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Laura Vanderkam: How to gain control of your free time
蘿拉．凡德坎姆: 如何掌控你的空閒時間
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每個星期有168小時，我們如何找出時間做最重要的事情？時間管理專家蘿拉．凡德坎姆檢視大忙人們如何運用時間。她發現我們許多人高估了我們每星期被綁住的時間，同時低估了我們留給自己的時間。她建議了幾個實用的策略來幫助我們找時間來做對我們而言重要的事情，因此我們可以「以我們有的時間，營造出我們想要的生活」。
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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當旁人發現我寫文章談「時間管理」，
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they assume two things.
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他們假設兩件事情：
00:19
One is that I'm always on time,
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第一、我一定都準時！
00:23
and I'm not.
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其實不然－
00:25
I have four small children,
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我有四個小孩，
00:26
and I would like to blame them
for my occasional tardiness,
for my occasional tardiness,
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我想爲我偶爾的遲到指責他們，
00:29
but sometimes it's just not their fault.
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但是有時候就並非他們的過錯。
00:32
I was once late to my own speech
on time management.
on time management.
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有一次我要去做
時間管理的演講時遲到...
時間管理的演講時遲到...
00:35
(Laughter)
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（笑聲...）
00:36
We all had to just take a moment
together and savor that irony.
together and savor that irony.
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我們早該花點時間時間碰頭
以及玩味這等諷刺。
以及玩味這等諷刺。
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、他們覺得我有很多
在各處節省時間的技巧和妙招！
在各處節省時間的技巧和妙招！
00:44
for saving bits of time here and there.
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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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有時候我在雜誌上看到相符的文章，
普遍來說幫助讀者如何在平日
找出多餘的時間。
找出多餘的時間。
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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其理念是我們可以從
每天的作息中省出一點時間，
每天的作息中省出一點時間，
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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把它加總起來我們就會有時間
拿來做不賴的事情。
拿來做不賴的事情。
00:56
add it up,
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00:57
and we'll have time for the good stuff.
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我質疑這種文章的整個立論點，
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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但是我一直對聽聞他們在打電話給我前
所想出來的東西很感興趣。
所想出來的東西很感興趣。
01:03
in hearing what they've come
up with before they call me.
up with before they call me.
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我最喜歡的幾個是：
01:06
Some of my favorites:
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做那些你只需要開車右轉的差事、
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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（笑聲...）
01:11
Being extremely judicious
in microwave usage:
in microwave usage:
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對於使用微波使用說明極為精明，
01:14
it says three to three-and-a-half
minutes on the package,
minutes on the package,
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如果在包裝上註明 3 至 3.5 分鐘，
我們絕對要用它的底限。
01:16
we're totally getting in on
the bottom side of that.
the bottom side of that.
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而我個人所偏愛者
在某些層面上是有其道理的－
在某些層面上是有其道理的－
01:19
And my personal favorite,
which makes sense on some level,
which makes sense on some level,
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錄下你最喜歡的節目
你就可以快轉跳過廣告，
你就可以快轉跳過廣告，
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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那種做法每半個小時節省下 8 分鐘，
01:25
That way, you save
eight minutes every half hour,
eight minutes every half hour,
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所以在看兩個小時的電視內容長度時，
01:28
so in the course of two hours
of watching TV,
of watching TV,
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你就找到 32 分鐘來運動！
01:30
you find 32 minutes to exercise.
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（笑聲...）
01:31
(Laughter)
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01:32
Which is true.
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話是沒錯啦，
01:34
You know another way to find
32 minutes to exercise?
32 minutes to exercise?
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你知道找出 32 分鐘
來運動的另一個方法嗎？
來運動的另一個方法嗎？
01:37
Don't watch two hours of TV a day, right?
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一天不要看 2 個小時的電視對吧！
01:39
(Laughter)
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（笑聲...）
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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總之這個理念就是
我們會東省西省一點時間，
我們會東省西省一點時間，
加起來...我們終究會有時間
做想做的每件事情。
做想做的每件事情。
01:44
we will finally get
to everything we want to do.
to everything we want to do.
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01:46
But after studying how successful
people spend their time
people spend their time
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但是在我檢視成功人士
如何花用他們的時間，
如何花用他們的時間，
01:49
and looking at their
schedules hour by hour,
schedules hour by hour,
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以及察看他們的鐘點作息表之後，
01:52
I think this idea
has it completely backward.
has it completely backward.
