A型人格特質,你中招了嗎?

1. We're not impatient, just efficient.

我們不是沒耐心，而是有效率

Long lines? Traffic? Type A individuals loathe them all. This is because we feel as though they're slowing our progress of a certain goal-- even if that goal is just to deposit a check at the bank.

排長隊？堵車？我們A型人格患者恨透了這些。這是因爲，我們感覺這些事情會拖累我們向某個目標前進的進度——即使所謂的目標只是去銀行存個錢。

2. Arriving late to anything is "agonizing".

在任何情況下遲到都是可恥可恨的

If you tell us to be somewhere at 6:30, more likely than not, we're rolling up to the parking lot at 6:25. Type A folks tend to have an oversensitivity to time, because we don't want to feel like we're wasting it.

如果你讓我們A型人格患者在6:30到達某個地方，很有可能我們在6:25就已經到達目的地的停車場了。A型人格患者往往對時間過度敏感，因爲我們不希望覺得自己在浪費時間。

3. We live by to-do lists.

我們按照任務清單來生活

How else are we supposed to track what we're supposed to get done?!

否則我們怎麼明確自己該幹什麼事呢？

4. Each task we're assigned is urgent.

我們接受的每項任務都很緊迫

Because of this, we value team members who work with the same brevity and speed that we do. Once again, wasting time is our ultimate enemy.

正因爲此，我們很看重團隊中能和我們一樣做事幹練、有速度的團隊成員。再說一遍，浪費時間是我們的死敵。

5. We're extremely goal-oriented.

我們非常以目標爲導向。

Once we commit to something, we see it through until the very end, whether it's a work project or Friday night plans.

一旦我們決定要做某件事，我們就會不達目的決不罷休，不管是對一個工作項目還是對週五晚上的娛樂計劃。

6. It's hard for us to relax.

我們很難放鬆

This is where time sensitivity comes into play again. We hate the idea of letting time pass if there's something we need to be doing. Downtime tends to feel unproductive to Type A folks -- unless, of course, it's on our to-do list.

這又是我們對時間的高度敏感性在起作用了。我們討厭明知道自己必須做某件事，卻讓時間白白流失。我們覺得休整時間是無生產率的——當然，休整作爲任務被列入任務清單的話就另當別論了。

7. We get stressed out easily.

我們很容易感到焦慮

Type A are more sensitive to stress (which, as we know, is terribly bad for our health). We also tend to default on the worst possible outcome when working through a situation. Sorry in advance for the slight negativity.

A型人格患者對壓力更爲敏感（衆所周知，這對我們的健康非常不利）。我們常常在事情尚未處理完畢的時候，就已經預見到最壞的結果。先爲我們這種略爲悲觀的傾向道歉啦。

8. We have nervous habits.

我們在神經緊張時會做某種習慣性動作

For me, it's hair twirling. For others, it's nail biting or teeth grinding. This behavior is common for Type A personalities.

對我來說，這種習慣動作是用手指纏繞自己的頭髮。對其他A型人格患者來說，這種習慣性動作也可能是咬指甲或者磨牙。這種應對神經緊張的小動作在A型人格者身上很常見。

9. We're emotional.

我們很容易情緒化

The reason we behave the way that we do is because we care (some could even argue that we care just a little too much). Researchers suggest that Type A people are highly conscientious-- so while it may seem like we're uptight when we're organizing our friend's birthday party, it's really just because we want it to be spectacular. They deserve it.

我們之所以做事情如此錙銖必較是因爲我們在乎這件事（有人可能會抱怨說，我們在乎過頭了）。研究者稱，A型人格患者都是極度認真負責的——所以，如果我們在爲朋友舉辦生日派對時顯得焦躁易怒，這只是因爲我們希望把它辦的盡善盡美。壽星們值得擁有！

10. We're constantly ruminating over something.

我們總會回想某件事

You know when you just replay a mistake over and over in your head? This is a common occurrence for Type A individuals. We are notorious for dwelling on our worries, sometimes to the point where it keeps us up at night.

人們總會在腦子裏一遍一遍回想自己犯過的一個錯誤，你懂的？這種現象對A型人格患者很常見。這是我們臭名昭著的壞習慣，我們會不斷糾結於自己的煩心事，有時甚至爲此整晚難以入睡。

11. We have a competitive side.

我們有好勝的一面

This is perhaps one of our most glaring flaws. Type A's put a lot of pressure on themselves to be the best possible version of themselves, which sometimes is taken to mean "the best person in the room." It doesn't matter if it's a work assignment or a board game, they're all the same to a Type A personality.

這可能是我們最突出的缺陷。A型人格患者的一大樂趣在於，讓自己扮演最完美的自己，雖然有時這會被誤解成“充當一個屋子裏最完美的人”。不管是對一項工作任務還是對一場棋類遊戲，他們總是那個好勝的A型人格患者。