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1、HOWTO:BemoreproductiveTranslations:日本語
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3、Беларуская“WithallthetimeyouspendwatchingTV,”hetellsme,“youcouldhavewrittenanovelbynow.”It’shardtodisagreewiththesentiment—writinganovelisundoubtedlyabetteruseoftimethanwatchingTV—butwhataboutthehiddenassumption?Suchcommentsimplythattimei
4、s“fungible”—thattimespentwatchingTVcanjustaseasilybespentwritinganovel.Andsadly,that’sjustnotthecase.Timehasvariouslevelsofquality.IfI’mwalkingtothesubwaystationandI’veforgottenmynotebook,thenit’sprettyhardformetowritemorethanacoupleparagraphs.Andit’stoughtofocuswhenyoukeepgettinginte
5、rrupted.There’salsoamentalcomponent:sometimesIfeelhappyandmotivatedandreadytoworkonsomething,butothertimesIfeelsosadandtiredIcanonlywatchTV.Ifyouwanttobemoreproductivethen,youhavetorecognizethisfactanddealwithit.First,youhavetomakethebestofeachkindoftime.Andsecond,youhavetotrytomakeyo
6、urtimehigher-quality.SpendtimeefficientlyChoosegoodproblemsLifeisshort(orsoI’mtold)sowhywasteitdoingsomethingdumb?It’seasytostartworkingonsomethingbecauseit’sconvenient,butyoushouldalwaysbequestioningyourselfaboutit.Istheresomethingmoreimportantyoucanworkon?Whydon’tyoudothatinstead?Su
7、chquestionsarehardtofaceupto(eventually,ifyoufollowthisrule,you’llhavetoaskyourselfwhyyou’renotworkingonthemostimportantproblemintheworld)buteachlittlestepmakesyoumoreproductive.Thisisn’ttosaythatallyourtimeshouldbespentonthemostimportantproblemintheworld.Minecertainlyisn’t(afterall,I
8、’mwritingthisessay).Butit’sdefinitelythestandardagainstwhichImeasuremylife.HaveabunchofthemAnothercommonmythisthatyou’llgetmoredoneifyoupickoneproblemandfocusonitexclusively.Ifindthisishardlyevertrue.Justthismomentforexample,I’mtryingtofixmyposture,exercisesomemuscles,drinksomefluids,
9、cleanoffmydesk,IMwithmybrother,andwritethisessay.Overthecoursetheday,I’veworkedonthisessay,readabook,hadsomefood,answeredsomeemail,chattedwithfriends,donesomeshopping,workedonacoupleotheressays,backedupmyharddrive,andorganizedmybooklist.InthepastweekI’veworkedonseveraldifferentsoftwar
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