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Laura Vanderkam: How to gain control of your free time
劳拉·万徳勘: 如何掌控你的空闲时间
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每一周有168小时。我们如何抽时间去做最重要的事情。时间规划专家劳拉·万徳勘研究了工作繁忙的人如何规划生活。她发现我们当中大多数人严重的高估了我们每个礼拜的工作量，但是低估了我们有的时间。她提出了一些策略来帮助我们抽时间做最重要的事情，让我们可以“利用所拥有的时间来创造我们想要的生活”。
Laura Vanderkam - Author
Laura Vanderkam shatters the myth that there just isn’t enough time in the week for working professionals to live happy, balanced and productive lives. Full bio
Laura Vanderkam shatters the myth that there just isn’t enough time in the week for working professionals to live happy, balanced and productive lives. Full bio
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When people find out
I write about time management,
I write about time management,
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当人们发现我写
关于时间管理的文章时，
关于时间管理的文章时，
他们都会假设两件事：
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they assume two things.
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One is that I'm always on time,
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第一，我永远都准时，
00:23
and I'm not.
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但我并不是。
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I have four small children,
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我有四个小孩，
00:26
and I would like to blame them
for my occasional tardiness,
for my occasional tardiness,
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我偶尔将迟到归咎于他们，
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but sometimes it's just not their fault.
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不过有时候真的不是因为他们。
00:32
I was once late to my own speech
on time management.
on time management.
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我有一次在去我的一个关于
时间管理的演讲时迟到了。
时间管理的演讲时迟到了。
（笑声）
00:35
(Laughter)
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00:36
We all had to just take a moment
together and savor that irony.
together and savor that irony.
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我们都需要一点时间去好好地
体味一下这有多么讽刺。
体味一下这有多么讽刺。
00:40
The second thing they assume
is that I have lots of tips and tricks
is that I have lots of tips and tricks
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第二，人们总是假设我有很多关于
如何节省时间的贴士和技巧。
00:44
for saving bits of time here and there.
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有时候我听说一些杂志
在写这方面的故事，
在写这方面的故事，
00:46
Sometimes I'll hear from magazines
that are doing a story along these lines,
that are doing a story along these lines,
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00:49
generally on how to help their readers
find an extra hour in the day.
find an extra hour in the day.
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通常都是关于教读者如何
在一天中获得额外一个小时。
在一天中获得额外一个小时。
基本思路就是从日常的
每个活动中挤出一点时间，
每个活动中挤出一点时间，
00:53
And the idea is that we'll shave
bits of time off everyday activities,
bits of time off everyday activities,
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00:56
add it up,
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加起来，
然后我们就有时间去做
更有意思的事情了。
更有意思的事情了。
00:57
and we'll have time for the good stuff.
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我对这个说法持保留意见，
不过我还是愿意听听
不过我还是愿意听听
00:59
I question the entire premise
of this piece, but I'm always interested
of this piece, but I'm always interested
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01:03
in hearing what they've come
up with before they call me.
up with before they call me.
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他们在找我之前有什么想法。
我最喜欢的几个是：
01:06
Some of my favorites:
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只完成那些只需要右转的事；
01:07
doing errands where you only
have to make right-hand turns --
have to make right-hand turns --
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01:10
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
在用微波炉时，要极度审慎：
01:11
Being extremely judicious
in microwave usage:
in microwave usage:
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01:14
it says three to three-and-a-half
minutes on the package,
minutes on the package,
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当食物包装上面写了3到3.5分钟时，
我们要挑时间最短的那个。
01:16
we're totally getting in on
the bottom side of that.
the bottom side of that.
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我个人最喜欢的是，
录下你最喜欢看的电视剧，
录下你最喜欢看的电视剧，
01:19
And my personal favorite,
which makes sense on some level,
which makes sense on some level,
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然后你就可以跳过广告了。
其实在某个程度上，还是挺有道理的。
其实在某个程度上，还是挺有道理的。
01:21
is to DVR your favorite shows so you can
fast-forward through the commercials.
fast-forward through the commercials.