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我認為該理念完全是背道而馳。
01:56
We don't build the lives
we want by saving time.
we want by saving time.
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我們不是透過節省時間
營造我們想過的生活；
營造我們想過的生活；
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We build the lives we want,
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我們先營造所追求的生活，
02:02
and then time saves itself.
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然後時間自然就會省下來。
02:07
Here's what I mean.
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我的意思是如此－
我最近做過一個時間日記帳專案，
02:08
I recently did a time diary project
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02:10
looking at 1,001 days in the lives
of extremely busy women.
of extremely busy women.
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察看非常忙碌之女士們
1,001 天的生活。
1,001 天的生活。
02:14
They had demanding jobs,
sometimes their own businesses,
sometimes their own businesses,
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她們有著吃重的工作－
有時候是自家的事業、
有時候是自家的事業、
02:16
kids to care for,
maybe parents to care for,
maybe parents to care for,
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有自己的孩子或者是父母要照顧、
02:19
community commitments --
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參與地方事務...
02:20
busy, busy people.
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大忙人！
02:22
I had them keep track
of their time for a week
of their time for a week
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為了我的書我讓她們把
一個星期的時間留下軌跡，
一個星期的時間留下軌跡，
02:25
so I could add up how much
they worked and slept,
they worked and slept,
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如此我得以加算
她們工作和睡覺的時間；
她們工作和睡覺的時間；
與其面談關於她們的大方針。
02:27
and I interviewed them
about their strategies, for my book.
about their strategies, for my book.
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02:30
One of the women whose time log I studied
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我所檢視其中一位女士的日程表－
02:32
goes out on a Wednesday night
for something.
for something.
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某個星期三晚上她有事出門，
02:34
She comes home to find
that her water heater has broken,
that her water heater has broken,
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回家後發現她的熱水器已經故障，
02:36
and there is now water
all over her basement.
all over her basement.
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地下室當下到處都是水。
02:40
If you've ever had anything
like this happen to you,
like this happen to you,
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如果你曾經碰過過類似這樣的情況，
你就知道這是千瘡百孔、
生人迴避、溼透了的一團亂。
生人迴避、溼透了的一團亂。
02:42
you know it is a hugely damaging,
frightening, sopping mess.
frightening, sopping mess.
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02:45
So she's dealing with the immediate
aftermath that night,
aftermath that night,
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她該晚不斷為此現成的災情善後，
02:48
next day she's got plumbers coming in,
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隔天她就請來水管工，
02:50
day after that, professional cleaning
crew dealing with the ruined carpet.
crew dealing with the ruined carpet.
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第三天由專業清潔人員
整治面目全非的地毯。
整治面目全非的地毯。
這些都留記在她的日程表裡，
02:53
All this is being recorded
on her time log.
on her time log.
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不得已花了她那個禮拜 7 個小時。
02:56
Winds up taking seven hours of her week.
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02:59
Seven hours.
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7 個小時！
03:01
That's like finding
an extra hour in the day.
an extra hour in the day.
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那就像是平日多找出一個小時來。
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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但是如果你有在那禮拜剛開始就問她：
03:07
"Could you find seven hours
to train for a triathlon?"
to train for a triathlon?"
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「你能找出七小時
做鐵人三項訓練嗎？」、
做鐵人三項訓練嗎？」、
03:11
"Could you find seven hours
to mentor seven worthy people?"
to mentor seven worthy people?"
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「你能找出七小時
督導七個可用之才嗎？」
督導七個可用之才嗎？」
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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我肯定她就像我們大多數人般會說：
03:18
which is, "No -- can't you see
how busy I am?"
how busy I am?"
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「不可以！你看不出我有多忙嗎？」
03:23
Yet when she had to find seven hours
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然而因為她的地下室淹水，
03:25
because there is water
all over her basement,
all over her basement,
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當她必須找出七小時的時候，
03:28
she found seven hours.
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她找出七個小時來了！
03:31
And what this shows us
is that time is highly elastic.
is that time is highly elastic.
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這告訴我們時間是高度變通的。
03:35
We cannot make more time,
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我們無法生出更多的時間，
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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但時間將會撐開自己
以迎合我們選擇置入其中的事宜。
以迎合我們選擇置入其中的事宜。
03:42
And so the key to time management
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所以時間管理的關鍵是－
03:45
is treating our priorities
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如同故障的熱水器般
03:47
as the equivalent
of that broken water heater.
of that broken water heater.
