拒絕額外約束。
Now that you’ve identified what’s important, along with the “perfect day”, you need to start saying “No” to things that aren’t on your important list, and that are standing in the way of the perfect day. The biggest thing you can say No to is a commitment — membership on a committee, involvement in a project, coaching or participating in a team, going to an event, being a partner in a business, etc. List and evaluate your commitments (professional, civic and personal), and say No to at least one. It just takes a call or email.
既然已經明確重點、知道期望的“完美一天”,那就得掃除那些非重點、非“完美一天”內的事情。其中,首當其沖的就是“約束”——某會團的會員關系、項目投入、團隊教練或團員、參加活動、商業合作伙伴等等,都要列出來,仔細排查這些或職業或社交或私人的“約束”,然后打電話或發短信取消至少一項活動。