怎樣平衡工作與生活

1、how to balance work and lifehow to balance work and life怎樣平衡工作與生活怎樣平衡工作與生活 want the secret to never being stressed out, always knowing where your car keys are, meeting every deadline at work and never receiving a message from your childs teacher saying, are you aware that its been three weeks since

2、your precious snowflake turned in her french homework? 想要永遠都感覺不到壓力的秘密嗎？想要永遠記得自己的車鑰匙放在哪里了嗎？想要在截止時間內(nèi)完成每一份工作嗎？想要永遠都不會收到孩子的老師發(fā)來的信息，質(zhì)問你“你意識到自己已有三周沒有打開過她的法語作業(yè)本瞧上一眼了嗎？” me too. unfortunately, much like losing weight, there is no magic pill you can take that allows you to achieve a zen state at work and hom

3、e. when i start to get overwhelmed, i ask myself the following question: is this important? are flexible schedules a blessing or a curse? should parents get time off preferences? 我也想要這樣。不幸的是，就像減肥一樣，沒有神奇的藥片讓你服用以后就能在公司和家里處之泰然。當(dāng)我開始覺得要被這些瑣事打倒時，我會問自己以下幾個問題：這件事重要嗎？靈活的時間安排是一件幸事還是一個詛咒？家長們應(yīng)該放棄自己的時間偏好嗎？ so mu

4、ch of what we do isnt important, or it seems important in the moment but doesnt have true impact. because its sometimes difficult to distinguish the important from the unimportant, here are some clarifying questions: 我們所做的很多事情其實都不怎么重要，或者那些事情只是在當(dāng)時看起來很重要，但并沒有什么真正的影響力。因為有些時候，想要區(qū)分一件事到底是重要還是不重要也很困難。以下是一些

5、幫助你理清思路的問題：is this task critical for success in my career? there is always a professional group you can join, another blog you can read or powerpoint presentation you can tweak. is this particular task actually helping you succeed in your job? 這項任務(wù)對我職業(yè)生涯的成功至關(guān)重要嗎？你總能加入一個專業(yè)小組，你總能閱讀另一個博客，你總能對你的ppt演示文稿再

6、稍作調(diào)整。但這項特殊的任務(wù)真的能幫你在工作中取得成功嗎？ what will happen if i dont do this (or dont do this today)? will you get fired? then the task in question is obviously a high priority. will you lose a customer? then its high priority. is your team depending on it? high priority. will it help your family be happier? you

7、 know the answer. by contrast, if something is just nice to do, you can do it if you have time, but its not a high priority. 如果我不干這件事（或者今天不干這件事）會發(fā)生什么呢？你會被解雇嗎？如果你會被解雇，那毫無疑問你應(yīng)該優(yōu)先去做這件事。你會失去一個客戶嗎？如果會，那優(yōu)先去做這件事。你的團隊需要依靠它嗎？如果會，優(yōu)先去做這件事。它會讓你的家庭更加幸福嗎？你已經(jīng)知道答案了。與此相反，如果某件事只是錦上添花，那你有時間就去做，但不必優(yōu)先考慮它。 does this help

8、 me to be a better person? its not all about deadlines. unless you want to be worse off next year than you are today, you need to work toward becoming better - a better person, employer, boss. 這件事會讓我成為一個更好的人嗎？也不是所有的工作都是為了趕進度的。除非你希望明年的情況比現(xiàn)在更糟糕。你需要朝一個更好的目標(biāo)而努力奮斗成為一個更好的人，一個更好的雇主和上司。 這會讓我的家庭更富裕嗎？你會怎樣定義家庭

9、。如果你專注的事情將損害你的家庭關(guān)系或是要求你做一個你并不想做的交易，再重新考慮一下你是否該專注于此吧。 does this help my family to be better off? define family how you will. if what you are focusing on is damaging your relationships or requiring tradeoffs that you dont really want to make, rethink if you should be focusing on it. even when youve pa

10、red your life down to the things that are important, it can still be difficult to get things done and balance your family and home life against your career. fortunately, there are a few things you can do to help balance out your life. i asked deborah sweeney, ceo of online document-filing firm myc,

11、how she keeps her life in balance. 甚至當(dāng)你為了那件重要的事而忽視了自己的生活時，要做成那件事并平衡好你家庭與事業(yè)之間的關(guān)系還是相當(dāng)困難的。幸運的是，你還是可以做一些事來平衡自己的生活的。我曾問過在線文檔備案公司的總裁d.s. 是如何平衡自己的生活的。heres what she said: make a list. when you stay organized and keep everything you need to do in one easily accessible place, you will be more likely to get t

12、o whats on your list and in a timely manner. 以下是她說的話： 列一張清單。當(dāng)你把你需要做的一切事情都安排得井井有條并把東西放在觸手可及的地方時，你更有可能及時完成目標(biāo)。 communicate. the more you tell people what your expectations are, the more you will get things done in the right time frame that works for your schedule. work efficiently. set aside time to ge

13、t one project done, complete it, take a quick break and move onto the next thing. 與人溝通。你越是告訴人們你的期待，你越能在合適的時間框架內(nèi)做完這些事情。 高效地工作。不要去管時間，專心完成一個項目，短暫地休息，然后投入到下一個工作中去。 stay focused. the work place is full of attention teasers: the internet, colleagues to chat with, the candy bowl to scope out. its okay to

14、indulge in these things, but make sure if youve set aside specific time to work and get things done that you dont get distracted in the middle of that time. 集中注意力。工作場所中充滿了各種分散注意力的東西：網(wǎng)絡(luò)，聊天的同事們，精致的糖果盒。放任自己沉迷于這些事情當(dāng)然沒問題，但要確保你是否留出特殊的時間來完成工作并且在這個過程中不會受到干擾。 exercise and eat right. the better you feel about

15、 yourself and the more you get up and move, the more energized you will feel at work. what do you do to figure out if things are important? and what tricks do you use to keep your life in balance? 合理飲食與鍛煉。你越是感到有精神，你起身運動得越多，你在工作時越精力充沛。 為了弄明白事情是否重要你會做些什么呢？你是怎樣平衡自己的生活的？1.deadline ddlan n. 截止期限，最后期限 eg.

16、 in this case, youll want to set yourself a deadline.在這種情況下，你要為自己設(shè)定一個最后期限。2.overwhelmed ,ovwlmd v. 受打擊，壓倒（overwhelm的過去式）；淹沒 adj. 受寵若驚的，使不知所措 eg. do you ever feel overwhelmed or have too much to do? 你是否感到不知所措或是工作太多無從下手？ words & phrases 3.flexible schedule彈性工作制 eg. ability and willingness to work with

17、 flexible schedule.能適應(yīng)有彈性的工作時間。4. clarify klrfa vt. 澄清；闡明vi. 得到澄清；變得明晰；得到凈化eg. he issued a statement to clarify the situation.他發(fā)表了一項聲明以澄清形勢。 words & phrases5.tradeoff tred,f n. 權(quán)衡；折衷；（公平）交易（等于trade-off） eg. to address these influences is a matter of tradeoffs, with no single solution solving all pro

18、blems.解決這些影響是一個權(quán)衡問題，沒有放之四海而皆準(zhǔn)的單一解決方案。6. easily accessible容易進入的 eg. they are not easily accessible by following the links.他們難以通過追蹤鏈接來獲取。 words & phrases7. time frame 時間范圍eg. the time frame within which all this occurred was from september 2004 to march 2005. 這一切都是在2004年9月到2005年3月的時間范圍內(nèi)發(fā)生的。8. set aside time 留出時間 eg. set aside time to explore new