高效管理時間的20個關鍵
1. Clarify your objectives. Put them in writing. Then set your priorities. Make
sure you°Ore getting what you really want out of life
1、明晰你的目標:把他們寫下來，設定優先級別。確定你正在獲得生活中真正想要的；
2. Focus on objectives, not on activities. Your most important activities are those
that help you accomplish your objectives.
2、專注目標，而不是事務。你最重要的事務是那些能幫助你達成目標的；
3. Set at least one major objective each day and achieve it.
3、每天至少設定一個主要目標並完成它；
4. Record a time log periodically to analyze how you use your time, and keep bad
time habits out of your life.
4、定期地做時間記錄，分析你如何使用自己的時間，把不良習慣拒之門外；
5. Analyze everything you do in terms of your objectives. Find out what you do,
when you do it, why you do it. Ask yourself what would happen if you didn°Ot do it
If the answer is nothing, then stop doing it.
5、 分析所有你做的和目標相關的事。看看你做了什麼，何時做的以及爲何而做，問自己如果你沒有做這件事會有什麼不一樣的結果發生嗎？如果答案是否定的，那麼停止繼續做這件事；
6. Eliminate at least one time-waster from your life each week.
6、每週從你的生活中剔除出至少一個導致時間浪費的因素；
7. Plan your time. Write out a plan for each week. Ask yourself what you hope to
accomplish by the end of the week and what you will need to do to achieve those
results.
7、計劃你的時間，每週寫一個計劃，問自己一週結束希望達成什麼目標，以及你將需要做什麼以達成這些目標；
8. Make a to-do list every day. Be sure it includes your daily objectives, priorities,
and time estimates, not just random activities.
8、每天列一個待辦事項清單，確定不止包括隨機事項，還包括你每日目標，優先事項以及預計完成需要的時間；
9. Schedule your time every day to make sure you accomplish the most important
things first. Be sure to leave room for the unexpected and for interruptions. But
remember that things that are scheduled have a better chance of working out than
things that are unscheduled.
9、每天制定一個時間表確保首先完成最重要的事項，併爲沒有預計到的和干擾留一些空間。但記住計劃到的事比沒有計劃到的事能被更好地執行；
10. Make sure that the first hour of your workday is productive.
10、確保工作日的第一個小時是富有成效的；
11. Set time limits for every task you undertake.
11. 爲每個你執行的任務設定時間限制；
12. Take the time to do it right the first time. You won°Ot have to waste time doin
it over.
12. 花點時間一次做對，你就不必浪費時間重做一次；
13. Eliminate recurring crises from your life. Find out why things keep going
wrong. Learn to proact instead of react.
13、消除你生活中反覆發生的危急情況，查明總出差錯的原因。學會先行一步而不是被動應付。
14. Institute a quiet hour in your day (R)C a block of uninterrupted time for your mos
important tasks.
14、設定一個安靜的時段—— 不被打擾的一塊時間處理你最重要的事務；
15. Develop the habit of finishing what you start. Don°Ot jump from one thing t
another, leaving a string of unfinished tasks behind you.
15、養成做事有始有終的習慣。不要從一件事跳到另一件事上，身後留一串未完任務
16. Conquer procrastination. Learn to do it now.
16、不要耽擱，學着即時動手；
17. Make better time management a daily habit. Set your objectives, clarify your
priorities, plan and schedule your time. Do first things first. Resist your impulses
to do unscheduled tasks. Review your activities.
17、讓改善時間管理成爲每天的習慣。制定目標，明確重點，計劃好時間。先做要務，抑制做計劃以外事情的衝動，回顧檢查你的活動。
18. Never spend time on less important things when you could be spending it on
more important things.
18、 如果你可以把時間用在做更重要的事上，就不要用在次重要的事上。
19. Take time for yourself°(TM)time to dream, time to relax, time to live
19、 花點時間在自己身上——花時間夢想、放鬆、生活；
20. Develop a personal philosophy of time (R)C what time means to you and how tim
relates to your life.
20、發展個人的時間哲學——時間對你來說意味着什麼，如何同你的生活相聯繫。
