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這一期的Business Week 有個有趣的 Special Report：TROUBLE AT THE OFFICE? 裡頭談的主題包括：

-Work-Life Balance
-Staying Creative
-Toxic Bosses
-Rigid Bureaucracy
-Generation Gaps
-Time Management

其中在對 Good to Great（中譯「從A到A+」）的作者Jim Collins的訪談中節錄了他一段話：

“The imperative is to manage our time, not our work. This is why the whole question of balance and finishing our work is insane. There are only 24 hours in a day, so what difference does it really make if you work 10 hours or 14, given that there are a thousand potential hours of work? The real question is the incredible rigor of what goes into the hours you allocate.

As I look at the most effective people we’ve studied, a “stop-doing” list or not-to-do list is more important than a to-do list, because the to-do list is infinite. For every big, annual priority you put on the to-do list, you need a corresponding item on the stop-doing list. It’s like an accounting balance.”

A not-to-do list is more important than a to-do list.
嗯對我這種貪心的人來講真是當頭棒喝啊。看來我也應該要好好地想一想列張not-to-do list 才對。XD

另外一篇由 What Got You Here Won’t Get You There（中譯「UP學」）的作者Marshall Goldsmith寫的短文裡，列了一些 “advice for the young that transcends age”（很明顯不是寫給偶看的，因為偶是幼稚的老頭子不是早熟的年輕人XD）

-It is tough out there, and it’s only going to get tougher.
-Forget about security.
-Like it or not, even if you start out with a large corporation, you are going to be an entrepreneur.
-Make peace with this reality, and your life is going to be a lot better.

-Forget about taking a year off.
-Don’t spend your adult years “finding yourself”.
-Unless you are rich, don’t buy the flat-screen TV. When you are poor, live life as a poor person; don’t try to live like a rich person.
-And, like any great entrepreneur, invest your time and money in your future.

謹供那些有為的年輕人參考參考。

不過這裡面最有趣的其實是一個調查Worst Boss Trait：30% of white-collar workers think incompetence is what makes for a bad boss. 果然無能的嘴炮老闆人人厭。同一頁的文章標題更是十分的機車：

ARE YOU BEING A JERK? AGAIN?
If you are, it may be because you’re following a bad leader.

哈哈哈哈哈！