把你的任务清单丢掉吧,因为事实证明这上面最终只有41%的任务会被圆满完成；而且由于蔡格尼克记忆效应,剩下的那些未完成的任务将成为你焦虑和失眠的元凶.所以,你应该好好安排你的日程表.作为高效率人士,他们会把所有事都写在日程上,然后将它放到一边,继续自己的工作生活.魅力艺术网站的创始人之一乔丹•哈宾格建议道："把你一天的计划以每15分钟为单位划分,这听起来很头疼,但可以让你省出95%的时间."
Secret #4: They beat procrastination with time travel.
秘诀4：着眼当下
Your future self can't be trusted. That's because we are "time inconsistent." We buy veggies today because we think we'll eat healthy salads all week; then we throw out green rotting mush in the future. I bought P90x because I think I'm going to start exercising vigorously and yet the box sits unopened one year later. What can you do now to make sure your future self does the right thing? Anticipate how you will self-sabotage in the future, and come up with a solution to defeat your future self.
我们对自己未来的判断是不可信的,因为谁都不会是永恒不变的.举例来说,我们今天买了一些蔬菜,想着这一周都要吃健康的沙拉.然而最后绿菜叶都烂成了一堆,我们不得已全都丢掉；我买了一盒"90天魔鬼训练"健身DVD（P90x）,想着自己要开始每天锻炼身体.然而那个盒子放了一年,也没有被我打开过.我们该怎么做才能保证上面的情况不会出现？那就是做好最坏的打算,想个对策解决当下,而不是拖给未来.
Secret #5: They make it home for dinner.
秘诀5：回家吃饭
I first learned this from Intel's Andy Grove, "There is always more to be done, more that should be done, always more than can be done." Highly successful people know what they value in life. Yes, work, but also what else they value. There is no right answer, but for many, values include: family time, exercise, giving back. They consciously allocate their 1,440 minutes a day to each area they value (i.e., they put it on their calendar) and then they stick to the schedule.
第一次向我谈起这个的是英特尔前CEO安迪•格鲁夫,他说："我们总有很多该做的事、想做的事,但我们能够做到的事很少."成功人士都了解自己生命中最重要东西的是什么.工作很重要,但这不是唯一.重要的东西有很多,并没有一个标准答案：家庭时间,锻炼身体,回馈社会.他们将自己每天1440分钟分配给了他们认为重要的东西（比如将它们写在日程上）,然后坚持完成他们的计划.
