Or take the familiar phrase "results oriented," another business cliche that Reid has seen trip up, or stall out, middle managers' careers.

再来探讨一下另一个熟悉的商业术语：“以结果为导向”。里德曾经目睹过这种导向是如何倾覆了中层管理者的职业生涯。

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Why do so many working moms' careers stall out when they hit middle management?

为什么很多上班妈妈当上中层管理人员后其职业生涯就陷入停滞？

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Picture this, a well-past-middle-age woman, well past her prime weight of 120 pounds, weakened from the effects of 6)multiple sclerosis, sitting twisted on the floor of a small shower stall.

想象一下这画面一个已过中年，体重远超120磅（她理想的体重）的妇女，被多发性硬化症摧残着，扭曲着身体坐在小淋浴间的地板上。

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They have set up a stall in the middle of Tbilisi, to hand out the Bible, in Farsi, to Iranian people passing by.

BBC: The Iranians who come to Georgia

One woman, a book-stall manager, complains that she has become almost a slave to her middle-school daughter, who constantly pesters her for money.

CNN: LITTLE EMPERORS

And frankly, if the economy were to stall here in response to a protracted rise in oil, the uncertainty in the Middle East, or renewed problems in Europe, they might have a point.

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