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2. Do them immediately- Another great strategy to keep from forgetting things is to do them immediately. If I am working, my general rule is that anything I can do in less than two minutes I do immediately without pause or delay. As an example, if my wife asks me to carry the laundry to the laundry room, I do it immediately rather than putting it on my “to do” list.
第二，立即行動去做(自己該做的事)。另外一條防止忘記事情的重要對策就是立刻做完它們。如果我正在工作，我通常的原則是如果任何事我能兩分鐘之內做完的那我會立刻去做而不推遲拖延。打個比方，如果我妻子讓我把待洗的衣服拿到干洗店那我肯定是立馬送去而不是將這件事列在我的“要做的事”的清單上。
If I am not in work mode and my wife asks me to do a project that will take 10 minutes, then I get up and do it immediately without delay. She appreciates me getting it done instantly and truthfully, just knocking it out and getting it done is better for me. Then I don’t need to add it to my “to do” list and come back to it later.
如果我不在忙工作，而我妻子要我做一個大概會花去我十分鐘的項目那我會立刻起床去做而不拖延。她很感激我立刻行動并真誠的做完。與我而言，立刻做好做完是比較好的。那樣我就不用在“要做的事”清單上列下它再回過頭來做。
3. Send myself a reminder- This morning while having coffee with my wife, she gave me the date of my daughter’s upcoming recital. I didn’t have my “to do” list handy so I picked up my laptop sitting on the table and sent myself an email reminder.
第三，給自己發送一個提醒。這個早晨當我和妻子一起喝咖啡的時候，她告訴了我女兒即將舉行獨奏會的日子。我沒有隨手記下在自己的清單上而是坐在桌前給自己發了一封電子郵件提醒自己。
4. Set my alarm- If there is an important conference call I cannot afford to miss I will set my cell phone alarm to remind me five minutes in advance of the call. This allows me to remain focused on my responsibilities without constantly having to look at the clock in anticipation of the call.
第四，設置鬧鐘。如果將有一個很重要的電話會議是我不能錯過的，那么我會在手機上設一個鬧鐘，在電話會議開始的前五分鐘鬧鈴提醒自己。這就使得我能集中注意力在手頭上的事情而不需要不斷地看表提醒自己參加電話會議。
5. Put something somewhere as a reminder- If I get in my car and realize I am almost out of gas I will do something to remind me to get gas. I might put a sticky note (I always have a pad of stickies in my car) below the speedometer so every time I look at how fast I am going I see the reminder note. Or if I am going somewhere and don’t want to forget to bring something, I will put it by the front door with my car keys on top of it.
第五，在某些地方放置一些東西來提醒自己。如果我坐進駕駛室發現我的車快沒油 ，那我將做一些事來提醒自己記得加油。我可能會用一張粘紙(我一直有一本有粘性的便簽本在我的車里)粘在速度表盤下，這樣每次我看自己的車速有多快我就能看見這個提醒我的紙條。或者如果我將要出門而且不想忘帶東西那么我就會在前門放置提醒紙條并將車鑰匙放在紙條上面。
6. Have the other party initiate the call- Here’s my rule for scheduling calls. If I request the call, I take responsibility for initiating it. If someone asks me for a call, then I ask that person to initiate it. This ensures that I can focus on my work and not look at the clock every two minutes to make sure I don’t miss making the call.
第六，讓其他與會方打電話。安排電話會議是我的職責。如果我要求電話會議那么我會負責發起。如果別人讓我參與那么我會讓他們去發起。這樣就能確保我集中注意力在自己的工作上而不用沒兩分鐘看下表來確保自己沒有錯過電話。
These are just some of the strategies that have helped me over the years. Please share how you keep from forgetting things in the comments section below.
這些就是近年來我用來幫助自己記事的一些策略。請在下面的評論部分分享你是如何防止自己忘記事情的。
Remember, there is no distinction between being responsible in your personal and professional life. You are either a person who takes pride in being responsible or you are not.
記住，評價一個人是否負責任不應該區分為是對自己的私人生活還是專業工作上。你要么是一個負責任的人要么就不是。
I want to challenge you to make the commitment that you will be responsible in EVERY part of your life and that from this day forward you will focus on becoming a person who fulfills your responsibilities without having to be reminded. Will you accept this challenge?
我想讓你挑戰自己成為一個對自己所有方面的負責任的人并從今天起你會做一個完成自己該做的任務的人而不需要被人提醒。你接受這一挑戰嗎?
