Let your ambition light you up

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enamor

To inspire with love or strong affection. 使迷戀
I was enamored by the hustle 喧囂 culture as a VP of people and multi-time HR executive.

dim

To make less bright or distinct.
It's dimming your light and your ambition.

nurture

To care for and encourage growth or development. 促進、培育

you can nurture your ambition and avoid burnout.

rhythm

A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.
It creates a sense of flow and harmony in music and life.

Boundaries give your ambition a sense of rhythm and pace so you can create what I call sustainable ambition.

paint the picture

To create a vivid image or representation of a concept through description or storytelling. 構想，描繪

You have mouths to feed, a home to maintain, workouts to attend

你要養家糊口、照顧家庭、還得去運動

rush

To act quickly, often in a hurry, leading to a feeling of urgency or pressure.

you're rushing to the vet 你得急著帶寵物去看獸醫

rock

使震驚 receive bad news that rocks you.

predicament

A difficult, unpleasant situation that is challenging to resolve. 陷入困境

You're now sitting there in this predicament of trying to figure out, how am I gonna do it all?

tackle

To confront or deal with a difficult situation or problem.

tackle your goals

crystal clear

easy to understand or transparent.

you have to get crystal clear on your non-negotiables. 不能妥協的事

curveball

An unexpected complication or challenge that disrupts plans or expectations.

Because life will be life, and it'll throw you another curveball. 因為人生總是如此，它會隨時給你突如其來的變化。

controversial

likely to provoke public disagreement or strong reactions.

adapt and move forward.

To adjust to new conditions and continue progressing. 調整並繼續前進

frugal with

money, careful with spending and resources. 節儉的

When you're frugal with your time, you have more time for your ambitions and your non-negotiables.

frivolous with

浪費、不認真使用

And when you're frivolous with your time, you're running on that hamster wheel from one thing to another, to another to another.

hamster wheel

倉鼠輪，比喻重複無止盡的日常事務

you're running on that hamster wheel from one thing to another, to another to another.

ponder

深思熟慮

you would ponder a big purchase

commitment

承諾、必須參與的事情或責任

requests your time or a commitment from you

at capacity

Or maybe it's Mrs. Manager, this project sounds so exciting, but I'm already at capacity.

cringe

畏縮，退縮, 感到難堪

when we first start to say no, it will be extremely uncomfortable, kind of cringe.

So to bring us full circle

回到話題的開頭／完成整個論點

So to bring us full circle, the hustle culture that we've …

entrenched in

深陷於

the hustle culture that we've been entrenched in for too long is being taken over by…

millennials

千禧世代

the millennials are still stuck in it 被困在某處

two sides of a spectrum

表示這兩個群體位於某個觀念或行為（如工作文化）範圍的極端兩邊、光譜的兩端

sweet spot

「理想的平衡點」、「最佳狀態」

But what if the sweet spot is actually in the middle?

A life with boundaries is a sustainable one.

有界線的人生才是可持續的。

crush your goals

口語，意思是「大力實現目標」

secret sauce

成功的關鍵、訣竅