亿万富翁华伦•巴菲特曾说："成功者和更成功者的差异在于,更成功者懂得拒绝几乎任何事."詹姆斯•阿尔图切尔说得更为形象："如果说的不是'当然',那就是'不'！"
Remember, you only have 1,440 minutes in every day. Don't give them away easily.
记�.忝刻熘挥�1440分钟可以使用.好钢要用在刀刃上.
Secret #10: They follow the 80/20 rule.
秘诀10：遵守80/20原则
Known as the Pareto Principle, in most cases 80% of outcomes come from only 20% of activities. Ultra-productive people know which activities drive the greatest results, and focus on those and ignore the rest.
大家都知道帕累托法则,即多数情况下,结果的80%只取决于20%的投入.高效率的人了解什么样的投入能得到最大的产出,因此他们只专注于这部分的投入.
Secret #11: They delegate almost everything.
秘诀11：委托任务
Ultra-productive people don't ask, "How can I do this task?" Instead they ask, "How can this task get done?" They take the "I" out of it as much as possible. Ultra-productive people don't have control issues and they are not micro-managers. In many cases good enough is, well, good enough.
高效率工作的人不会去问"我该如何完成这项任务？",相反,他们会问"这项任务怎么完成？"他们尽可能将"自己"排除在任务之外,不是控制狂,也不会事必躬亲.在很多情况下,任务完成得足够好就行.
Secret #12: They theme days of the week.
秘诀12：分批完成每周工作
Highly successful people often theme days of the week to focus on major areas. For decades I've used "Mondays for Meetings" and make sure I'm doing one-on-one check-ins with each direct report. My Friday afternoons are themed around financials and general administrative items that I want to clean up before the new week starts. I've previously written about Jack Dorsey's work themes, which enable him to run two companies at once. Batch your work to maximize your efficiency and effectiveness.
成功人士通常会将一个星期划分开,用来处理不同的工作项目.几十年来,我一直都将星期一定做开会日,对直接汇报做一对一的评价.我的星期五下午通常用来处理经济和相关行政事宜,因为我想在新的一周开始前解决掉这周所有的事务.我曾写过杰克•多西的每周规划,这个规划使他能够同时管理好两家公司.像这样分批处理工作能最大程度地提高你的工作效率.