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这样，你每半个小时就可以挤出八分钟。
01:25
That way, you save
eight minutes every half hour,
eight minutes every half hour,
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那么你葱用来看电视的两个小时中，
01:28
so in the course of two hours
of watching TV,
of watching TV,
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可以挤出32分钟锻炼的时间。
01:30
you find 32 minutes to exercise.
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（笑声）
01:31
(Laughter)
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倒的确是这么回事儿。
01:32
Which is true.
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你还知道其他可以找到
32分钟锻炼时间的方法吗？
32分钟锻炼时间的方法吗？
01:34
You know another way to find
32 minutes to exercise?
32 minutes to exercise?
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01:37
Don't watch two hours of TV a day, right?
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不要每天都看两个小时
电视就行了，对吧？
电视就行了，对吧？
（笑声）
01:39
(Laughter)
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01:41
Anyway, the idea is we'll save bits
of time here and there, add it up,
of time here and there, add it up,
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总之，就是要在各处都省点时间，
加起来就有时间
做我们想做的事了。
做我们想做的事了。
01:44
we will finally get
to everything we want to do.
to everything we want to do.
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但在我了解成功的人如何分配时间，
01:46
But after studying how successful
people spend their time
people spend their time
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并看过了他们的时间表后，
01:49
and looking at their
schedules hour by hour,
schedules hour by hour,
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我觉得这个想法是
完全本末倒置的。
完全本末倒置的。
01:52
I think this idea
has it completely backward.
has it completely backward.
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我们不是通过节省时间来
打造我们想过的生活。
打造我们想过的生活。
01:56
We don't build the lives
we want by saving time.
we want by saving time.
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我们应该先建立我们想要的生活，
02:00
We build the lives we want,
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时间就会自然而然节省出来。
02:02
and then time saves itself.
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我来解释一下。
02:07
Here's what I mean.
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我最近有个时间日记项目，
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I recently did a time diary project
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观察最忙碌的女士生命中的1001天。
02:10
looking at 1,001 days in the lives
of extremely busy women.
of extremely busy women.
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她们工作繁忙，
有时候是自己的生意，
有时候是自己的生意，
02:14
They had demanding jobs,
sometimes their own businesses,
sometimes their own businesses,
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kids to care for,
maybe parents to care for,
maybe parents to care for,
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有时候要照顾自己的孩子，
或者是照顾父母，
或者是照顾父母，
02:19
community commitments --
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还有服务社区等等——
都是一些很忙的人。
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busy, busy people.
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我让她们记录了一星期的行程，
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I had them keep track
of their time for a week
of their time for a week
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计算她们工作和睡觉的时间，
02:25
so I could add up how much
they worked and slept,
they worked and slept,
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为了我的书，我还采访
了解了她们的常用策略。
了解了她们的常用策略。
02:27
and I interviewed them
about their strategies, for my book.
about their strategies, for my book.
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其中一个被我研究过时间表的女士，
02:30
One of the women whose time log I studied
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在一个周三晚上出去了一趟，
02:32
goes out on a Wednesday night
for something.
for something.
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回家发现她的热水器坏了，
02:34
She comes home to find
that her water heater has broken,
that her water heater has broken,
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02:36
and there is now water
all over her basement.
all over her basement.
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地下室都被水淹了。
如果你也遇到过这种事儿的话，
02:40
If you've ever had anything
like this happen to you,
like this happen to you,
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你会知道眼前的景象
多么令人崩溃和沮丧。
多么令人崩溃和沮丧。
02:42
you know it is a hugely damaging,
frightening, sopping mess.
frightening, sopping mess.
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于是那个晚上她立刻着手处理，
02:45
So she's dealing with the immediate
aftermath that night,
aftermath that night,
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第二天她找了一个水管工，
02:48
next day she's got plumbers coming in,
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第三天找了专业的清理人员
来处理损坏的地毯。
来处理损坏的地毯。
02:50
day after that, professional cleaning
crew dealing with the ruined carpet.
crew dealing with the ruined carpet.
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所有这些都算在了她的时间表内。
02:53
All this is being recorded
on her time log.
on her time log.
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总共花了她一周中的七个小时。
02:56
Winds up taking seven hours of her week.
