20091029 -- How to Be the CEO of Your Life- Even in Today's Economy (2)

How to Be the CEO of Your Life- Even in Today's Economy

Your patterns can shift and change over the course of your life and career, says Kossek. The question you need to ask is whether your current flexstyle is working for you or not. Whatever your flexstyle is, you will benefit from these four tips:

1.Distinguish between high-value and low-value work. Give the most time and attention to the high-value stuff; find new ways to deal with the rest.

2.Negotiate more. Offer more of what you can and draw lines when you need them most. Maybe you need to be at home for the kids by 5:00 so that your partner can get to an evening job. Offer to come in early or bring work home.

3.Track your habits. Look at how you spend your time. What does an honest evaluation of your days and weeks tell you?

4.Rethink demands. What is real, unavoidable pressure and what is self-imposed pressure? When it seems that everything is important and nothing can give, it is time to review your priorities.

"Even in turbulent times - perhaps especially in turbulent times - you are the CEO of your life," says Kossek. "You do call more of the shots than you probably realize."


course n. 路程/過程
=> direction
eg: Over the course of a year, Paul usually traveis to 65 different cities.
eg: The trip to Chian changed her course of life dramatically.
eg: During the course of the investigation, the detectives found that many mobs were involved in this case.

draw the line at 劃界線/劃定最後界線/拒絕
=> draw a boundary
eg: Johnny's mom helps him a lot, but she draws the line at doing his homework for him.

self-imposed adj. 自己強加的/自願接受的
=> impose on yourself
eg: Kari has stuck to ther self-imposed, early bedtime for more than a month.

turb- 擾亂
turbulent adj. 動蕩不安的/混亂的
=> changing in a way that is not predictable
eg: Syivia and Jack fight quite often, so I think they have quite a turbulent marriage.
eg: This has been a turbulent week for Patty. She just started her second job.
eg: During turbulent periods of time, people find comfort in literature and music.

call the shots 發號司令/做主
= call the tune
=> make the decision
eg: You have to listen to me in this restaurant. I'm calling the shots here.
eg: Who's calling the shots in this house?

track
=> follow


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nothing can give 沒有轉圜的空間

give 折衷/讓步
=> yield/change

What gives? 發生什麼事/最近怎麼樣?
= What's wrong?
= What's going on?

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