Workforce Myth #1: Employees need a strong work-life balance in order tobe energized and engaged in the workplace.

流言一：为了在职场中保持精力充沛并专注地工作，员工需要一个良好的工作与生活的平衡。

Busted: These days, work is life, and life is work; ourjobs are seamlessly blended into all aspects of our personal lives. Accordingto research by Samsung,we even spend more time on our smartphones today (119 minutes a day) than withour partners (97 minutes a day.) If you challenge this fact, I encourage you totest it out at your own home!

破灭理由：在当今社会，工作即是生活，生活即是工作；我们的工作无缝地融入到日常生活的各个方面。三星公司的调查表明，我们花费在智能手机上的时间已超过与配偶一起相处的时间。如果你对这个事实存有质疑，大可在自己家中探个究竟。

So why do we so often hear leaders espouse the value of a strong work-lifebalance, as if this was the only way to engage and retain the workforce? It’s not,anymore. While researching my book, The 2020Workplace,many of the Millennials Iinterviewed, (born between 1977 and 1997 and soon to be 50% of the workforce)said they already believed the work-life balance concept was long dead. Theyexpect work and life to completely blend together in today’s 24/7 world.

那为什么我们还是如此频繁地听到领导鼓吹工作与生活高度平衡的重要性呢，如同这是企业吸引和留住人才的唯一方式一般。可这并非事实，再也不是了。从我的书--The 2020 Workplace中可以看出，许多千禧一代（出生于1977年-1997年之间，即将占据50%劳动力总数）表示，他们认为工作生活相衡的观念早已烟消云散了。相反他们希望工作和生活能够在7*24小时中完完全全地融合在一起。

And we all do, especially since we are now digital citizens, with devicesthat make it easier and more appealing to stay connected. Rather than balance,we must juggle our work, personal lives, and community involvement. Researchfrom Kenexashows that employee engagement levels rise when workers are passionate aboutwhat they are working on. They become energized, when they are mission-drivenby a “BHAG” (big hairy audacious goal) or challenged by a tight deadline.

如今我们也是一样，尤其是当我们成为数码公民之后，随身携带的数码设备使得人们之间的联系变得更加容易且更具吸引力。我们必须尽力兼顾工作、私人生活以及社交三者，而非仅平衡工作和生活。肯耐珂萨的调研表明，当员工对所从事的工作充满热情时，他们的敬业度水平也随之提升。当被赋予具有宏伟目标或时间紧迫的任务驱动时，他们将被激发而变得精力充沛。

It’s during these times that work increases, personal time suffers, andstress levels increase. Yet engagement levels rise as workers confront thechallenges they face. Why? Because employees experience greater satisfactionwhen they are part of a high performing team.

近年来工作量增大，私人时间被侵蚀，压力指数上涨。然而员工的敬业水平却随着他们所面临的挑战而逐步上升。原因何在？因为当员工成为高绩效团队中的一员，他们将体验到了更大的满足感。