39. It is difficult for people to achieve professional success without sacrificing important aspects of a fulfilling personal life.
大家要在不牺牲达成个生活活的要紧方面的状况下达到专业成功是非常难的。
1. 两者并不矛盾而是相互促进相辅相成
2. 科技的进步使人更高效率的工作也能叫人更好的协调两者的关系
3. 诚然肯定的牺牲是势必要做出的但绝对不是日常的要紧方面
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1. cosplayt of living, growing population, increasingly scarce resource all contribute to a radical1 competitive society. 是客观条件force people to work longer hours, 自然, 不可回避地剥夺了大家的personal life. 这一点在不少进步中国家特别明显:缺少社会福利lack of social welfare, 人口膨胀population explosion, 大家面临更大的失业重压.
2. 而反对这种看法的人说, 一流的科技已经帮助大家交流愈加便利,提升效率, 甚至在家里办公, 已经大大地降低了对个生活活的压榨. 但close scrutiny2 will reveal that 事实上,这种进步,愈加剧了exacerbate大家工作的强度intensity. 提升的效率, 更需要大家一天干更多事, 在家里办公的可能, 也被充分地借助成了加班overtime.
View1: a fulfilling personal life guarantees a healthy mind and energetic body which enhance professional performance.
View2: Having a joyful4 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, todays professionals must work long hours to keep their heads above water , let alone to get ahead in life financially. This is especially true in Japan, where cosplayt of living, coupled with corporate5 culture, compel professional males to all but abandon their families and literally6 to work themselves to death. While the situation here in the states may not be as critical, the two-income family is now the norm, not by choice but by necessity.
However, our societys professionals are taking steps to remedy the problem. First, they are inventing wayssuch as job sharing and telecommuting to ensure that personal life does not take a backseat 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 presidentsClinton, Bush, Reagan, and Carterto 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 . 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 .
In conclusion, given the growing demands of career on todays professionals, a fulfilling personal life remains7 possible by working smarter, by setting priorities, and by making suitable career choices.