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看待我們的要務！
03:52
To get at this,
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要明白這回事的話...
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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我想要採用我所約談過
最忙碌者的話語來說；
最忙碌者的話語來說；
03:56
By busy, I mean she was running
a small business
a small business
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就忙碌而言我指的是她經營一間小公司－
薪資帳上有 12 位員工，
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with 12 people on the payroll,
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空餘時間她還有六個孩子得應付。
04:00
she had six children in her spare time.
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04:02
I was getting in touch with her
to set up an interview
to set up an interview
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我為了約談她如何冒出
「我擁有了一切！」，
「我擁有了一切！」，
04:05
on how she "had it all" -- that phrase.
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持續與她聯絡；
04:07
I remember it was a Thursday morning,
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我記得那天是星期四上午，
04:09
and she was not available
to speak with me.
to speak with me.
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而她不克與我洽談，
也難怪啦！
04:11
Of course, right?
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04:12
But the reason she was
unavailable to speak with me
unavailable to speak with me
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但是她不克與我洽談的理由
04:15
is that she was out for a hike,
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是她出門去健走！
04:17
because it was a beautiful spring morning,
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因為那是一個很美好的春季白天，
以及她想來個健走。
04:19
and she wanted to go for a hike.
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04:20
So of course this makes me
even more intrigued,
even more intrigued,
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難怪這使得我更加興致勃勃，
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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當我終於和她搭上話時她如此解釋：
04:26
She says, "Listen Laura, everything I do,
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「羅拉！我所做的每件事、
04:29
every minute I spend, is my choice."
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花的每一分鐘都是我的選擇！」
04:33
And rather than say,
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與其說出「我沒空做這個、做那個」，
04:35
"I don't have time to do x, y or z,"
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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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她會說我不做這個、做那個，
因為那不是我的要務。
因為那不是我的要務。
04:43
"I don't have time," often means
"It's not a priority."
"It's not a priority."
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我沒有時間－經常代表那不是要務，
04:49
If you think about it,
that's really more accurate language.
that's really more accurate language.
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如果你動一下腦筋
那真的是更正確的話語；
那真的是更正確的話語；
04:51
I could tell you I don't have time
to dust my blinds,
to dust my blinds,
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我可能告訴你我沒空擦拭百葉窗，
04:54
but that's not true.
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不過那不是真的...
04:55
If you offered to pay me $100,000
to dust my blinds,
to dust my blinds,
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如果你付十萬美金給我
讓我去擦拭我的百葉窗，
讓我去擦拭我的百葉窗，
我會立馬去做！
04:58
I would get to it pretty quickly.
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（笑聲...）
04:59
(Laughter)
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既然那款事不會發生的話，
05:00
Since that is not going to happen,
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我可以知道說這不是欠缺時間的事，
05:02
I can acknowledge this is not
a matter of lacking time;
a matter of lacking time;
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而是我不想去做！
05:05
it's that I don't want to do it.
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05:06
Using this language reminds us
that time is a choice.
that time is a choice.
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使用這種話語提醒我們
時間是一個選擇。
時間是一個選擇。
05:10
And granted,
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倒也沒錯！
05:11
there may be horrible consequences
for making different choices,
for making different choices,
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做不同的選擇可能會有糟糕的下場，
05:14
I will give you that.
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我將會給你補充；
05:15
But we are smart people,
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但是我們是聰明人，
05:17
and certainly over the long run,
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從長遠來看必然不假－
05:19
we have the power to fill our lives
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我們有本事憑藉值得留在生命裡的事情
05:21
with the things that deserve to be there.
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來豐富我們的生命。
05:25
So how do we do that?
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所以我們該如何做呢？
05:27
How do we treat our priorities
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我們怎樣一如那個故障熱水爐的同款事
05:28
as the equivalent
of that broken water heater?
of that broken water heater?
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看待我們的要務呢？
05:31
Well, first we need
to figure out what they are.
to figure out what they are.
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首先我們得找出它們是什麼，
05:33
I want to give you two strategies
for thinking about this.
for thinking about this.
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我要給你們兩個考量的大方針，
第一、在專業工作方面！
05:36
The first, on the professional side:
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我相信許多人快到年底時
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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會給出或收到年度考績；
05:40
are giving or getting
annual performance reviews.
annual performance reviews.
