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Tricks highly successful people use to get things done
成功人士達成目標的訣竅
Oprah — Ask yourself tough questions
奧普拉——問自己一些棘手的問題
Don't feel too bad about procrastinating. Even Oprah puts important tasks off.
不用把拖延癥想的太糟。就連奧普拉也會拖延重要的任務。
But the media mogul also has a surefire way of breaking the cycle of procrastination.
不過,這位媒體大亨還有一個打破拖延怪圈的萬全之策。
She told Fast Company that she asks herself: "What's the worst that's going to happen here, and why do I fear the confrontation?'"
她告訴《快速公司》,她會問自己:“能發生的最糟糕的事情是什么?我為什么不敢面對它?”
The truth is, we typically procrastinate for a reason. By identifying, examining, and confronting that reason head on, we can effectively move on and keep working toward our goals.
事實上,我們的拖延是有原因的。通過識別原因、查證原因、面對原因,我們就能高效前行,向著目標不斷努力。
【知識點講解】
head onadv.迎面地;
例句:
Two trains collided head-on in north-eastern Germany early this morning.
今天早上德國東北部兩列火車迎面相撞。
Wilde fell and struck his head on the stone floor.
懷爾德摔倒了,頭撞在石頭地上。
Their car was in a head-on smash with an articulated lorry.
他們的轎車和一輛鉸接式貨車迎面相撞了。
move on 繼續前進; 對…采取行動; 出發; 離開
例句:
I'm trying to move on and stretch myself with something different.
我正想換工作,想嘗試點不一樣的事情來挑戰一下自己。
What's wrong with his wanting to sell his land and move on?
他想賣掉土地離開這里,這有什么錯呢?
The time has come for us to move on.
我們是時候繼續前行了。
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