策。我的職業(yè)生涯一直從事科技和商業(yè)交叉領(lǐng)域的工作,。這個(gè)交叉領(lǐng)域關(guān)注的是：什么是可能的,，什么是可盈利的。

????如今的就業(yè)市場(chǎng)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)激烈,，你想對(duì)即將踏進(jìn)職場(chǎng)的年輕人說(shuō)點(diǎn)什么？

????即便是在競(jìng)爭(zhēng)激烈的市場(chǎng),，也要追隨自己的興趣和熱情,。這樣，你會(huì)更加幸福,，而且對(duì)雇主而言更具價(jià)值,。

????你在學(xué)校里學(xué)到的最重要的東西是什么？

????我在學(xué)校里學(xué)到的最重要的事是如何學(xué)習(xí),，也就是如何處理和記住新信息,，同時(shí)把它們應(yīng)用于解決新問(wèn)題,。我大學(xué)學(xué)到的電子工程知識(shí)經(jīng)過(guò)這些年已經(jīng)過(guò)時(shí)了,。每天我都在學(xué)習(xí)新的東西,，用來(lái)解決新發(fā)生的問(wèn)題,。

????你的娛樂(lè)活動(dòng)有哪些,？

????盡可能多做戶外活動(dòng)（對(duì),，即使是在底特律?。T車,，遠(yuǎn)足,，游覽國(guó)家公園和本地公園,。

????你取得的最大成就是什么,？

????在過(guò)去50年最糟糕的經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退中,，在一個(gè)迅速成為銷售優(yōu)質(zhì)產(chǎn)品的初創(chuàng)公司的團(tuán)隊(duì)中工作,。2009年,，整個(gè)消費(fèi)電子行業(yè)規(guī)模縮減了30%,，而我們的Sonos同比增長(zhǎng)超過(guò)50%,，與此同時(shí)我們還降低了運(yùn)營(yíng)成本。

????你遭遇過(guò)的最大失敗是什么,？

????太多了,。我花了太多時(shí)間才意識(shí)到我擅長(zhǎng)什么，不擅長(zhǎng)什么,。沒(méi)有很好地認(rèn)識(shí)自我,，這一點(diǎn)限制了我在許多工作上的發(fā)展。即便在從很多方面看上去“成功”的崗位,，我也沒(méi)能發(fā)揮全部潛力。

????Fortune's Brainstorm Tech Conference (going on now in Aspen, Colo.) regularly brings together the best and brightest minds in tech innovation. Each week, Fortune turns the spotlight on a different conference attendee to offer his or her own personal insight into business, tech, and entrepreneurship. This week, we asked Chief Infotainment Officer at General Motors Philip Abram to answer 10 questions about life outside of work, the best advice he ever received, and industry tips for young entrepreneurs. His responses follow.

????What is the best advice you ever received?

????As a young engineer, I was advised to look for areas undergoing change and spend time on the "business side" of the company, because that is what drives decisions. I've spent my career close to that boundary between technology and business, the intersection of what is possible and what is profitable.

????What would you say to a group of young people looking to enter the tough job market?

????Even in a tough market, follow your interests and passions. You'll be happier and more valuable to your employer.

????What was the most important thing you learned in school?

????How to learn. How to process and retain new information and be able to apply it to solve new problems. My undergrad electrical engineering knowledge is quite dated after all these years. Every day I learn something new and incorporate that into how I tackle the issues that come my way.

????What do you do for fun?

????Get outside as much as I can (yes, even in Detroit!). Cycling, hiking, seeing our national and regional parks.

????What is your greatest achievement?

????Working on a team that rapidly grew a startup (Sonos) selling premium products during the worst economic downturn in over 50 years. Sonos grew more than 50% year-over-year in 2009 in a consumer electronics industry that was shrinking by 30% while we lowered our operating expenses.

????What has been your biggest failure?

????So many to choose from...Taking too long to realize what I'm good at and what I'm not good at. Not having good self-awareness limited what I could contribute to many of the jobs I've had in the past. Even positions that were "successful" in many ways, I did not do all I could have done.