时间管理课堂：时间是你的朋友还是你的敌人？

When you have a habit or circumstance that needs fixing, imagine what your life would be like if you delayed taking action to fix it. See yourself a year from now with this problem still hanging around. What impact has it had on you? How has it hurt your relationships? What is it doing to you at work? What cost have you paid to your health?
当你有某种习惯或现状需要修复，想象一下如果你推迟行动，你的生活会怎样。想象一下一年之后这个问题依然存在。它会对你构成什么影响？它会怎样伤害你的人际关系？它会对你的工作产生什么影响？你会为你的健康付出什么代价？

Now take it out to five years. What have you lost? What have you suffered? What have the people close to you been forced to pay?
然后再想象一下五年之后的情景。你失去了什么？你经受了哪些折磨？你亲近的人被迫付出了什么代价？

Time keeps marching on. It is now ten years with your unresolved problem. What has happened to your faith and hope? How insurmountable does this problem now look? How much weaker are you now than when this problem first arose?
时间还在继续前进。现在你已经带着这个未解决的问题生活了十年。你的信念和希望遭遇了什么？这个问题现在看起来有多么难以克服？和这个问题刚出现时相比，你现在脆弱了多少？

We are far from the end of the calendar. Twenty years go by. Can you even remember life without your problem? Can you muster the energy to even care anymore? Are you locked in to a state of resignation?
我们还远没有到达人生的尽头。二十年过去了，你还能记得没有这个问题时的生活吗？你还有精力去想这个问题吗？你是否被困在一种无可奈何的状态中？

When you consider the impact that leaving something unresolved for a long period of time can heap upon you, you start to realize the value of taking action in this moment. Time isn’t out to hurt you here. It is giving you an opportunity. Some resolutions will require hours or days, some weeks or months. But time is there for you. Take what you need.
当你思考拖着某个问题长期不解决的影响时，会对你带来震撼。你开始意识到此时此刻开始行动的价值。时间并不是来伤害你的，它在给你机会。解决有的问题需要几小时或几天，有的需要几周或几个月。但你有时间，好好利用它们。

Time has no agenda. It will allow you whatever you need. This is not to say that some problems don’t have deadlines. But it is not time that imposes such restrictions. Time will either offer you volume or impetus. It is on your side.
时间没有日程表。不论你需要多少，它都会给你。这并不是说有的问题没有期限，但这些限制并不是时间强加给你的。时间会给你空间，也会给你动力。这由你决定。

Waiting for the perfect moment is a fool’s errand. You don’t have to be very experienced in life to know the truth of that. Partner with time to get the most out of life. Time is waiting for you.
只有傻瓜才等待最佳的时机。你不需要在生活中经历了许多才明白这个真谛。和时间做朋友，实现人生的最大价值。时间正在等你。