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七个小时。
02:59
Seven hours.
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这就等于一周七天
每天都要挤出一个小时。
每天都要挤出一个小时。
03:01
That's like finding
an extra hour in the day.
an extra hour in the day.
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但是假如你在这一周
刚开始时就问她，
刚开始时就问她，
03:04
But I'm sure if you had asked her
at the start of the week,
at the start of the week,
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“你能在这周抽出七个小时
来参加铁人三项吗？”，
来参加铁人三项吗？”，
03:07
"Could you find seven hours
to train for a triathlon?"
to train for a triathlon?"
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“你能在这周抽出七个小时
指导七个有潜力的人吗？“
指导七个有潜力的人吗？“
03:11
"Could you find seven hours
to mentor seven worthy people?"
to mentor seven worthy people?"
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03:15
I'm sure she would've said
what most of us would've said,
what most of us would've said,
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我确定她会像大多数人一样，
说，”怎么可能，你看不出我有多忙吗？“
03:18
which is, "No -- can't you see
how busy I am?"
how busy I am?"
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但是她最后不得不抽出七个小时，
03:23
Yet when she had to find seven hours
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因为她的地下室都被水淹了，
03:25
because there is water
all over her basement,
all over her basement,
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她挤出了这七个小时。
03:28
she found seven hours.
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这件事告诉我们：时间是有弹性的。
03:31
And what this shows us
is that time is highly elastic.
is that time is highly elastic.
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我们不能创造更多时间，
03:35
We cannot make more time,
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但是时间会自己调整去适应
我们选择去做的事情。
我们选择去做的事情。
03:37
but time will stretch to accommodate
what we choose to put into it.
what we choose to put into it.
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所以时间管理的关键就是
03:42
And so the key to time management
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对待最重要的事情应该像
03:45
is treating our priorities
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对待那个坏了的热水器一样。
03:47
as the equivalent
of that broken water heater.
of that broken water heater.
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要做到这一点，
03:52
To get at this,
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我要借用我采访过最忙的人的话。
03:53
I like to use language from one
of the busiest people I ever interviewed.
of the busiest people I ever interviewed.
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她经营着一个小企业，
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By busy, I mean she was running
a small business
a small business
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请了十二名员工，
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with 12 people on the payroll,
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空余时间她还要照顾六个孩子。
04:00
she had six children in her spare time.
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我联系上了她，想要采访她关于
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I was getting in touch with her
to set up an interview
to set up an interview
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她是怎么做到“无所不能”的。
04:05
on how she "had it all" -- that phrase.
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我记得那是一个星期四的早晨，
04:07
I remember it was a Thursday morning,
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她没时间和我说话。
04:09
and she was not available
to speak with me.
to speak with me.
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当然了，她很忙。
04:11
Of course, right?
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但是她没时间和我说话的原因是，
04:12
But the reason she was
unavailable to speak with me
unavailable to speak with me
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她去远足了。
04:15
is that she was out for a hike,
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因为那是春季一个美丽的清晨，
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because it was a beautiful spring morning,
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所以她去远足了。
04:19
and she wanted to go for a hike.
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这样的她让我变得更感兴趣了，
04:20
So of course this makes me
even more intrigued,
even more intrigued,
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04:23
and when I finally do catch up with her,
she explains it like this.
she explains it like this.
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当我最终联系上她时，
她说：“听我说，劳拉，
我做的所有的事情，
我做的所有的事情，
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She says, "Listen Laura, everything I do,
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我花的每分每秒，都是我的选择。”
04:29
every minute I spend, is my choice."
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所以与其说，
04:33
And rather than say,
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”我没有时间做这个，这个，或者那个。”
04:35
"I don't have time to do x, y or z,"
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她会说：”我不做这些事情因为
这些不是我的首要任务。“
这些不是我的首要任务。“
04:37
she'd say, "I don't do x, y or z
because it's not a priority."
because it's not a priority."
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“我没有时间”的意思通常是
”那不是我的首要任务”。
”那不是我的首要任务”。
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"I don't have time," often means
"It's not a priority."
