39. “It is difficult for people to achieve professional success without sacrificing important aspects of a fulfilling personal life.”
“人們要在不犧牲實(shí)現(xiàn)個(gè)人生活的重要方面的情況下達(dá)到專業(yè)成功是很難的?！?BR> 1. 兩者并不矛盾而是相互促進(jìn)相輔相成
2. 科學(xué)技術(shù)的進(jìn)步使人更高效率的工作也能讓人更好的協(xié)調(diào)兩者的關(guān)系
3. 誠(chéng)然一定的犧牲是必然要做出的但是絕對(duì)不是生活中的重要方面
4.
1. cost of living, growing population, increasingly scarce resource… all contribute to a radical competitive society. 是客觀條件force people to work longer hours, 自然, 無法避免地剝奪了人們的personal life. 這一點(diǎn)在很多發(fā)展中國(guó)家尤其明顯:缺乏社會(huì)福利lack of social welfare, 人口膨脹population explosion, 人們面臨更大的失業(yè)壓力.
2. 而反對(duì)這種觀點(diǎn)的人說, 先進(jìn)的科技已經(jīng)幫助人們溝通更加便利,提高效率, 甚至在家中辦公, 已經(jīng)大大地減少了對(duì)個(gè)人生活的壓榨. 但是close scrutiny will reveal that 事實(shí)上,這種進(jìn)步,更加劇了exacerbate人們工作的強(qiáng)度intensity. 提高的效率, 更要求人們一天干更多事, 在家中辦公的可能, 也被充分地利用成了加班overtime.
View1: a fulfilling personal life guarantees a healthy mind and energetic body which enhance professional performance.
View2: Having a joyful career to devote to also in turn help to ensure a fulfilling personal life.
View3: if to achieve professional success must have something to sacrifice, the things may not necessarily the important aspects of personal lives.
Are professional success and a fulfilling personal life mutually exclusive? Probably not, although it is more difficult today to achieve both.
Undeniably, today’s professionals must work long hours to keep their heads above water (keep one’s heads above water: v. 免遭滅頂之災(zāi), 不負(fù)債), let alone to get ahead in life financially. This is especially true in Japan, where cost of living, coupled with corporate culture, compel professional males to all but (adv. 幾乎, 差一點(diǎn)) abandon their families and literally to work themselves to death. While the situation here in the states (United States) may not be as critical, the two-income family is now the norm, not by choice but by necessity.
However, our society’s professionals are taking steps to remedy the problem. First, they are inventing ways—such as job sharing and telecommuting (遠(yuǎn)程交換,遠(yuǎn)程辦公)—to ensure that personal life does not take a backseat (n. 后座, 次要位置) to career. Second, they are setting priorities and living those hours outside the workplace to the fullest. In fact, professional success usually requires the same time-management skills that are useful to find time for family, hobbies, and recreation. One need only look at the recent American presidents—Clinton, Bush, Reagan, and Carter—to see that it is possible to lead a balanced life which includes time for family, hobbies, and recreation, while immersed in a busy and successful career. Third, more professionals are changing careers to ones which allow for some degree of personal fulfillment and self-actualization (n. 自我實(shí)現(xiàn),自我潛力充分發(fā)揮). Besides, many professionals truly love their work and would do it without compensation, as a hobby. For them, professional fulfillment and personal fulfillment are one and the same (n. 同一個(gè), 完全一回事).
In conclusion, given the growing demands of career on today’s professionals, a fulfilling personal life remains possible by working smarter, by setting priorities, and by making suitable career choices.
“人們要在不犧牲實(shí)現(xiàn)個(gè)人生活的重要方面的情況下達(dá)到專業(yè)成功是很難的?！?BR> 1. 兩者并不矛盾而是相互促進(jìn)相輔相成
2. 科學(xué)技術(shù)的進(jìn)步使人更高效率的工作也能讓人更好的協(xié)調(diào)兩者的關(guān)系
3. 誠(chéng)然一定的犧牲是必然要做出的但是絕對(duì)不是生活中的重要方面
4.
1. cost of living, growing population, increasingly scarce resource… all contribute to a radical competitive society. 是客觀條件force people to work longer hours, 自然, 無法避免地剝奪了人們的personal life. 這一點(diǎn)在很多發(fā)展中國(guó)家尤其明顯:缺乏社會(huì)福利lack of social welfare, 人口膨脹population explosion, 人們面臨更大的失業(yè)壓力.
2. 而反對(duì)這種觀點(diǎn)的人說, 先進(jìn)的科技已經(jīng)幫助人們溝通更加便利,提高效率, 甚至在家中辦公, 已經(jīng)大大地減少了對(duì)個(gè)人生活的壓榨. 但是close scrutiny will reveal that 事實(shí)上,這種進(jìn)步,更加劇了exacerbate人們工作的強(qiáng)度intensity. 提高的效率, 更要求人們一天干更多事, 在家中辦公的可能, 也被充分地利用成了加班overtime.
View1: a fulfilling personal life guarantees a healthy mind and energetic body which enhance professional performance.
View2: Having a joyful career to devote to also in turn help to ensure a fulfilling personal life.
View3: if to achieve professional success must have something to sacrifice, the things may not necessarily the important aspects of personal lives.
Are professional success and a fulfilling personal life mutually exclusive? Probably not, although it is more difficult today to achieve both.
Undeniably, today’s professionals must work long hours to keep their heads above water (keep one’s heads above water: v. 免遭滅頂之災(zāi), 不負(fù)債), let alone to get ahead in life financially. This is especially true in Japan, where cost of living, coupled with corporate culture, compel professional males to all but (adv. 幾乎, 差一點(diǎn)) abandon their families and literally to work themselves to death. While the situation here in the states (United States) may not be as critical, the two-income family is now the norm, not by choice but by necessity.
However, our society’s professionals are taking steps to remedy the problem. First, they are inventing ways—such as job sharing and telecommuting (遠(yuǎn)程交換,遠(yuǎn)程辦公)—to ensure that personal life does not take a backseat (n. 后座, 次要位置) to career. Second, they are setting priorities and living those hours outside the workplace to the fullest. In fact, professional success usually requires the same time-management skills that are useful to find time for family, hobbies, and recreation. One need only look at the recent American presidents—Clinton, Bush, Reagan, and Carter—to see that it is possible to lead a balanced life which includes time for family, hobbies, and recreation, while immersed in a busy and successful career. Third, more professionals are changing careers to ones which allow for some degree of personal fulfillment and self-actualization (n. 自我實(shí)現(xiàn),自我潛力充分發(fā)揮). Besides, many professionals truly love their work and would do it without compensation, as a hobby. For them, professional fulfillment and personal fulfillment are one and the same (n. 同一個(gè), 完全一回事).
In conclusion, given the growing demands of career on today’s professionals, a fulfilling personal life remains possible by working smarter, by setting priorities, and by making suitable career choices.