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One of the fears that people have when they hear about rituals is they say, well that will take away from my productivity. And if not productivity, creativity.
人們聽到例行公事時的恐懼之一在于，他們會說，這會降低我的生產力，就算不降低生產力，也會降低創造力
Not so. In fact, the exact opposite is the case. If you look, yeah, this is a historical research, if you look at all the great artists,
并不是這樣。事實恰好相反。如果看看，這是個歷史性的研究，如果看看那些偉大的藝術家
whether it's writers, the Hemingways, whether it's the Davincis, they had a ritual in their life. And the ritual was,
不管是作家，海明威，或者是達芬奇，他們生活中都有例行公事。這例行公事就是
for example, "from 7 to 10 am in the morning, I write, no matter what, 6 to 10 at night， if I am more of a night person, I paint".
比方說，早上七點到十點，不論如何我都要寫作；晚上六點到十點，如果我習慣在夜里工作，我要畫畫
They had rituals. And it's because of these rituals that they were able to be creative.
他們有例行公事。而正是因為這些例行公事，他們才能創造
Because then they could think about their subject materials as opposed to million other things: Well, maybe I should be doing something else
因為那樣他們就能專注于主題，而不是萬千使他們分心的事物。也許我該干點別的
and there are other distractions, no! There was a ritual. That's what I did now.
有些讓我分心的東西，不，有例行公事在。我現在就該干這個
Almost mindless getting there, just like we brush our teeth.
幾乎無意識地就去做了，就像我們刷牙一樣
But when they were there, there were space, openness to be creative.
但一旦他們開始專注，就有了空間，有了創造的空間
Now the key is to give yourself time to create the ritual. You see, maintaining a ritual, requires some self-discipline, but not a lot.
現在關鍵在于花時間來建立例行公事。你可以看到，保持例行公事需要一定的自律，但并不多
Creating a ritual requires a lot of self-discipline.
建立例行公事需要大量自律
Once again, because we go back to our old habits.
因為我們時常會回到舊習慣
Let's do a quick exercise. So I want you to just take your hands and just fold them. Fold your hands for a minute.
做個快速練習吧。抱起你們的雙臂進行交疊。交疊一會兒
Alright. Now continue folding your hands, only this time, in the opposite direction, meaning this hand below and this hand above.
好了，繼續交疊雙手，不過這次，用不同的方式，也就是這只手換到下面，這只換到上面
