Use a stopwatch to measure the amount of time you are spending each day on the tasks that help you achieve your goals. 使用秒表测量你每天都花在任务上的时间,帮助你实现你的目标。

It's easy to confuse activity with accomplishment. 这很容易混淆活动与成就。

By measuring how much time you are investing on productive activities, you will see how much time you are wasting on unproductive activities. 通过测量你投资多少时间在生产活动上,你将会看到多少时间浪费在非生产性活动上。

27.Make use of down time. 充分利用停机时间。

Down time is time spent waiting at the doctor's office, waiting in the school pick-up line, or anywhere else you need to be but aren't otherwise occupied. 停机时间是在医生的办公室等候的时间,等待在学校搭讪的时间,或者其他任何地方你需要但不被占用的时间。

Plan ahead and use this time wisely. 提前计划好并明智地利用这段时间。

28.Make your breaks productive. 让你自己更有效率。

Do you need to schedule a doctor's appointment, check on a friend who's going through a challenging period, or confirm the kid's schedule? 你需要安排一个医生,检查一个朋友的经历一个具有挑战性的时期,或确认孩子的日程安排吗？

Start looking at your breaks as periods of time when you can knock out some of your personal To-Do List items. 当你可以推掉你的一些个人待办事项列表项的时候开始看下你的的休息时间。

29.Reduce the time you spend eating lunch. 减少你吃午饭的时间。

Consider how you can reduce the amount of time you allocate to lunch in the middle of your workday. 考虑如何减少你分配在工作的时候吃午饭的时间。

How about packing a lunch and eating at your desk? 打包午餐然后在办公桌上吃午餐怎么样？

30.Touch it once. 碰它一次。

If you read an email, respond immediately. 如果你读一封电子邮件,立即响应。

If you open a letter, act on it, throw it away, or do something with it so you don't have to touch it again. 如果你打开一封信,采取行动,立刻把它扔掉,或做些什么让你不需要再碰它。

Rather than putting your glass and plate in the sink, put it in the dishwasher. 与其把你的杯子和碟子放到水池里,倒不如把它放进洗碗机里。

Set a goal to only touch things ONE time. 设定一个目标只碰一次