Let’s face it we all want more time in our life to get more done, be more, do more and have more.The thing is, we are all given the same 24 hours in a day as everyone else.So why is it then that some people are just so much more efficient at squeezing more out of every moment of every day? Well they have a few secrets up their sleeve that you should know about.
面对现实吧。人人都希望能有更多的时间，做更多的事，什么都要多多益善才好。事实是，每个人都只有24小时，那为什么有的人就可以把一天里的每一分钟都挤出来去做更高效的事情呢？那是因为他们都藏着一些提高效率的小诀窍，你也来学习一下吧。
1. Get up an hour earlier.
1.早起一小时。
2. Use Sunday evening for planning the week.
2.在周日晚上为下一周定好计划。
3. Say no. (the power of constraints). Ignore. Focus only on the thing you’re looking to achieve.
3.学会说不（人的能力是有限的）。学会忽略。只把注意力关注在你想要完成的事情上。
4. Turn off your emails on your phone.
4.把手机上的邮件提示功能关了。
5. Don’t say should, say “I will”. Think like Yoda “There is no try, there is only do or do not.”
5.不要说“应该做”，而要说“我要做”。想想尤达大师的名言“世上没有尝试一说，只有做或不做。
6. Don’t answer the phone. Literally. If it’s important they’ll leave a message.
6.不要接电话。如果真的有很紧急的事情的话，对方会给你发短信的。
7. Plan your day according to the most important, biggest task, not the smallest and easiest.
7.根据你最重要、最宏大的任务来安排你一天的计划，而不是那些最容易完成的小事情。
8. Avoid meetings at all cost. If you have to go, have one specific outcome in mind.
8.不惜一切代价避免开会。如果一定要开的话，那也必须要得出一些切实的结果才行。
9. Know what the next step is at the end of every conversation.
9.在每次谈话结束的最后，都要清楚下一步要做什么。
10. Turn off the internet. If you’re writing or creating go to a coffee shop that has no internet.
10.不要上网。如果你正在撰写文件或创作方案，那就到不能上网的咖啡馆里去完成。
11. Set a timer to go off at 30 minute intervals to focus on one activity and take a short 1 minute break to refocus.
11.把定时器设置在每30分钟休息一次，花一分钟放松一下，以便更好地专注于接下去要做的事。
12. Take a proper break after 2 hours for 10-20 minutes and dance to your fave song, do some pushups, get out in the fresh air.
12.每两个小时休息10-20分钟，跟着你喜欢的歌曲扭两下，做做俯卧撑，到室外去呼吸一下新鲜空气。
13. Ask yourself “is what I’m doing right now getting me closer to what I want to achieve.
13.扪心自问“我现在正在做的事情是不是能让我更接近自己的目标”。
14. Know what you’re looking to achieve – what does finished look like?
14.了解你一直想要实现的目标。目标实现后会是什么样子？
15. Play motivating upbeat music while working to keep your energy levels high.
15.在工作的时候，放一些能鼓舞情绪的音乐，让你能始终保持情绪高涨。
16. Keep an idea book to dump your distractions in, and come back to them a week later.
16.准备一本本子，把让你分心的事情都记录下来，每周回顾一次。
17. Keep a journal of WHAT you have achieved.
17.把你完成的任务都写下来。
18. Work out what is important and what isn’t.
18.分清事情的轻重缓急。
19. Stop procrastinating and just DO it!
19.终结拖延症。赶紧去做！
20. Throw out the TV – literally bury it in your back garden.
20.把电视机扔出去，说真的，把电视机埋在你家的后院里。