这群人受到不公正的指责、诋毁和中伤——经常被说成是有病、不正常或处于病态的边缘。大约30%的美国商业和贸易都靠工作狂们来完成,在艺术和科技领域中的比例可能也是如此。 工作狂是事业有成者,是优胜者。全国上下都不谋而合地反对杰出人士,过分赏识普通人,赞赏平庸之辈。 人们反对那些做出了不同寻常牺牲的人,似乎是因为他们能从工作中得到乐趣。 These people are unjustly accused, abused, and defamed—often termed sick or morbid or on the border of the pathology. About 30% of American business and commerce is carried on the shoulders of workaholics. The ratio might exist in art and science too. Workaholics are the achievers, the winners. There is a national conspiracy against excellence and undue admiration of commonness and mediocrity. It is as if we are against those who make uncommon sacrifices because they enjoy doing something. |