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你回首這一年的成功－
05:43
You look back over
your successes over the year,
your successes over the year,
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05:45
your "opportunities for growth."
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你飛黃騰達的機會。
05:47
And this serves its purpose,
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這考績有其用處，
05:50
but I find it's more effective
to do this looking forward.
to do this looking forward.
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但是我發現放眼將來做這件事更實用；
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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所以我要你們當成現在是明年年底，
05:56
You're giving yourself
a performance review,
a performance review,
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您正要給自己打年度考績，
05:58
and it has been an absolutely
amazing year for you professionally.
amazing year for you professionally.
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這一年以來對你在職場上
無疑是個精采絕倫的一年！
無疑是個精采絕倫的一年！
06:04
What three to five things did you do
that made it so amazing?
that made it so amazing?
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你做了哪三、五件事情
使它如此精采絕倫？
使它如此精采絕倫？
06:10
So you can write next
year's performance review now.
year's performance review now.
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所以你現在就可以來寫
你明年的考績報告！
你明年的考績報告！
06:14
And you can do this
for your personal life, too.
for your personal life, too.
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你也可以在你的居家生活上這樣做，
我相信你們許多人就跟我一樣...
06:16
I'm sure many of you,
like me, come December,
like me, come December,
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到了十二月收到賀卡
內附這些五彩繽紛折好的紙張，
內附這些五彩繽紛折好的紙張，
06:19
get cards that contain these folded up
sheets of colored paper,
sheets of colored paper,
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上面寫的東西是眾所皆知的
「全家近況年節拜會書」。
「全家近況年節拜會書」。
06:23
on which is written what is known
as the family holiday letter.
as the family holiday letter.
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06:28
(Laughter)
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（笑聲...）
06:30
Bit of a wretched genre
of literature, really,
of literature, really,
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有點招搖派的文筆不假，
06:32
going on about how amazing
everyone in the household is,
everyone in the household is,
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近乎關於在家戶裡的每個人
是如何的精采絕倫；
是如何的精采絕倫；
06:35
or even more scintillating,
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或甚至更放閃的－
06:37
how busy everyone in the household is.
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家裡的每個人是如何忙碌。
06:39
But these letters serve a purpose,
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但是這些書信有一個目的，
06:41
which is that they tell
your friends and family
your friends and family
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就是它告訴你的親屬、友人
這一年來在你的私人生活上
你做過哪些對你重要的事情；
你做過哪些對你重要的事情；
06:43
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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今年也差不多過完了，
06:47
So this year's kind of done,
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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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但我要你們當成現在是明年年底了，
06:50
and it has been an absolutely amazing year
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而且對於你和你所關心的人
那是絕對精采絕倫的一年。
06:54
for you and the people you care about.
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06:57
What three to five things did you do
that made it so amazing?
that made it so amazing?
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你做的哪些三、五件事
使得這一年如此精采絕倫呢？
使得這一年如此精采絕倫呢？
07:02
So you can write next
year's family holiday letter now.
year's family holiday letter now.
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現在你就可以寫明年的
全家近況年節拜會書。
全家近況年節拜會書。
07:07
Don't send it.
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不要寄出去！
07:09
(Laughter)
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（笑聲...）
07:10
Please, don't send it.
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敬請不要寄出去！
07:13
But you can write it.
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但你可以寫下來，
07:14
And now, between the performance
review and the family holiday letter,
review and the family holiday letter,
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在考績和全家近況佳節拜會書兩者間，
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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我們有六到十個目標的清單
我們可以在明年貫行。
我們可以在明年貫行。
07:21
And now we need to break
these down into doable steps.
these down into doable steps.
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現在我們需要將這些
拆分成落實的步驟，
拆分成落實的步驟，
07:24
So maybe you want
to write a family history.
to write a family history.
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或許你想要寫個家族史，
07:26
First, you can read
some other family histories,
some other family histories,
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首先你可以先讀他人的家族史，
對其寫法心裡有個底；
07:28
get a sense for the style.
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接著或許思索要問你親戚的問題，
07:30
Then maybe think about the questions
you want to ask your relatives,
you want to ask your relatives,
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排出約期面訪他們。
07:33
set up appointments to interview them.
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或是你想要來個五千公尺路跑，
07:35
Or maybe you want to run a 5K.
