【TED】是一個(gè)會(huì)議的名稱，它是英文technology,entertainment, design三個(gè)單詞的首字母縮寫。它是社會(huì)各界精英交流的盛會(huì)，這里有當(dāng)代最杰出的思想家，這里有當(dāng)代最優(yōu)秀的科學(xué)家，這里有迸發(fā)著最閃耀的思想火花，這里孕育著最光輝的夢想。

Nigel Marsh
Nigel Marsh is the author of "Fat, Forty and Fired" and "Overworked and Underlaid."
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It was the advice that I decided to follow myself when I turned 40. Up until that moment, I had been that classic corporate warrior -- I was eating too much, I was drinking too much, I was working too hard and I was neglecting the family. And I decided that I would try and turn my life around. In particular, I decided I would try to address the thorny issue of work-life balance. So I stepped back from the workforce, and I spent a year at home with my wife and four young children. But all I learned about work-life balance from that year was that I found it quite easy to balance work and life when I didn't have any work. Not a very useful skill, especially when the money runs out. So I went back to work, and I've spent these seven years since struggling with, studying and writing about work-life balance. And I have four observations I'd like to share with you today.
在我40歲的時(shí)候，我決定采納并實(shí)施這個(gè)建議。在那之前，我絕對是個(gè)典型的業(yè)務(wù)精英——我吃的太多，喝得太多，工作太努力，我忽視了自己的家庭。于是我決定試著改變我的生活。 而且我決定，我要嘗試處理一個(gè)棘手的問題： 即工作與生活的平衡。于是我遞交辭呈，賦閑在家，與妻子和四個(gè)兒子相處了一年。但是在那一年中關(guān)于工作與生活平衡這個(gè)問題，我唯一的收獲是：如果我不工作，這個(gè)問題就會(huì)迎刃而解。這的確不怎么管用，尤其是缺錢的時(shí)候。 所以我回到工作崗位，七年以來我的掙扎，學(xué)習(xí)與寫作都圍繞著工作與生活的平衡這個(gè)主題。今天我想跟各位分享四點(diǎn)心得。