17. q: have you ever been so firm that people would describe you as “stubborn” or “inflexible”?
a: when women are firm, they are sometimes pinned with these unattractive labels. i am not shy or mousy, so probably one or two people i’ve worked with might have thought that i was “inflexible” on a given assignment. but this adjective never came out about me on any kind of a performance review, and neither did the word “stubborn.” i believe that, all in all, i’ve managed to be firm and flexible.
17.問：你是否曾經十分執著，以至於人們把你形容成”固執“，”死板“的人?
答：堅定的女性有時會被打上沒有吸引力的標籤。我不害羞也不膽怯，所以可能會有一兩個和我一起工作的人認為我在某些任務上有些“死板”，但這個形容詞從來沒有在任何類型的績效考核時被提出過，更不要提“頑固”這個詞了。我認為大體上來說，我做到了既堅定又靈活。
18. q: when do you think you’ll peak in your career?
a: i come from a long line of healthy, hardy, mentally active types, and so i confess that i never even think about “peaking” in my career. that having been said, i do think it’s important to have some self-knowledge, and to recognize when one is past one’s prime.
18.問：你認為你的職業生涯何時會達到頂峰?
答：一直以來我都屬於健康、頑強、思維活躍的一類人，所以我承認我從來沒有考慮過自己的職業生涯中會出現“頂峰”。人們常說起這一點，我也認為自知之明並認識到自己的全盛期已經過去確實是十分重要的。