Watch the Distractions
Dudes get distracted easily, we know this. If you have some work to get done on the computer, but can’t resist TNT’s afternoon lineup, keep the TV off while working. This goes for the radio, hanging out at Starbucks or working while sitting on the beach. Actually, that one would be pretty sweet.
別走神
我們都很了解,人都是很容易分心的。如果你的工作是和電腦打交道,但是你不能抵制TNT下午的電視節(jié)目,你就得在你工作的時(shí)候吧電視機(jī)關(guān)了。不過(guò)你可以在星巴克閑逛或者在海灘邊坐著的時(shí)候聽聽廣播,這樣應(yīng)該很愜意吧!
Give Work to Someone Else
We don’t take on too much work ourselves because we’re just lazy. But we know a lot of you out there keep piling work on yourself. Learn how to delegate and give work to other people at work, or to roommates at home. Little things, like washing dishes can suck 10 minutes out of your day. Look for areas to pass the task baton to others.
讓別人幫你分擔(dān)工作
我們不要自己承擔(dān)太多的工作,人都是慵懶的。但是我們了解很多,我們讓自己積壓了太多的事情。工作時(shí)學(xué)會(huì)將任務(wù)分擔(dān)給自己的同事,或者在家的時(shí)候讓室友幫著分擔(dān)一下。一些像洗完的小事就可以為你每天節(jié)省十多分鐘,在適當(dāng)?shù)膱?chǎng)合將工作讓別人分擔(dān)一下,這個(gè)也是比較明智的。
Sleep
Many of us feel that afternoon lull where our head starts to bob at our desk. We’re bored with work and we just had to stay up last night to see Angelina Jolie on Letterman. We then spend the next hour trying to fight off sleep and getting refocused. To avoid this, make sure to get enough sleep every night...except the nights when Angelina is on.
睡眠
我們之中許多人都會(huì)在下午間歇的時(shí)候在桌邊打瞌睡。我們厭倦了工作,而我們卻能在昨晚熬夜看Angelina Jolie。我們會(huì)強(qiáng)打精神、重新集中精力來(lái)工作。為了避免這種情況,我們應(yīng)該確保每天晚上都有足夠的睡眠--除了Angelina又出演了。
Plan Ahead
Each night, there needs to be a moment where you review what will be happening the next day. If you have somewhere to be at 8:30am, plan accordingly. Set your alarm to wake up earlier. Plan your route to avoid as much of the morning traffic rush as possible. It will only take a couple of minutes to refer to your schedule, but will save you tons of time the next day.
提前計(jì)劃好
每天晚上花一點(diǎn)時(shí)間想想明天將要做什么,如果你要在八點(diǎn)半到達(dá)到某個(gè)地方,協(xié)調(diào)好你的計(jì)劃。將你的鬧鐘設(shè)置的時(shí)間稍微提前一點(diǎn),計(jì)劃好你的路線,盡可能避免早上塞車。雖然這會(huì)花你幾分鐘時(shí)間來(lái)考慮,但是這會(huì)為你明天有效地節(jié)約時(shí)間。
Priorities
Making sure you are attacking a task in the order it should be conquered is also key to managing your time. Alphabetizing your record collection instead of doing your taxes is probably not a smart move. Make a list of things you need to do -- no matter how small -- and put them in order. You can then attack projects and tasks as they move up the list instead of trying to do pieces of projects at the same time. That just keeps you unfocused and wasting time.
優(yōu)先考慮的事情
確保你的計(jì)劃井井有條,讓它有說(shuō)服力,這也是合理安排時(shí)間的關(guān)鍵。收集音樂磁盤而不去完成你的稅務(wù)很明顯是不明智計(jì)劃。將你要做的事情--無(wú)論是多么小的事情--都一一按順序列在單子上。這樣你就可以開始構(gòu)建你的時(shí)間安排了,優(yōu)先考慮一些事你就不會(huì)浪費(fèi)時(shí)間做一些瑣碎的事情了,這樣你就不會(huì)一下子有過(guò)多的事情聚到一起浪費(fèi)你的時(shí)間。