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1、BalancingYourLife:ExecutiveLessonsforWork,FamilyandSelf7192tp.indd17/3/091:39:54PMThispageintentionallyleftblankBalancingYourLife:ExecutiveLessonsforWork,FamilyandSelfJamesGSClawsonUniversityofVirginia,USAWorldScientificNEWJERSEY•LONDON•SINGAPORE•BEIJING•SHANGHAI•HON
2、GKONG•TAIPEI•CHENNAI7192tp.indd27/3/091:39:55PMPublishedbyWorldScientificPublishingCo.Pte.Ltd.5TohTuckLink,Singapore596224USAoffice:27WarrenStreet,Suite401-402,Hackensack,NJ07601UKoffice:57SheltonStreet,CoventGarden,LondonWC2H9HEBritishLibraryCataloguing-in-Publicati
3、onDataAcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary.BALANCINGYOURLIFEExecutiveLessonsforWork,FamilyandSelfCopyright©2010byJamesG.S.ClawsonAllrightsreserved.ISBN-13978-981-283-906-0(pbk)ISBN-10981-283-906-2(pbk)TypesetbyStallionPressEmail:enquiries@stall
4、ionpress.comPrintedinSingapore.Shalini-BalancingYourLife.pmd110/7/2009,5:06PMDedicationThisvolume,my17thbook-lengthmanuscript,isdedicatedtoauthenticpeople.Iwas48beforeIfoundsomepeoplewithwhomIcouldtalkwithaboutanything,notaboos.Itwasaliberatingexperience.MyfriendsRob
5、ertandDanaandIwouldgotothelocalwateringhole,Sloan’s,andthey’dhaveabeerandI’dhaveamilkordietcolaandwe’dtalkaboutmoney,politics,marriage,parenting,sex,reli-gion,everything.MygoodfriendTannerorganizedagolfouting,a“Workaholic’sRetreat,”wherethesekindofconversationscontin
6、ued.Honestconversationhadneverbeensafebeforeinmylife;thepeopleIknewfromparentsondownweretooquicktojudge.Throughthesenewconversations,Icametobelievethathon-est,authentic,transparentconversationsarelikediamondsinlife,tobetreasuredaboveallthechaffofsuperficial,tell-it-li
7、ke-it-should-bechit-chatthatwasawasteoftime.I’veonlyhadfivesuchpeopleinmylife.Robert,Susan,Erick,TannerandDana.Danadiedofaheartattackatage51.NowI’mdowntofour.ErickIpayahundreddollarsanhourto,sodoeshecount?Roberttookanewjobanddisappeared.Tannerlives10hoursaway.SonowI’m
8、downtoSusan.She’sstillhere.Thatamazesmeinamajorway.Wow.I’vetattooedtheinitialsofthepeo-plewho’vehadamajorinfluenceonmylifeonmywrist.
