英语短文-十个好习惯教你高效利用时间

英语短文

十个好习惯教你高效利用时间

Time. You can’t recover it, make up for it, or reverse it. There are 24 hours in a day and 168 in a week, and those numbers aren’t changing. What you can do is use the hours more efficiently and wisely to free up at least 60 minutes a week.

时间——既不能收回，也无法弥补或倒流。一天24小时，一周168小时，永远不多不少。你能做的只有更有效地利用好这些时间，努力争取每周挤哪怕60分钟出来。

Many of my executive clients work 60-plus hours a week still find a way to do things for themselves and their families. How? They do it by prioritizing. They know what’s truly important, what’s urgent, and what isn’t. They know how to say no to certain things and yes to other things. And they know how to maximize the time that they do have and not

dwell on time that they don’t have.

我的很多管理层客户每周至少工作60小时，却依然可以挤出私人与家庭时间。他们是怎么做到的呢?通过优先处理。他们知道什么才是真正重要的、哪些紧急而哪些又可以缓一缓。他们懂得如何拒绝或接受某些事情。而且，他们知道怎样最大化利用自己拥有的时间，而不是一味想着没有的。

Here’s how you can optimize your time:

下面就教你如何最大化利用时间：

1. Track how you spend your time

记下自己都把时间花在了哪里

Do this for one week. Many people are entirely unaware of what they do hour to hour and where the day goes. This simple exercise of noting what you’re doing each hour can have a huge impact.

坚持记录一个星期。很多人根本不清楚自己是怎么混过每时每天的。记下每小时做了什么虽然简单，却能发挥重要作用。

One recent client told me how she spent 15 minutes every morning trying to decide what to wear each day. That’s almost two hours a week she spent deciding what to wear. Another client told me how he spent almost an hour a day in one sitting reading sports scores even though his intention was to just “check them quickly.”Track your time and know where you’re

spending it.

最近有个客户告诉我，她每天早上要花15分钟决定该穿什么衣服。也就是说，她每周几乎花掉2小时来决定穿衣服这件事。还有一个客户跟我说，就算原本只想“快速扫一眼”，他每天还是会花掉将近1小时用来查看比赛得分。记下你的时间分配，看看自己到底都干了些什么吧。

2. Determine which tasks and activities are vital and which are optional

确定哪些任务和活动比较重要，而哪些是可有可无的

Structure other tasks around those that are vital. Schedule your day by doing the important tasks first. This is when you are freshest and energetic. So often the less important tasks get in the way of other things that need to be done. For many this is a distraction. It’s easier to do the things that aren’t as important. Fear leads to procrastination and ends us keeping us stagnant. Here’s how to overcome procrastination.

其他都以重要任务为中心进行安排。日程安排要先处理重要任务。这时你大脑清晰、精力充沛。通常，不太重要的事情会半路插进其他必做事情中，而且往往造成干扰。因为不太重要的事情更容易处理。畏难心理进而导致拖延，最后使我们毫无进展。下面就教你如何克服拖延症。

3. Get up 15 minutes earlier than you normally do

比平常早起15分钟

Doing so will provide you with an extra 75 minutes in your work week. Many of my clients who are business leaders talk about how they maximize their mornings and see it as a time to respond to emails without the distraction of telephone calls or they use it to do their daily workout.

这么做可以让你每个工作周多出75分钟。我有很多客户是商业领导，在说到如何最大化利用早晨时间时，他们认为这段时间不受电话干扰，可以用来回复邮件，或者进行日常锻炼。

4. Schedule Internet use

计划上网时间

So often people lose their sense of time when they are online. Given the sensory overload, people are drawn into cyberspace and rarely can stick to just their intended task. Think about how many times you went online to read the news or check the weather and ended up staying online much longer reading other articles. Or perhaps you’re like so many of my clients whose intention is to check sports scores quickly, yet they spend seven hours a week doing that. Schedule time and stick to it.

很多时候，人们一上网就容易忘了时间。人们被网络空间