self-promotion

In this era when most writers are expected to do everything but run the printing presses, self-promotion is so accepted that we hardly give it a second thought.

这个时代，对大多数作者来说，似乎做什么都在情理之中，就差自己亲自动手去印书了。自我推销已是司空见惯，我们做这件事时几乎毫不犹豫。

Nevertheless, there are times in this wired world of ours when it pays to play hard to get-to be antisocial, to avoid the national conversation and eschew self-promotion, to lock the door, shut off the computer and turn away from it all.

然而，尽管我们身处在一个联通的世界，有时候玩消失是值得的——不交际、不参与全民讨论、不自我推销，锁上门、关上电脑、不问世事。

Commitment to a goal beyond self-promotion can help a worker manage stress levels, says John Weaver, a psychologist at Psychology For Business, a Brookfield, Wis.-based employment consultancy.

总部位于威斯康星州布鲁克菲尔德（Brookfield）的人力资源咨询公司Psychology For Business的心理学家约翰•韦弗（John Weaver）说，专注于一个比自我提升更高的目标能够帮助员工管理压力水平。