二十几岁应该学会的时间管理技巧

11. Schedule meetings and communication by email or phone back-to-back to create blocks of uninterrupted work.
11. 安排一段时间只开会、发邮件或电话沟通。

You'll disrupt your flow if you're reaching out to people throughout the day.
如果你一整天都在联系别人，会打断你的工作进程。

12. Work around procrastination.
12. 克服拖延症。

Try Francesco Cirillo's Pomodoro Technique. Pomodoro is Italian for tomato, and the technique's name refers to the tomato-shaped cooking timer Cirillo used to break his work into 25-minute increments with five-minute breaks in between. You can use the same idea with your own increments, as long as they inspire bursts of hard work.
试试弗朗西斯科·齐立罗的番茄工作法。齐立罗用番茄形状的厨房定时器将自己的工作时间设置为每工作25分钟休息5分钟，这也是这套工作法名字的来源。

13. Break down a massive task into manageable blocks.
13. 将任务量大的任务分成几个小任务。

Alabama football coach Nick Saban follows a similar philosophy he calls the Process. Instead of having his players focus on winning the championship, he trains them to focus on only what is directly in front of them.
亚拉巴马州橄榄球教练尼克·塞班采用的就是类似方法。他不会让运动员只想着赢得锦标赛，而是让他们专注眼前。

14. No two tasks ever hold the same importance. Always prioritize.
14. 没有两项工作是同等重要的。权衡轻重缓急。

Daily to-do lists are effective ways of scheduling your day. Just do what you can to keep bullet points from making "clean desk" on par with "file taxes."
列出当天要做的事情是有效的管理时间的方式，但是不要把“擦桌子”和“报税”放在一起。

15. Always know the one thing you really need to get done during the day.
15. 清楚你当天必做的一件事情。

Determine which task in front of you is most important, and focus your energy on getting that done as soon as possible.
确定一件最重要的事情，集中精力尽快完成它。

16. Learn to make use of other people.
16. 学会让别人帮你做事。

To be truly efficient, get over the fear of handing off work to someone else.
想要真正提高效率就不要怕让别人帮你工作。

17. Turn the page on yesterday. Only ever think about today and tomorrow.
17. 翻过昨天，只想今天和明天。

Don't distract yourself with either the successes or failures of the past. Focus instead on what's in front of you.
不要因为过去的成功或失败而分心。专注眼前。

18. Set deadlines for everything.
18. 为每件事都设一个最后期限。

Spending too much time on a project or keeping it on the backburner for too long will lead to stagnation. Get things done and move on.
花太多时间在一件事上或是不断推迟这件事都会导致停滞不前。做好一件事就马上开始下一件。

19. Always take notes.
19.记笔记。

Don't assume you'll remember every good idea that comes into your head during the day. It doesn't matter if it's a notebook, whiteboard, or an app like Evernote--just write stuff down.
不要以为你能记住每一个好想法。无论是用笔记本、记事板、还是手机应用，记下你的想法。

20. Write down any unrelated thoughts that pop up when you're in the zone, so that they don't linger as distractions.
20. 工作的时候记下任何突然出现在脑子里的想法，这样它们就不会停在脑子里让你分心了。

You'll get them out of the way without losing them.
你可以不去想它同时又不会忘记。