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26.Use a stopwatch. Use a stopwatch to measure the amount of time you are spending each day on the tasks that help you achieve your goals. It’s easy to confuse activity with accomplishment. By measuring how much time you are investing on productive activities, you will see how much time you are wasting on unproductive activities.
使用一個秒表。使用秒表測量你每天都花在任務上的時間,幫助你實現你的目標。這很容易混淆活動與成就。通過測量你投資多少時間在生產活動上,你將會看到多少時間浪費在非生產性活動上。
27.Make use of down time. Down time is time spent waiting at the doctor’s office, waiting in the school pick-up line, or anywhere else you need to be but aren’t otherwise occupied. Plan ahead and use this time wisely.
充分利用停機時間。停機時間是在醫生的辦公室等候的時間,等待在學校搭訕的時間,或者其他任何地方你需要但不被占用的時間。提前計劃好并明智地利用這段時間。
28.Make your breaks productive. Do you need to schedule a doctor’s appointment, check on a friend who’s going through a challenging period, or confirm the kid’s schedule? Start looking at your breaks as periods of time when you can knock out some of your personal To-Do List items.
讓你自己更有效率。你需要安排一個醫生,檢查一個朋友的經歷一個具有挑戰性的時期,或確認孩子的日程安排嗎？當你可以推掉你的一些個人待辦事項列表項的時候開始看下你的的休息時間。
29.Reduce the time you spend eating lunch. Consider how you can reduce the amount of time you allocate to lunch in the middle of your workday. How about packing a lunch and eating at your desk?
減少你吃午飯的時間?？紤]如何減少你分配在工作的時候吃午飯的時間。打包午餐然后在辦公桌上吃午餐怎么樣？
30.Touch it once. If you read an email, respond immediately. If you open a letter, act on it, throw it away, or do something with it so you don’t have to touch it again. Rather than putting your glass and plate in the sink, put it in the dishwasher. Set a goal to only touch things ONE time.
碰它一次。如果你讀一封電子郵件,立即響應。如果你打開一封信,采取行動,立刻把它扔掉,或做些什么讓你不需要再碰它。與其把你的杯子和碟子放到水池里,倒不如把它放進洗碗機里。設定一個目標只碰一次
