时间管理技巧工作时间长不代表产量高(4)

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　　Time-management tips

　　时间管理技巧

　　Expectations to do things perfectly¹ are stifling².

　　预想完美地完成任务会让你倍感压力。

　　General George S. Patton once said,"A good plan executed now is better than a perfect plan executed nextweek."

　　乔治巴顿二世曾说：“正在执行的好计划比下周执行的完美计划好的多。”

　　More work hours doesn't mean more productivity. Use constraints³ as opportunities.

　　工作时间长不代表产量高。把约束当做机遇。

　　Don't kid yourself into thinking that sitting at your desk will somehow extract work from you. Do whatever you can to finish your current task by the end of regular work hours instead of working into the night.

　　不要想着坐在桌子前就是在工作。在工作时间把当前的任务完成，不要熬夜工作。

　　Separate brainless and strategic tasksto become more productive.

　　将非脑力劳动和脑力劳动分开，这样效率更高。

　　Ideally, you can brainstorm⁴ your ideas and then execute them. If you're constantly stopping your flow of work to rethink something, you're slowing yourself down.

　　理想状态下，你可以有很多好点子并一一执行。如果你停下手头上的工作去回想的话，你自然就慢下来了。

　　【知识点讲解】

　　instead of （用…）代替…， （是…）而不是…， （用…）而不用…；

　　例句：

　　Instead of complaining about what's wrong, be grateful for what's right.

　　别抱怨不好的事，要对好的事心存感恩。

　　Instead of moving at his usual stately pace, he was almost running.

　　他没像平时那样优雅庄重地走着，而是几乎跑了起来。

　　Small pickling onions can be used instead of sliced ones.

　　小块腌洋葱可用来替代切片洋葱。

1 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

2 stifling   

a.令人窒息的

参考例句：

• The weather is stifling. It looks like rain. 今天太闷热，光景是要下雨。
• We were stifling in that hot room with all the windows closed. 我们在那间关着窗户的热屋子里，简直透不过气来。

3 constraints   

强制( constraint的名词复数 )； 限制； 约束

参考例句：

• Data and constraints can easily be changed to test theories. 信息库中的数据和限制条件可以轻易地改变以检验假设。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史
• What are the constraints that each of these imply for any design? 这每种产品的要求和约束对于设计意味着什么？ 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

4 brainstorm   

vi.动脑筋，出主意，想办法，献计，献策

参考例句：

• The women meet twice a month to brainstorm and set business goals for each other.她们每个月聚会两次，在一起出谋献策，为各自制定生意目标。
• We can brainstorm a list of the most influential individuals in the company.我们可以集体讨论，列出该公司中最有影响的人员的名单。