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But she thought about all the time and money she had already invested in her career and didn't see how walking away made economic sense either.
但她回想起自己已經(jīng)在事業(yè)中投入的時間和金錢成本，這讓她確定自己離開職場也不會有什么經(jīng)濟(jì)意義，
So she made what she called "a leap of blind faith" and stayed in the workforce.
所以她“盲目地信心大增”，決定繼續(xù)為事業(yè)打拼。
Years later, her income is many times greater than when she almost withdrew.
多年以后，她的收入增加了很多倍。
Wisely, Anna and other women have started to think of paying for child care as a way of investing in their families' future.
費(fèi)勒將補(bǔ)貼育兒費(fèi)用看作是為家庭未來投資的一種方式，這很聰明。
As the years go by, compensation often increases.
如果一位女性的薪酬隨著工作時間而增加，其職位也隨之而提升，
Flexibility typically increases, too, as senior leaders often have more control over their hours and schedules.
那么她工作時間的靈活度顯然也會提高，因為職位更高的管理者通常可以更好地安排自己的工作時間和日程。
And what about men who want to leave the workforce?
那么，假如一位男性想離開職場呢？
If we make it too easy for women to drop out of the career marathon, we also make it too hard for men.
我們很容易接受女人退出職場的馬拉松比賽，那么我們對待想退出的男性卻會更加苛刻。
Just as women feel that they bear the primary responsibility of caring for their children,
正如女性認(rèn)為養(yǎng)育孩子是家庭重?fù)?dān)，
many men feel that they bear the primary responsibility of supporting their families financially.
許多男性為了養(yǎng)家糊口也不堪重負(fù)。
Their self-worth is tied mainly to their professional success, and they frequently believe that they have no choice but to finish that marathon.
他們的自我價值基本上都與事業(yè)成功綁在了一起，所以除了拼命跑完這趟馬拉松外，他們別無選擇。
Choosing to leave a child in someone else's care and return to work is a difficult decision.
把孩子留給保姆照看，自己重返職場，要做出這個選擇是很困難的。
Any parent who has done this, myself included, knows how heart wrenching it can be.
有過這種經(jīng)歷的父母，包括我自己，都明白這會有多么痛苦。
Only a compelling, challenging, and rewarding job will begin to make that choice a fair contest.
但是，只有贏得一份能夠說服自己、具有挑戰(zhàn)性并且回報豐厚的工作，才能讓這種選擇成為一場公平的比賽。
And even after a choice is made, parents have every right to reassess along the way.
而且，即使在做出這個選擇之后，我們也完全有權(quán)利對生活重新評價。
Anyone lucky enough to have options should keep them open.
任何幸運(yùn)到可以自由選擇的人都應(yīng)該保持這樣的開放度，
Don't enter the workforce already looking for the exit.
不要在剛剛駛?cè)肼殘龈咚俾窌r就尋找出口。
Don't put on the brakes. Accelerate.
不要踩剎車，要加速。
Keep a foot on the gas pedal until a decision must be made.
一腳踩在油門上，直到必須做出選擇的那一刻。
That's the only way to ensure that when that day comes, there will be a real decision to make.
只有這樣，才能夠保證在那一刻到來時，你所做出的是一個正確的決定。
