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1、“BABAUTAHASBECOMEAPOWERHOUSEOFONLINEPRODUCTIVITYFORGOODREASON:HISMANTRAWORKS.”—TIMOTHYFERRISS,AUTHOROHTHE#1NEWYORKTIMESBESTSELLERTHE4-HOURWORKWEEKThePowerofLESSthefineartoflimitingyourselftotheessential...inbusinessandinlifeLeoBabautaThePowerofLESSTheFineArtofLimitingYourselftotheEss
2、ential...inBusinessandinLifeLeoBabautaCONTENTSIntroductionvPARTI:THEPRINCIPLES1.WhyLessIsPowerful32.TheArtofSettingLimits113.ChoosingtheEssential,andSimplifying174.SimpleFocus255.CreateNewHabits,andthePowerofLessChallenge336.StartSmall39PARTII:INPRACTICE7.SimpleGoalsandProjects458.Si
3、mpleTasks579.SimpleTimeManagement61CONTENTS10.SimpleE-mail7111.SimpleInternet8312.SimpleFiling9113.SimpleCommitments9914.SimpleDailyRoutine11315.DeclutterYourWorkSpace11916.SlowDown13117.SimpleHealthandFitness14318.OnMotivation159Acknowledgments171AbouttheAuthorCreditsCoverCopyrightI
4、NTRODUCTIONHEREHASNEVERBEFOREbeenanageinwhichweTcouldgetsomuchdonesoquickly.Therealsohasneverbeforebeenanageinwhichweweresooverwhelmedwithinformationandtasks,sooverloadedwithe-mailsandthingstoreadandwatch,sostressedbytheincredibledemandsofourlives.Formanypeoplethesedays,workisaconsta
5、ntstreamofe-mails,ofnewsandrequests,ofphonecallsandinstantmes-sages,ofpapersandnotesandfiles.Thedaystartswithanin-boxfullofe-mails,andendswithanin-boxjustasfull,andeache-mailrepresentsarequestforinformationorforactionsthatwedon'thavetimetofulfill.Wearedrinkingfromafirehoseofinformati
6、on,withnoideaofhowtoreducetheflow.It'sstressfulandwasteful.Andifwestoptothinkaboutit,it'snothowwewanttospendourlives.INTRODUCTIONFINDINGCALMINTHECHAOSWhat'sthealternativetoinformationandtaskoverload?MustwefollowtheexampleofThoreau,andbuildacabininthewoods,shuttingourselvesofffromsoci
7、etyandmoderntechnology?Iproposeamiddleground:onewherewecanstillenjoyac-cesstovastamountsofinformation,stillhaveinstantcommu-nicationwhenwewantit,stillgetthingsdonequickly—butoneinwhichwechoosehowmuchweconsumeanddo.Asimplerlife,butoneinwhichweaccomplishthethingswewanttoac-complish.The
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