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A friend of mine had been working as a lawyer for four years when she realized that instead of shooting for partner,
我的一個朋友在做了4年律師后，意識到比起做律師所合伙人，
she'd rather join a company in a sales or marketing role.
她更愿意從事銷售或營銷工作。
One of her clients was willing to hire her in this new capacity but wanted her to start at the ground level.
她的一個客戶非常愿意以新的職位雇用她，但同時希望她從底層開始做起。
Since she could afford the temporary pay cut, I urged her to make the jump,
由于她的經濟能力完全可以承受暫時的減薪，我便鼓勵她嘗試一下。
but she decided against taking a job that put her "back four years."
但她后來決定拒絕這份工作，因為在她看來這樣會讓她“倒退到4年以前”。
I understood how painful it was for her to lose hard-earned ground.
舍棄辛苦打拼的成果對她來說很痛苦，我非常理解，
Still, my argument was that if she was going to work for the next thirty years, what difference does going "back" four years really make?
但我仍然認為，如果她還要繼續工作30年，“倒退”到4年前從本質上來說又有什么關系呢？
If the other path made her happier and offered her a chance to learn new skills, that meant she was actually moving forward.
如果踏上另一條路能讓她更快樂，還有機會學到新的技能，那就意味著她實際上是在向前邁進，不斷進步的。
In many cases, women need to be more open to taking risks in their careers.
在很多時候，女性都需要對事業上的冒險持有更開放的心態。
When I left Google to join Facebook, as a percentage of my team, fewer women tried to follow me.
當我離開谷歌加入臉譜網時，團隊中想要和我一起離開的成員里女性員工很少；
As they had been all along, the men were more interested in new and, as we say in tech,
而男性一直都對新興的、用科技行話來說就是
higher beta opportunities—where the risks were great but the potential rewards even greater.
“風險系數更高的測試機會”更有興趣，雖然風險很大，但潛在的回報更大。
Many of the women on my team eventually showed interest in joining Facebook, but not until a few years later, when the company was more established.
谷歌團隊中的許多女性在若干年后最終顯露出對加入臉譜網的興趣，此時它已經是一家成熟的公司。
The cost of stability is often diminished opportunities for growth.
這說明追求穩定的代價就是成長機會的減少。