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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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所以你需要找一個賽程而且報名、
擬定一個培訓計畫，
擬定一個培訓計畫，
07:39
and dig those shoes
out of the back of the closet.
out of the back of the closet.
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從你的壁櫥後頭翻出慢跑鞋來。
然後重點來了－
07:42
And then -- this is key --
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07:44
we treat our priorities as the equivalent
of that broken water heater,
of that broken water heater,
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我們看待我們的要務
一如故障熱水爐的同款事，
一如故障熱水爐的同款事，
07:48
by putting them into our schedules first.
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將它們優先放入我們作息表，
07:51
We do this by thinking through our weeks
before we are in them.
before we are in them.
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我們早在做這些事的數週前就在打算！
我發現做這款事的好時點是週五午後，
07:56
I find a really good time to do this
is Friday afternoons.
is Friday afternoons.
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08:00
Friday afternoon is what
an economist might call
an economist might call
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週五午後就是經濟學家可能
叫做「低機會成本」的時間。
叫做「低機會成本」的時間。
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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我們大多數不會在週五午後
坐定而嘴巴說著：
坐定而嘴巴說著：
「我現在熱血不已...
08:09
"I am excited to make progress
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朝我的私人以及職場要務做出進展！」
08:11
toward my personal
and professional priorities
and professional priorities
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08:13
right now."
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（笑聲...）
08:15
(Laughter)
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但是我們樂於省思
那些要務應該是些什麼。
那些要務應該是些什麼。
08:16
But we are willing to think
about what those should be.
about what those should be.
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所以週五午後花些時間
08:18
So take a little bit
of time Friday afternoon,
of time Friday afternoon,
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幫自己做個三類要務清單：
事業、親友、自己。
事業、親友、自己。
08:20
make yourself a three-category priority
list: career, relationships, self.
list: career, relationships, self.
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做一個三類清單提醒自己
08:28
Making a three-category list reminds us
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應該有些東西這三類中都有的。
08:31
that there should be something
in all three categories.
in all three categories.
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事業我們有想，
08:35
Career, we think about;
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親友、本人就沒怎麼想到；
08:36
relationships, self --
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08:37
not so much.
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反正只是一張短清單，
08:39
But anyway, just a short list,
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08:41
two to three items in each.
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各類有兩到三項要務。
然後放眼一整個下星期，
08:43
Then look out over the whole
of the next week,
of the next week,
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08:45
and see where you can plan them in.
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看看你可以把這些要務規劃進哪邊。
規劃進何處取決於你，
08:48
Where you plan them in is up to you.
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我知道這對有些人來說
將會比其他人更不簡單，
將會比其他人更不簡單，
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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我是指有些人的生活
就是比其他人更吃緊；
就是比其他人更吃緊；
08:53
I mean, some people's lives
are just harder than others.
are just harder than others.
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如果你自己在帶幾個孩子時，
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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要找時間上詩歌班將會不容易。
09:00
if you are caring for multiple
children on your own.
children on your own.
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我了解這事！
09:04
I get that.
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我不想淡化任何人的煎熬，
09:05
And I don't want to minimize
anyone's struggle.
anyone's struggle.
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但是我確實認為
我要告訴你的數字是鼓舞人的。
我要告訴你的數字是鼓舞人的。
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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一星期有 168 個小時－
09:12
There are 168 hours in a week.
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24 乘以 7 是168 小時，
09:17
Twenty-four times seven is 168 hours.
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那是大量的時間！
09:23
That is a lot of time.
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如果你有全職的工作
一星期也就 40 小時、
一星期也就 40 小時、
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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09:29
sleeping eight hours a night,
so 56 hours a week --
so 56 hours a week --
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晚上睡8小時一星期也就 56 小時 ，
09:32
that leaves 72 hours for other things.
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還剩 72 小時給其他事情用，
那是很多時間！
09:36
That is a lot of time.
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你說你一星期 50 小時在工作中，
09:38
You say you're working 50 hours a week,
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09:40
maybe a main job and a side hustle.
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可能是全職還有假日兼差，
09:42
Well, that leaves 62 hours
for other things.
for other things.
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這樣還剩 62 小時給其他事情用；
你說你一星期 60 小時工作中，
09:45
You say you're working 60 hours.
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這樣還剩 52 小時做其他事；
09:47
Well, that leaves 52 hours
for other things.
for other things.