"It's not a priority."
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其实你想想，
那的确是更准确的说法。
那的确是更准确的说法。
04:49
If you think about it,
that's really more accurate language.
that's really more accurate language.
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我可能会告诉你我没有
时间清理百叶窗，
时间清理百叶窗，
04:51
I could tell you I don't have time
to dust my blinds,
to dust my blinds,
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但那不是真的。
04:54
but that's not true.
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假如你愿意付我10万美金
让我给百叶窗除尘，
让我给百叶窗除尘，
04:55
If you offered to pay me $100,000
to dust my blinds,
to dust my blinds,
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我会马上就去做。
04:58
I would get to it pretty quickly.
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（笑声）
04:59
(Laughter)
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既然那不可能发生，
05:00
Since that is not going to happen,
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我可以说不是因为时间不够，
05:02
I can acknowledge this is not
a matter of lacking time;
a matter of lacking time;
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而是我不想做。
05:05
it's that I don't want to do it.
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这么说提醒了我们，
时间是一种选择。
时间是一种选择。
05:06
Using this language reminds us
that time is a choice.
that time is a choice.
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我会告诉你，
05:10
And granted,
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当然，不同的选择有时候会
05:11
there may be horrible consequences
for making different choices,
for making different choices,
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带来可怕的后果。
05:14
I will give you that.
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但是我们都是聪明人，
05:15
But we are smart people,
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05:17
and certainly over the long run,
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从长远来看，
我们有能力去选择一些值得做的事，
05:19
we have the power to fill our lives
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来填补我们生命中的时间。
05:21
with the things that deserve to be there.
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那么我们应该怎么做呢？
05:25
So how do we do that?
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我们要如何像对待那个
05:27
How do we treat our priorities
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坏了的热水器一样
对待我们的首要任务？
对待我们的首要任务？
05:28
as the equivalent
of that broken water heater?
of that broken water heater?
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首先，我们需要找出哪些事最重要。
05:31
Well, first we need
to figure out what they are.
to figure out what they are.
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我想给你们分享两个技巧。
05:33
I want to give you two strategies
for thinking about this.
for thinking about this.
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第一个，从职业的角度来说：
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The first, on the professional side:
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我相信许多人在年底的时候
05:38
I'm sure many people
coming up to the end of the year
coming up to the end of the year
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会发出或者收到年度绩效审查。
05:40
are giving or getting
annual performance reviews.
annual performance reviews.
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你回头看看这一年的成功和
05:43
You look back over
your successes over the year,
your successes over the year,
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“成长的机会”。
05:45
your "opportunities for growth."
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这的确起到了它的作用，
05:47
And this serves its purpose,
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但是我发现往前看会更有效。
05:50
but I find it's more effective
to do this looking forward.
to do this looking forward.
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05:53
So I want you to pretend
it's the end of next year.
it's the end of next year.
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我想让你们把这当做下一年的年底。
你在给自己做年度绩效审查，
05:56
You're giving yourself
a performance review,
a performance review,
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在专业方面，这一年的表现非常出众。
05:58
and it has been an absolutely
amazing year for you professionally.
amazing year for you professionally.
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是哪三到五件事使
这一年变得如此出众？
这一年变得如此出众？
06:04
What three to five things did you do
that made it so amazing?
that made it so amazing?
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06:10
So you can write next
year's performance review now.
year's performance review now.
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你现在就可以写明年的绩效审查。
你也可以在个人生活方面这么做。
06:14
And you can do this
for your personal life, too.
for your personal life, too.
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我相信你们许多人，包括我，在十二月，
06:16
I'm sure many of you,
like me, come December,
like me, come December,
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都会收到这种夹着彩色纸的卡片。
06:19
get cards that contain these folded up
sheets of colored paper,
sheets of colored paper,
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上面写着“家庭假日信件”。
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on which is written what is known
as the family holiday letter.
as the family holiday letter.
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（笑声）
06:28
(Laughter)
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听起来像是一个挺悲惨的文学题材，
06:30
Bit of a wretched genre
of literature, really,
of literature, really,
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06:32
going on about how amazing
everyone in the household is,
everyone in the household is,
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谈论家里每个人有多了不起，
06:35
or even more scintillating,
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或者更精彩点，
家里每个人有多忙。
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how busy everyone in the household is.
