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Over lunch with her boss, Kathy Uhl was given everything that shed been working toward career-wise at her Orlando-based cable company. She got a bigger staff, more responsibility and a generous increase in salary and bonuses. But she wasnt sure she wanted to become vice president of human resources for the entire state of Florida. 西?尤尔(Kathy Uhl)在一家总部位于奥兰多(Orlando)的有线电视公司工作，在一次与老板共进午餐时，尤尔被授予了之前她为之努力打拼的一切──她将拥有更多的员工，担负起更大的责任，并能收获丰厚的加薪和奖金。但她却并不确定，自己是否真的想成为主管整个佛罗里达州业务的人力资源副总裁。 It was a great job and I liked the company and people. The thing is that my life felt out of balance at the time. Id been focused on my career for a while and missed my family back in Denver, says Ms. Uhl, who then consulted with a career coach who helped her decide what was most important to her. 尤尔说：“这是份很棒的工作，我也很喜欢这家公司和周围的同事。但问题是，那个时候，我的生活感觉失衡了。好一阵子，我一直都在专注于自己的工作，却忽略了我在丹佛的家。”尤尔后来又向一位职业教练进行咨询，后者帮她弄清了一个问题：对她而言，什么才是最重要的事。 She ended up turning down the promotion and moving back to Colorado, where she is now vice president at a public service credit union that is five miles from her home. Although she makes less money now, she has evenings and weekends free to spend with her sons. 尤尔最终拒绝了升职的机会，并搬回到科罗拉多州。她目前是一家公共服务信用合作社的副总裁，这家公司离她家只有五英里远。虽然尤尔现在挣得不如之前多，但她却拥有空闲的夜晚和周末，可以陪在儿子们身边。 For many career-minded executives, a promotion is well-deserved recognition of their hard work and accomplishments. But there are as many reasons to turn down a promotion as there are to take it, say job experts who recommend that employees look beyond just money and status. 对于许多事业心强的高管而言，升职是对他们努力工作和卓越成就的应有的认可。但职场专家表示，人们有很多理由接受升职，同样也有很多的理由拒绝晋升机会。专家建议，不该仅仅关注金钱和地位，还应考虑到其他的一些因素。 Poor work-life balance, for example, can lead to early burnout and unhappiness, says John McKee, an executive coach in Los Angeles. Will you be working 60-hour weeks and traveling during the holidays? Is the job beyond your talent level, which could end up being a march toward failure? Or maybe its a good move at this stage of your life. These are