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你說你一星期超過 60 小時工作中，
09:49
You say you're working more than 60 hours.
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你沒搞錯吧？
09:51
Well, are you sure?
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（笑聲）
09:53
(Laughter)
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09:55
There was once a study comparing
people's estimated work weeks
people's estimated work weeks
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曾經有個研究比較常人的
估算工作週時和時間日記帳
估算工作週時和時間日記帳
09:58
with time diaries.
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09:59
They found that people claiming
75-plus-hour work weeks
75-plus-hour work weeks
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他們發現宣稱工作週時
超過 75 小時的人...
超過 75 小時的人...
差隔了 25 小時！
10:02
were off by about 25 hours.
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10:04
(Laughter)
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（笑聲...）
你可料到落在哪一個方向對吧！
10:06
You can guess in which direction, right?
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反正一週 168 小時中
10:09
Anyway, in 168 hours a week,
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我認為我們可以找到時間
給你認為對你重要的事用；
給你認為對你重要的事用；
10:11
I think we can find time
for what matters to you.
for what matters to you.
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如果你要有更多的時間陪小孩、
10:14
If you want to spend
more time with your kids,
more time with your kids,
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為你即將參加的考試多做點功課、
10:17
you want to study more
for a test you're taking,
for a test you're taking,
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你要運動 3 小時和當義工 2 小時，
10:19
you want to exercise for three hours
and volunteer for two,
and volunteer for two,
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你可以的！
10:22
you can.
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即便你工作的時間多過全職工時...
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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所以我們有大量的時間真的很棒，
10:27
So we have plenty of time, which is great,
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因為你猜怎麼著，
10:29
because guess what?
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我們甚至不需要那麼多時間
來做精采絕倫的事情。
來做精采絕倫的事情。
10:31
We don't even need that much
time to do amazing things.
time to do amazing things.
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但是當我們大多數有些許時間時
我們拿來做什麼呢？
我們拿來做什麼呢？
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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拿出智慧手機對吧，
10:37
Pull out the phone, right?
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10:39
Start deleting emails.
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開始刪除電子郵件；
否則我們就在屋子裡到處慢慢摸，
10:42
Otherwise, we're puttering
around the house
around the house
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或者不停看電視。
10:44
or watching TV.
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但是一時半刻可以有有巨大的力量！
10:46
But small moments can have great power.
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你可利用少許的時間做有樂子的事，
10:49
You can use your bits of time
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10:52
for bits of joy.
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10:55
Maybe it's choosing to read
something wonderful on the bus
something wonderful on the bus
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也許選擇在上班途中的公車上
閱讀一些精采的讀物。
閱讀一些精采的讀物。
10:58
on the way to work.
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10:59
I know when I had a job
that required two bus rides
that required two bus rides
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我記得當我曾經有一份工作
每天早上需要坐兩段公車和一段地鐵，
每天早上需要坐兩段公車和一段地鐵，
11:01
and a subway ride every morning,
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我當時週末常去圖書館取得讀物，
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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這讓整個歷程近乎趣味橫生。
11:06
It made the whole experience
almost, almost, enjoyable.
almost, almost, enjoyable.
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11:11
Breaks at work can be used
for meditating or praying.
for meditating or praying.
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工作的休息時間可以拿來冥想或祈禱；
11:15
If family dinner is out
because of your crazy work schedule,
because of your crazy work schedule,
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如果因為你不合理的工作作息表
錯過了家庭晚餐，
錯過了家庭晚餐，
11:18
maybe family breakfast
could be a good substitute.
could be a good substitute.
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或許家庭早餐可以是個好替換。
11:21
It's about looking at
the whole of one's time
the whole of one's time
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這不外乎看一個人全部的時間，
11:25
and seeing where the good stuff can go.
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看看好事情可以放到哪邊。
11:28
I truly believe this.
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我真心相信－
11:31
There is time.
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時間不是沒有！
11:34
Even if we are busy,
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即使我們很忙，
我們有時間做要緊的事，
11:37
we have time for what matters.
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當我們專注在要緊的事，
11:39
And when we focus on what matters,
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11:42
we can build the lives we want
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我們可以在我們獲得的時間內
11:44
in the time we've got.
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營造我們想要的生活！
11:46
Thank you.
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謝謝大家！
11:47
(Applause)
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（掌聲...）
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