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但是这些信有它们的用处，
06:39
But these letters serve a purpose,
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它们告诉你的朋友和家人
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which is that they tell
your friends and family
your friends and family
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你这一年里做了什么对
个人生活有意义的事。
个人生活有意义的事。
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what you did in your personal life
that mattered to you over the year.
that mattered to you over the year.
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那么今年快要结束了，
06:47
So this year's kind of done,
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我想让你假装这是明年的年底，
06:48
but I want you to pretend
it's the end of next year,
it's the end of next year,
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对你和你在乎的人来说，
06:50
and it has been an absolutely amazing year
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这都是无与伦比的一年。
06:54
for you and the people you care about.
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哪三到五件事让你这一年
表现如此出色？
表现如此出色？
06:57
What three to five things did you do
that made it so amazing?
that made it so amazing?
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07:02
So you can write next
year's family holiday letter now.
year's family holiday letter now.
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其实你现在就可以写
明年的家庭假日信件了。
明年的家庭假日信件了。
先不要发出去。
07:07
Don't send it.
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07:09
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
07:10
Please, don't send it.
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真的，不要发出去。
但是你可以写。
07:13
But you can write it.
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现在，有了绩效评估和写给家人的信，
07:14
And now, between the performance
review and the family holiday letter,
review and the family holiday letter,
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我们就有了六到十个
明年可以努力的目标。
明年可以努力的目标。
07:18
we have a list of six to ten goals
we can work on in the next year.
we can work on in the next year.
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我们需要先把他们分成
可行的阶段性任务。
可行的阶段性任务。
07:21
And now we need to break
these down into doable steps.
these down into doable steps.
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或许你要写一个家族传记。
07:24
So maybe you want
to write a family history.
to write a family history.
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首先，你可以读读别人的家族历史，
07:26
First, you can read
some other family histories,
some other family histories,
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了解一下大概的风格。
07:28
get a sense for the style.
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然后可以想象你要问亲戚的问题，
07:30
Then maybe think about the questions
you want to ask your relatives,
you want to ask your relatives,
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约定和他们见面谈话的时间。
07:33
set up appointments to interview them.
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或者你想要参加一个
五千米的短程马拉松。
五千米的短程马拉松。
07:35
Or maybe you want to run a 5K.
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你需要先找一个竞赛报名，
再做一个培训计划，
再做一个培训计划，
07:36
So you need to find a race and sign up,
figure out a training plan,
figure out a training plan,
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从衣柜底下翻出你的运动鞋。
07:39
and dig those shoes
out of the back of the closet.
out of the back of the closet.
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然后——这是关键——
07:42
And then -- this is key --
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我们将我们的首要事件视为
那个坏掉的热水器，
那个坏掉的热水器，
07:44
we treat our priorities as the equivalent
of that broken water heater,
of that broken water heater,
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将它们优先放入我们的日程表里。
07:48
by putting them into our schedules first.
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07:51
We do this by thinking through our weeks
before we are in them.
before we are in them.
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我们要在事情发生的几周前就先想好。
我发现周五的下午最适合处理这事儿。
07:56
I find a really good time to do this
is Friday afternoons.
is Friday afternoons.
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周五的下午是被经济学家称为
08:00
Friday afternoon is what
an economist might call
an economist might call
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“低机会成本”时间。
08:03
a "low opportunity cost" time.
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08:06
Most of us are not sitting there
on Friday afternoons saying,
on Friday afternoons saying,
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我们大部分人不会在周五下午想着，
“我要朝我的个人和
08:09
"I am excited to make progress
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08:11
toward my personal
and professional priorities
and professional priorities
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职业生涯的首要事件迈进了，
08:13
right now."
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所以很兴奋。“
（笑声）
08:15
(Laughter)
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但是我们愿意去想那些事是什么。
08:16
But we are willing to think
about what those should be.
about what those should be.
