一听到“工作狂”这三个字，大多数人脑中出现的画面多是不分昼夜在电脑前忙活，累得半死还不敢休息的一群人。可是有那么一类人，他们也一刻不停在工作，但是丝毫不觉疲惫，反而乐在其中，好像工作就是他们最大的乐趣。你是这样的“自愿工作狂”吗?

Engaged workaholics are distinct from the classic, compulsively driven worker who can't unplug ever and always feels like he or she should be working and suffer greater-than-average ill effects: more conflicts at work, less job satisfaction, poorer social relationships, more heart attacks, more divorces.

“自愿工作狂”(engaged workaholics)与传统意义上的被迫工作狂是完全不同的。被迫工作狂永远没有停下来的时候，而且总是觉得自己应该一直处于工作状态，并由此饱受各类工作狂负面效应的困扰：工作上冲突不断、工作满意度不高、社会关系不佳、心脏病高发、离婚率高。

Engaged workaholics may dodge some or all of those nasty repercussions for one simple reason: They love what they do. They get a kick out of it. They don't feel stressed by it.

“自愿工作狂”可以免受上述这些不良效应的困扰，仅仅是因为：他们热爱他们所做的工作。工作时乐在其中，根本不觉得工作是压力。