After all the majority of the u.s. economy is service-oriented and that means many americans who want to get ahead need to find ways to succeed in white-collar settings .
毕竟，美国的大部分经济都是以服务为导向的，这意味着希望进步的美国人应该找到在白领阶层成功的途径。
In south korea pushy parents who want their children to get ahead in learning english send them for an operation to elongate the tongue in the belief that it will make pronunciation easier .
Add those two truths together and you see a generation working harder outside of the home but failing to get ahead like their parents expected them to .
结合这两个事实，你会看见这一代人在家外面工作更辛苦，但是却不能如他们父母期待那样出人头地。
His study of 367 university students that asked what time of day they were most energetic found that those who prefer mornings were far more likely to say they look for ways to help themselves get ahead .