Building momentum
積蓄正面能量
Accomplishing things in the morning sets off a "cascade of success," says Shawn Achor, author of The Happiness Advantage, and a "night owl" who "consciously changed my morning habits so I could get up earlier." He now starts his days by writing down three things he's grateful for, exercising, and sending a quick email to reconnect with a family member or friend. He says he enjoys all these activities, and finds that "if you're thinking about things you're looking forward to, that makes it easy to get out of bed." Then, "once your brain records a victory, it's more likely to take the next step and the next step." If your first major victory comes at 10 p.m. but your boss expects you to be at an 8 a.m. meeting, there's just not much time for getting things done.

肖恩•阿克爾認為，在早上完成一些事情，能夠帶來“一連串的成功”。肖恩•阿克爾著有《快樂的優勢》一書，他自己之前也屬于“夜貓子”型，后來有意識地讓自己養成了早起的習慣。現在，他每天睜開眼第一件事，是寫下讓他心存感激的三件事，然后鍛煉身體，再寫一封簡短的電子郵件，與家人或朋友聯絡感情。他說自己非常喜歡早上做這些事，并且發現“如果你心里有所期待，那么從床上爬起來就不是什么難事。”然后，“在大腦記錄下一件成功完成的事情之后，很自然地，你會繼續做下一步，并一直進行下去。”但如果你在頭天晚上10點才完成一天中第一件重要的事情，而老板卻要求你參加第二天早上8點的會議，那么很顯然，已經沒有足夠的時間去完成其他事情了。

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