怎样做好时间管理

How To Improve Your Time Management

我经营了两家公司，有两个小孩，时间经常不够用所以我非常重视时间管理。 在日常工作中，教别人提高时间管理能力时我总是强调4点。 

Actually, as someone who runs two businesses, has two young kids, and never seems to have enough time, I pay a lot of attention to time management. At a very practical, day-to-day level, when teaching others how to improve your time management. I always emphasize 4 key things. They are . . .
 
第一点，是你对时间的态度——想要善于管理时间，那么你应该是一个讨厌浪费时间的人。我？我真的、真的非常讨厌浪费时间。因此，在做每件事时，我都有非常强烈的使命感和紧迫感。我一直在寻找方法来节省时间，最浪费你时间的是什么呢？犯错，而且不得不重新来过。
 

1)Your attitude towards time – Want to be better at managing your time? Then be a person who hates wasting time. Me? I really, really dislike wasting time. Because of this, I have a strong sense of purpose and urgency in everything I do. And I’m always looking for ways to save time. One of the biggest things that wastes your time? Getting requirements wrong and having to do things over again.

 第二点，简单节约时间，复杂浪费时间——我也是一个总在努力寻找如何高效地工作并且以最简单的方式做事的人。想高效工作和简化事情，关键在于确定最佳的方案。因为从定义上讲，这是做事的最实在、最有效的方法，通过识别和养成好习惯，你会更高效的工作，节约你自己的时间。
 

2) Simple saves time. Complex takes time – I’m also someone who’s always trying to find ways to work smart, and do things in the simplest way possible. Identifying best practices is a big part of working smart and doing things simply. Because by definition, best practices are the most effective, efficient way to do something. By identifying and developing good habits that follow them, you’ll do things more efficiently and save yourself time.

第三点， 决策——做出明智的决定是时间管理的一个重要部分。大体上讲就是，你要第一时间了解并决定什么是值得你去做的，什么是你不值得花时间去做的。然后对于你需要做的事情，优先排序并决定什么时候做。所以为你创造更多时间的最好方式就是避免做那些妨碍你实现目标和结果的事情。
 

3)Decision-making – Making good decisions is also a big part of good time management. In particular, you want to determine what's worth and not worth your time to do in the first place. Then, for the things worth doing, you want to determine and prioritize when to do them. So one of the biggest ways to create more time for yourself is to avoid doing things that don’t end up helping you achieve the results and objectives you seek.

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最后一点， 组织和计划——我告诉我的员工，提前5分钟考虑一下你需要做什么，以及你应该如何做，以便接下来节省更多的时间。很多人浪费时间的一个很重要原因就是他们太急于开始做事情了。他们操之过急，后来才意识到自己并没有做对。而简单的计划可以避免这一点。

 4)Simple planning – I tell our staff, take five minutes upfront to think about what you need to do and how to do it to save yourself much more time later on. Many people waste a lot of time because they’re too eager to start doing things before they have a clear idea about how they should do it. They rush into things, then realize later that they’re not doing them in a good way. Simple planning upfront helps you avoid this.

重视时间、效率、决策和计划，你会显著提高你的时间管理能力。没准，你会有更多时间去做一些其他能帮助你事业成功的事情。你可以更早地完成工作，更多地享受你的个人生活。

 By improving your attitude towards time, efficiency, decision-making, and planning, you’ll significantly improve your time management! And who knows? Maybe you’ll have more time to do other things that will benefit your career, leave work earlier, and spend more time on what matters to you beyond your career.