人生打開方式要正確 如何開啓你一天的頭10分鐘

What’s the first thing you do when you arrive at your desk? For many of us, checking email or listening to voice mail is practically automatic. In many ways, these are among the worst ways to start a day. Both activities hijack our focus and put us in a reactive mode, where other people’s priorities take center stage. They are the equivalent of entering a kitchen and looking for a spill to clean or a pot to scrub.
當你來到辦公桌面前，第一件事做什麼？對於我們大多數人來說，看郵件或者聽語音信息幾乎是自動的。從某些層面來講，這些大致是開啓新的一天最糟糕的方式。這些動作分散我們的注意力，並且把我們扯進一種反動的模式當中，而此時別人採取的優先措施就佔據了優勢。這就相當於走進一間廚房，找一把勺子或者一個壺來當抹布擦。

A better approach is to begin your day with a brief planning session. An intellectual mise-en-place. Bourdain envisions the perfect execution before starting his dish. Here’s the corollary for the enterprising business professional. Ask yourself this question the moment you sit at your desk: The day is over and I am leaving the office with a tremendous sense of accomplishment. What have I achieved?
一個更好的方法是以一種有簡要計劃的方式來開啓新的一天。一個腦力勞動者的準備工作。布爾登想象着在他開始烹飪自己的餐點前有一個完美的準備。下面是推廣到上進的商務人士。當你坐到辦公桌面前的時候，對自己這麼說：今天就這麼過完了，我帶着極大的滿足感離開這個辦公室。我完成了什麼工作？

This exercise is usually effective at helping people distinguish between tasks that simply feel urgent from those that are truly important. Use it to determine the activities you want to focus your energy on.
這一系列動作旨在幫助人們從簡單且不那麼重要的任務中抽離出來通常很有效。用這種方法來決定哪些是你想要花精力集中做的事。

Then—and this is important—create a plan of attack by breaking down complex tasks into specific actions.
然後——當然這個也很重要——制定一個施行計劃將任務分解成明確的行動。

Productivity guru David Allen recommends starting each item on your list with a verb, which is useful because it makes your intentions concrete. For example, instead of listing “Monday’s presentation,” identify every action item that creating Monday’s presentation will involve. You may end up with: collect sales figures, draft slides, and incorporate images into deck.
效率大師大衛•艾倫推薦用一個動詞開頭來記錄每天的的事情，這樣很有用，因爲它可以讓你的計劃具體起來。比方說，不寫“禮拜一的報告”，而是標明做禮拜一的報告涉及到的每個步驟。最後你可能是這樣寫的：蒐集銷售術語，製作幻燈片，把照片放到展板上。

Studies show that when it comes to goals, the more specific you are about what you’re trying to achieve, the better your chances of success. Having each step mapped out in advance will also minimize complex thinking later in the day and make procrastination less likely.
研究標明，涉及到目標實現時，你越是明確自己試圖要達到的目標，就越有機會成功。事先把每一步都想好，還能減少後續複雜的思考，也能緩解拖延。

Finally, prioritize your list. When possible, start your day with tasks that require the most mental energy. Research indicates that we have less willpower as the day progresses, which is why it’s best to tackle challenging items – particularly those requiring focus and mental agility – early on.
最後，分清主次。如果可能的話，用最耗費腦力的事情來開啓一天的工作。研究表明一天當中，隨着時間的推移，我們的精力越來越差，這也是爲什麼最好儘早處理那些有挑戰的工作，特別是那些要集中注意力，腦子要轉得快的工作。

The entire exercise can take you less than 10 minutes. Yet it’s a practice that yields significant dividends throughout your day.
整個過程要不到10分鐘。然而卻是一個讓你一天有所建樹的的過程。

By starting each morning with a mini-planning session, you frontload important decisions to a time when your mind is fresh. You’ll also notice that having a list of concrete action items (rather than a broad list of goals) is especially valuable later in the day, when fatigue sets in and complex thinking is harder to achieve.
用一個個小小的計劃來爲每一天拉開序幕，當你的大腦清醒時，一次性理清重要的事情。你還會注意到有一份明確的行動計劃（而不是泛泛的目標清單）後續在一天中，當倦意來襲，複雜的思考難以做到的時候會格外有用。

Now, no longer do you have to pause and think through each step. Instead, like a master chef, you can devote your full attention to the execution.
現在，再也不用一邊做一邊停下來想下一步該做什麼了。取而代之，像主廚一樣，你可以把你的全部注意力都集中到執行上面去。