时间管理技巧工作时间长不代表产量高(4)

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　　Time-management tips

　　时间管理技巧

　　Expectations to do things perfectly¹ are stifling².

　　预想完美地完成任务会让你倍感压力。

　　General George S. Patton once said,"A good plan executed now is better than a perfect plan executed nextweek."

　　乔治巴顿二世曾说：“正在执行的好计划比下周执行的完美计划好的多。”

　　More work hours doesn't mean more productivity. Use constraints³ as opportunities.

　　工作时间长不代表产量高。把约束当做机遇。

　　Don't kid yourself into thinking that sitting at your desk will somehow extract work from you. Do whatever you can to finish your current task by the end of regular work hours instead of working into the night.

　　不要想着坐在桌子前就是在工作。在工作时间把当前的任务完成，不要熬夜工作。

　　Separate brainless and strategic tasksto become more productive.

　　将非脑力劳动和脑力劳动分开，这样效率更高。

　　Ideally, you can brainstorm⁴ your ideas and then execute them. If you're constantly stopping your flow of work to rethink something, you're slowing yourself down.

　　理想状态下，你可以有很多好点子并一一执行。如果你停下手头上的工作去回想的话，你自然就慢下来了。

　　【知识点讲解】

　　instead of （用…）代替…， （是…）而不是…， （用…）而不用…；

　　例句：

　　Instead of complaining about what's wrong, be grateful for what's right.

　　别抱怨不好的事，要对好的事心存感恩。

　　Instead of moving at his usual stately pace, he was almost running.

　　他没像平时那样优雅庄重地走着，而是几乎跑了起来。

　　Small pickling onions can be used instead of sliced ones.

　　小块腌洋葱可用来替代切片洋葱。

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