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所以在周五下午花一点时间，
08:18
So take a little bit
of time Friday afternoon,
of time Friday afternoon,
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为自己做一个分成三类的首要事件的列表：
事业，人际关系，个人。
事业，人际关系，个人。
08:20
make yourself a three-category priority
list: career, relationships, self.
list: career, relationships, self.
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08:28
Making a three-category list reminds us
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这样的三项分类列表提醒了我们
每一个类别都应该有一些事。
08:31
that there should be something
in all three categories.
in all three categories.
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事业，我们经常考虑；
08:35
Career, we think about;
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人际关系，个人——
08:36
relationships, self --
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很少会想。
08:37
not so much.
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无论如何，只要一个短短的列表，
08:39
But anyway, just a short list,
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每个都包含两到三件事。
08:41
two to three items in each.
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它们会帮助我们看清下周，
08:43
Then look out over the whole
of the next week,
of the next week,
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如何在下周计划这些事情。
08:45
and see where you can plan them in.
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你可以决定如何计划。
08:48
Where you plan them in is up to you.
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这可能对一些人来说会比较困难一点。
08:50
I know this is going to be more
complicated for some people than others.
complicated for some people than others.
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我的意思是，有些人的
人生就是比较复杂。
人生就是比较复杂。
08:53
I mean, some people's lives
are just harder than others.
are just harder than others.
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如果你自己有好几个要照顾的小孩，
08:57
It is not going to be easy
to find time to take that poetry class
to find time to take that poetry class
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想要找时间去参加诗歌班一定不容易。
09:00
if you are caring for multiple
children on your own.
children on your own.
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我懂。
09:04
I get that.
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我不想轻视任何人的困难。
09:05
And I don't want to minimize
anyone's struggle.
anyone's struggle.
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当是我觉得我接下来要说的数字
是会改变你的想法的。
是会改变你的想法的。
09:07
But I do think that the numbers
I am about to tell you are empowering.
I am about to tell you are empowering.
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我们每周都有168个小时。
09:12
There are 168 hours in a week.
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24乘以7是168个小时。
09:17
Twenty-four times seven is 168 hours.
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这是一段很长时间。
09:23
That is a lot of time.
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假如你有一个全职的工作，
一周是40个小时，
一周是40个小时，
09:26
If you are working a full-time
job, so 40 hours a week,
job, so 40 hours a week,
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每晚睡八个小时，
一周是56个小时，
一周是56个小时，
09:29
sleeping eight hours a night,
so 56 hours a week --
so 56 hours a week --
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我们有剩下72个小时来做其他事情。
09:32
that leaves 72 hours for other things.
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这是一段很长的时间。
09:36
That is a lot of time.
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假如你说你每周工作50个小时，
09:38
You say you're working 50 hours a week,
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比如一份全职和一份兼职。
09:40
maybe a main job and a side hustle.
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这样你还是有60小时去做其他的事情。
09:42
Well, that leaves 62 hours
for other things.
for other things.
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假如你说你每周工作60个小时，
09:45
You say you're working 60 hours.
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你还是有52个小时去做其他的事情。
09:47
Well, that leaves 52 hours
for other things.
for other things.
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你说你每周工作超过60个小时，
09:49
You say you're working more than 60 hours.
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你确定吗？
09:51
Well, are you sure?
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（笑声）
09:53
(Laughter)
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曾经有一个研究对比了
人们估计的工作时间，
人们估计的工作时间，
09:55
There was once a study comparing
people's estimated work weeks
people's estimated work weeks
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09:58
with time diaries.
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和实际的工作日记。
他们发现那些表示
工作超过75小时的人，
工作超过75小时的人，
09:59
They found that people claiming
75-plus-hour work weeks
75-plus-hour work weeks
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有25小时的误差。
10:02
were off by about 25 hours.
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（笑声）
10:04
(Laughter)
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你可以猜到这个误差
是多了还是少了吧？
是多了还是少了吧？
10:06
You can guess in which direction, right?
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无论如何，在一周的168个小时里，
10:09
Anyway, in 168 hours a week,
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我觉得我们总可以找到时间
做我们想做的事。
做我们想做的事。
10:11
I think we can find time
for what matters to you.
for what matters to you.
