克服拖延症的5种有效方法

 　　5 Effective Ways to Overcome Procrastination¹

　　克服拖延症的5种有效方法

　　1. Focus on your priorities²

　　1.集中于你优先要做的事情

　　If you want to succeed in managing your tasks and fighting procrastination, you are to focus on the things which are prior. Analyze³ your activities that lead to a problem and exclude all the factors causing procrastination. The main thing is to be well motivated to reach all your goals.

　　如果你想成功管理你的任务，战胜拖延症，你应该集中于优先要做的事情。分析导致问题的活动，排除一切导致拖延症的因素。主要的事情就是要动机充分地去实现你的所有目标。

　　2. Visual board

　　2.视觉板

　　Visual board is considered to be the most efficient way to motivate you in arduous⁴ situations. Write down your plans on small pieces of paper and put them on the board of your needs. This way, you’ll be able to observe this set of dreams hundred times a day.

　　视觉板被认为是在艰难的情况下激发你的最有效的方法。在小纸上面写下你的计划，贴在你的需求板上面。这样，你就能每天观察你既定的梦想数百次。

　　3. Start doing smaller tasks

　　3.开始做较小的任务

　　Sometimes we engage ourselves with challenging tasks and feel upset if something is wrong. Not to get in such a trap, start doing small things and then move to the next level and deal with more challenging ones. Bit by bit you will manage procrastination.

　　有时候我们总是忙碌于有挑战的任务，如果出错的话，就会感觉郁闷。为了避免陷入这一陷阱，可以开始先从小事做起，然后再进入下一个阶段，处理更加有挑战的任务。你就能一点点克服拖延症。

　　4. Plan your day

　　4.计划你的每一天

　　All successful people plan their day in advance. As a result, they have a possibility to do more tasks, making their casual days more profitable⁵. When having a plan, the main thing is to follow it and be sure that nothing would slip out your schedule. Try to concentrate directly on the task you need and don’t let anything distract⁶ you.

　　所有成功的人都是提前计划他们的一天。因此，他们就有可能去做更多的任务，让他们悠闲的一天获利更多。当你有一个计划，主要的事情就是按照计划进行，要确保你的日程表上没有漏掉任务。尝试直接集中注意力在你需要做的任务上面，不要让任何事情分散你的注意力。

　　5. Get up early

　　5.早起

　　Get up earlier and you’ll be able to increase your chances in the battle with procrastination. An early riser is sure to be in luck and it’s usually so. If you have difficulties with getting up early in the morning, you should motivate yourself to do it by all means. In 21 days you’ll get used to such a schedule.

　　早起的话，你就能提高你在与拖延症的战斗中胜出的机会。起床早的人，一定会有好运，事情往往如此。如果你在早上很难早起，你务必应该激励自己早起床。在21天的时间里，你就能适应这一日程规律。

1 procrastination   

n.拖延，耽搁

参考例句：

• Procrastination is the father of failure. 因循是失败的根源。
• Procrastination is the thief of time. 拖延就是浪费时间。

2 priorities   

n.先( priority的名词复数 )；优先；优先权；优先考虑的事

参考例句：

• The document provided a revealing insight into the government's priorities. 这份文件使人看出政府的轻重缓急是怎样安排的。
• We must work together to fund only our most important priorities. 我们必须共同努力，只为最重要的项目提供资金。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

3 analyze   

vt.分析，解析 (=analyse)

参考例句：

• We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
• The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。

4 arduous   

adj.艰苦的，费力的，陡峭的

参考例句：

• We must have patience in doing arduous work.我们做艰苦的工作要有耐性。
• The task was more arduous than he had calculated.这项任务比他所估计的要艰巨得多。

5 profitable   

adj.有益的，能带来利益的，有利可图的

参考例句：

• That business became profitable last year.那项生意去年变得很赚钱。
• The convention business is very profitable for the hotel industry.承办会议业务能给旅馆业带来很高的利润。

6 distract   

vt.分散注意力，转移注意力，使分心

参考例句：

• Don't distract my attention.不要分散我的注意力。
• It was all a ploy to distract attention from his real aims.那纯粹是障眼法,用以分散人们对他真正意图的注意力。