「工作」真的重要嗎?這要看你跟什麼比!
原文
Here is a short but very inspiring speech about Life by Coca Cola’s former CEO Bryan Dyson delivered at the 172nd commencement of the Georgia Tech Institute, on September 6, 1996.
His insight is as valuable today as it was then.
Below is the full text.
“Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them work, family, health, friends, and spirit and you're keeping all of these in the air.
You will soon understand that ‘work’ is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls - family, health, friends and spirit - are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.
簡單來說,你我都是小丑,手上有五顆球在空中甩,分別是:工作, 家人, 健康, 朋友以及靈魂(精神)。其中,名為工作的這顆球,是橡膠做的,其餘四顆則是玻璃做的。很快的,你就會發現,只有工作這顆球掉落到地面的時候,會彈起來而且不會有什麼損傷;而另外四顆玻璃球,一旦掉到地上,不僅不會彈起來,輕則出現裂痕損傷,重則當場碎裂。
我們生活上總是會有一些困境或挑戰,可能跟健康有關也可能跟家人有關,而是當工作遇到了其他另外四顆球,那就真的要審慎衡量一下自己的規劃了!
這時候當他與工作有產生所謂的衝突時候,並不是說工作不重要,而是,工作沒了,再找就好了,但另外四顆球一旦沒了,就真的沒了!