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I used to work 14 hours a day. I loved my work. I worked extremely hard.
我每天工作14個小時，我熱愛我的工作，非常努力
And then I decided to get married and to have children. And I knew that things would change as a result of that.
然后我決定結婚生子，我知道因此可能一切會變得不一樣
And I said, "OK. I have to compromise. I have to work less than 14 hours a day, if I want to maintain a healthy relationship with my spouse and with my kids."
我說“好吧，我必須妥協，我只能一天工作少于14個小時，如果我想和我的妻子以及孩子保持良好的關系的話”
And it disappointed me to some extent, but I have my priorities. And I made a choice.
我某種程度上有點失望，但我有我優先的考慮，我做了這樣的決定
And then I met Tony Schwartz, who within a few minutes changed my perception, my understanding of what my day can and ought to look like.
然后我遇到了托尼·施瓦茨，他只用了幾分鐘就改變了我的觀念，改變了我對我的人生應該是怎么樣的理解
And when he explained to me this, it made immediate sense. I started to implement it.
當他跟我說時，我立即意識到就應該是這樣的，我開始應用它
And today I may not be as productive as I was when I worked for 14 hours a day, but very close to it. And I'm certainly happier. And I'm more creative than I was when I was a marathoner.
而今天我可能沒有一天工作14小時那么有效率，但也十分接近了，而我顯然更快樂了，我比還是個“馬拉松運動員”時更有創造力
And here is his suggestion—one of the things that he talks about in the book; this is a ritual that I recommend and it is: have 60 to 120 minutes, so around 90 minutes of sprint, work, concentrate, focus hard, go for it.
他的建議是這樣的，他書里講到這樣一個東西，這是我推薦的一種習慣：用一到兩個小時，也就是大約一個半小時來“短跑”，專注地工作，精力非常集中
