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Susan Wojcicki, who blazed a trail by having four children while being one of Google's earliest and most valuable employees,
蘇珊·沃西基有4個孩子，她是谷歌資歷最老、最重要的員工之一。
brought her children to the office when her babysitter was sick.
她會在保姆生病時把孩子帶到辦公室。
Both my boss, Omid, and David Fischer, the most senior leader on my team, were steadfast supporters and did not allow others to take over parts of my job.
我的老板奧米德以及團隊中的資深高管戴維·費希爾，都對此表示了堅定的支持，他們也沒有讓別人接管我那部分工作。
Slowly, it began to dawn on me that my job did not really require that I spend twelve full hours a day in the office.
漸漸地，我開始明白，我的工作并不真的需要讓我每天都花整整12個小時在辦公室。
I became much more efficient — more vigilant about only attending or setting up meetings that were truly necessary,
我開始更加高效地工作：只有在參加或主持必要的會議時，我的注意力才會更加集中；
more determined to maximize my output during every minute I spent away from home.
在離開家的每一分鐘，我都堅定地把自己的工作效率提升至最高水平。
I also started paying more attention to the working hours of those around me; cutting unnecessary meetings saved time for them as well.
我開始留意那些以我為中心的工作時間，也取消了不必要的會議來保證這些重要的時間段。
I tried to focus on what really mattered.
我試著只關注那些真正重要的事情。
Long before I saw the poster, I began to adopt the mantra "Done is better than perfect."
作為我的座右銘之一，我也堅信：“完成，好過完美?！?/div>
Done, while still a challenge, turns out to be far more achievable and often a relief.
完成，說明這件事雖然有挑戰性，但結果證明它是能夠實現的，也常常讓人如釋重負。
By the time I took my second maternity leave, I not only unplugged (mostly), but really enjoyed the time with both my children.
因此，當我第二次休產假時，我不僅徹底放松了（在大多數時間里），而且真的非常享受和兩個孩子在一起的時光。
My sister-in-law, Amy, a doctor, experienced almost the exact same evolution in attitude.
我的弟媳埃米是位醫生，她也在心態上經歷了幾乎和我同樣的變化。
"When I had my first child, I worked twelve-hour days while trying to pump at work," she told me.
“當生完第一個孩子，我每天工作12個小時，還試著在上班的時候用抽乳器?！彼嬖V我，
"I wanted to feel connected to my baby in the limited hours that I was home, so I made myself her sole caregiver many nights.
“我想在家里利用有限的時間和孩子建立起聯系，所以好些時候我都在晚上一個人照顧她。
