Have you ever noticed how some mornings you feel great and ready to tackle the world, and other days you have a mid-day slump? Having a healthy breakfast can help keep you feeling energized. Avoiding excessive sugar in the morning can help prevent a mid-day crash. If your mornings are usually pretty rushed, do everything you can in advance. Fueling your body with a healthy breakfast can help set you up for success all day long.

　　你有没有注意到一些早晨你感觉很棒，准备好了解决所有事情，而另一些天你很快就感觉没有精力了呢？吃健康早餐可以帮助保持你感觉精力充沛。早上不吃太多的糖可以帮助预防过早精力耗尽的情况。如果你的早上通常都很忙碌，提前做可以做的事情。用一顿健康早餐给身体充能可以帮助你在一整天内准备好去争取成功。

　　2.Kickstart your day with a plan

　　用计划开始你的一天

　　After your healthy breakfast, launch into your day with a plan. I believe it’s very important to plan out your day. It doesn’t have to be a totally rigid schedule, but a tentative schedule with time blocks to accomplish certain tasks seems to work great. It works best for me to take a few minutes at the end of every day to write out my plan for the next day. When I have a plan for my day, it helps me get started on my goals and priorities immediately the next morning, rather than lounging around and saying “I don’t feel like it today.”

　　在吃完健康的早餐后，用计划开始开始你的一天。我相信计划出你的一天很重要。它不必是一个完全死板的日程表，但一个划分好时间块去完成某些任务的临时性日程表似乎很好。在每一天结束的时候花上几分钟的时间写下我明天要做的计划对我来说是最好的。当我计划好我的一天时，这能帮助我在明天造成马上开始我的目标和优先事项，而不是慵懒地说：“我今天不想做什么。”

　　3.Eat the frog

　　吃田鸡

　　One of my favorite productivity quotes is by Mark Twain, who said, “Eat a live frog first thing every morning, and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.” If you’re like me, there are certain tasks you tend to procrastinate because they are scary or overwhelming. The task you dread on your schedule is your frog. When you complete your dreaded task (aka eat the frog) right away in the morning, you’ll start your day feeling accomplished and have the momentum and confidence you need to get other tasks done. Plus, they’ll all be much more enjoyable to you than the frog you just ate.

　　我最喜欢的一条有关生产力的箴言是马克吐温说的，他说，“每天早晨第一件事就是吃一只活田鸡，那这一天剩下的时光你身上就不会发生糟糕的事情并。“如果你像我一样，有着某些你倾向于延迟去做的事情，因为它们很可怕或很难完成。你的日程表上你所害怕的任务就是你的田鸡。当你在造成完成你的可怕任务（又名吃田鸡）时，你会感觉圆满并且有势头和信心完成你需要做的其它任务来开始你的一天。另外，他们会比你刚吃的田鸡更有趣。

　　4.Try the Pomodoro technique

　　尝试番茄工作法

　　The what? Pomodoro means ‘tomato’ in Italian. The man who invented this technique used a kitchen timer shaped like a tomato to do the technique. It’s a simple concept but incredibly helpful and I love using this technique in my morning routine. To do it, choose a task you want to accomplish, then set your kitchen timer for 25 minutes. Then, focus intently on the task until the timer beeps. To learn more, check out this article about the Pomodoro technique.

　　这是什么？“番茄”在意大利中意味着“西红柿”。发明这种技术的人使用了一个西红柿形状的厨房定时器来做这一技术。这是一个简单的概念，但令人难以置信的有用，我喜欢在早晨例行事物中使用这种技术。要做到这一点，选择一个你想完成的任务，然后将你的厨房定时器设置为25分钟。然后，专注于任务直到定时器想起。要了解更多，看看这篇关于番茄工作法的文章。

　　5.Use Parkinson’s Law

　　使用帕金森定律

　　One of my favorite productivity hacks that I use all the time is Parkinson’s Law. Parkinson’s Law states that work expands to fill the time available for its completion. In other words, you greatly increase your effort to complete a task when you have less time to get it done. Chances are, you’ve used Parkinson’s Law in your life without even realizing it. Think about how hard you work to finish a paper when it’s due in a few hours, or how you can make your house spotless very quickly when an unexpected visitor says they’re coming over soon.

　　我最喜欢并一直使用生产力定律之一是帕金森定律。帕金森定律规定，扩充工作以填补其完成的时间。换句话说，当你得用更少的时间去完成任务时，你会大大增加你完成工作的努力程度。有可能是，你在你的生活中使用了帕金森的法律而没有意识到。想想当论文时间还剩几小时时，你是多么辛苦地去努力完成，或当没聊到要来的访客说他们很快就到时你是如何迅速地打扫你的房间的。

　　To be more productve in your daily life, use Parkinsons’ Law. Set deadlines for yourself to get things done efficiently. Realizing you have limited time delegated to each specific task will help improve your focus on the task and skyrocket your productivity as you work on that task.

　　要在你的日常生活中更有生产力，那使用帕金森定律。为自己设定期限来有效地把事情做好。意识到你给每个具体的任务的时间有限能帮助你更专注你的重点工作任务，并在做这项任务时提升你的生产力。

　　6.Turn off distractions

　　停下做分心的事情

　　Do you roll out of bed and immediately start scrolling through your Facebook newsfeed, listen to your voicemails, or check your email? I used to do that, but this year have made some big changes in my morning routine and now I turn off distractions and start my day focused on my goals. When you immediately check your social media accounts when you wake up, you’re starting your day off reactively. You are then focused on reacting and responding, rather than being proactive and focused on taking action steps toward your goals. Personally, I’ve found I am much more productive in the mornings when I turn off distractions, focus on my goals, and then have a specific time set aside to check and respond to emails and social media messages.

　　你会不会从床上滚起来，立即开始浏览你的Facebook的新闻推送，听你的语音邮件，或查看你的电子邮件？我过去常常这样做，但这一年中我的日常工作中发生了一些重大的变化，现在我专注于我的目标上。当你在醒来后立即检查你的社交媒体账户时，你会有情绪地开始你的一天。然后，你将专注于反应和响应，而不是积极和专注于采取行动去实现你的目标。就我个人而言，我发现当我在早晨停下做让我分心的事情，专注于我的目标，然后留出一些特定时间检查和恢复邮件和社交媒体信息时，我的效率要高很多。

　　7.Choose an accountability partner

　　选择一个监督伙伴

　　Choose someone to help keep you accountable to have a more productive morning routine. It doesn’t have to be someone with the same goals as you. Even if your accountability partner has different interests and aspirations, you can both help encourage each other to stay on task, and set up times to check in with each other to report that you’ve accomplished your daily or weekly goals.

　　选择一个人来帮助你监督让你有更有效率的晨间日程。不必是和你一样目标的某人。即使你的监督伙伴有着不同的兴趣和愿望，你们也可以帮助鼓励彼此做任务，并设置时间来检查彼此已经完成了每日或每周的目标的报告。

　　8.Spend time each day working on a big goal每天花时间致力于一个大目标

　　Set aside time each morning to work toward a big long-term goal you have. Even if it’s just a few minutes to start, it will gradually add up to major progress over time. Also, when you take little steps every day toward your long-term goal, your confidence will grow with each small accomplishment you experience.

　　每天早晨留出一些时间去做一个你所拥有的长期目标。即使刚开始只有几分钟，它也会随着时间的推移逐渐增加。而且，当你每天对你的长期目标采取小步骤时，你的自信会随着你经历的每一个小成就成长。