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如果你想花时间陪陪你的孩子，
10:14
If you want to spend
more time with your kids,
more time with your kids,
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或者准备你即将到来的考试，
10:17
you want to study more
for a test you're taking,
for a test you're taking,
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你想锻炼两三个小时或者
做两个小时志愿者，
做两个小时志愿者，
10:19
you want to exercise for three hours
and volunteer for two,
and volunteer for two,
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你都可以的。
10:22
you can.
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即便你的工作时间远超过法定时间。
10:23
And that's even if you're working
way more than full-time hours.
way more than full-time hours.
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所以我们有很多时间，这很好。
10:27
So we have plenty of time, which is great,
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但是你知道吗？
10:29
because guess what?
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我们根本不需要那么多时间
去完成一个大目标。
去完成一个大目标。
10:31
We don't even need that much
time to do amazing things.
time to do amazing things.
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但当我们有一点空闲时间的时候，
我们会做什么？
我们会做什么？
10:34
But when most of us have
bits of time, what do we do?
bits of time, what do we do?
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10:37
Pull out the phone, right?
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拿出手机，是吧？
开始删除邮件。
10:39
Start deleting emails.
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或者在家里闲逛，
10:42
Otherwise, we're puttering
around the house
around the house
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看电视。
10:44
or watching TV.
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但是每个不起眼的时刻都潜力无限。
10:46
But small moments can have great power.
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你可以用零星的时间，
10:49
You can use your bits of time
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来获得零星的快乐。
10:52
for bits of joy.
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比如说在去上班的公车上
10:55
Maybe it's choosing to read
something wonderful on the bus
something wonderful on the bus
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读一些精彩的东西。
10:58
on the way to work.
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当我以前的工作需要我
每天早上乘两趟公车
每天早上乘两趟公车
10:59
I know when I had a job
that required two bus rides
that required two bus rides
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和一趟地铁的时候，
11:01
and a subway ride every morning,
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我周末会去图书馆找东西来读。
11:03
I used to go to the library
on weekends to get stuff to read.
on weekends to get stuff to read.
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这几乎，几乎让我的生活更丰富了。
11:06
It made the whole experience
almost, almost, enjoyable.
almost, almost, enjoyable.
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工作间隙的休息时间可以
用来冥想或者祷告。
用来冥想或者祷告。
11:11
Breaks at work can be used
for meditating or praying.
for meditating or praying.
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如果你因为工作忙
而不能吃家庭晚餐，
而不能吃家庭晚餐，
11:15
If family dinner is out
because of your crazy work schedule,
because of your crazy work schedule,
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11:18
maybe family breakfast
could be a good substitute.
could be a good substitute.
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试一下家庭早餐。
这就是看着一个人所有的时间，
11:21
It's about looking at
the whole of one's time
the whole of one's time
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然后找到什么时候可以做想做的事。
11:25
and seeing where the good stuff can go.
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我真的相信，
11:28
I truly believe this.
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11:31
There is time.
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我们都有充分的时间。
就算我们很忙，
11:34
Even if we are busy,
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我们仍然有时间去做重要的事。
11:37
we have time for what matters.
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当我们关注在重要的事上时，
11:39
And when we focus on what matters,
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我们可以用所拥有的时间
11:42
we can build the lives we want
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创造我们想要的生活。
11:44
in the time we've got.
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谢谢。
11:46
Thank you.
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（鼓掌）
11:47
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Laura Vanderkam - AuthorLaura Vanderkam shatters the myth that there just isn’t enough time in the week for working professionals to live happy, balanced and productive lives.
Why you should listen
Between careers and kids, many women feel that they are too busy to cram in anything else. To test the truth of this feeling, author Laura Vanderkam began logging her time for each of the 168 hours of the week. Among her surprising findings: we retroactively overestimate the amount of time spent stressing about work while underestimating our available downtime.
In her latest book, I Know How She Does It, Vanderkam analyzes the ways in which professional women successfully balance free time and work -- and explores how everyday readers can benefit from their experiences.
Laura Vanderkam | Speaker | TED.com