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6.Answer phone calls only from people who are on your Favorites list.
只接听你关注名单上的人的电话。
Why would you waste time picking up the phone whenever it rings? That's what voicemail is for. Consider this: every time you pick up the phone, the person calling you gets ownership of your time. Try this instead:
为什么你要浪费时间随时接听电话呢？语音信箱存在的意义就是为了解决这个问题。仔细想想看，每当你接起电话时，电话你的人掌控了你的时间。试试这个方法来做些改变吧：
Get smarter with your phone: screen your calls, call back if something is urgent, and for the rest, follow up when the time is right for you.
更聪明的使用你的手机：屏蔽你的电话；如果事情紧急，回拨；剩下的电话，在你时间空暇是回复。
7.Watch your daily TV intake.
看一个日常节目。（可能是选一个节目，一直看？）
Watching a TV show you like to follow is one thing. But often that hour goes by, and you find yourself channel surfing, finding another show, then another, then maybe a movie. Next thing you know, it’s 3, 4, or 5 hours later and you realize you should already be asleep.
追一个你喜欢的电视节目是很重要的事儿。但实际情况常常是，几个小时过去了，你发现自己一直在换台，看了一个节目，然后再换一个，然后换一部电影。这样四五个小时过去了，你才意识到你早应该睡觉了。
Try a different source of entertainment that doubles up as a learning experience:
换一个既能放松又能学到经验的娱乐方式吧：
Finding Joe:It's a documentary about the professor and writer of mythology, Joseph Campbell, and the concept ofthe hero's journey: why the myth of the hero is still important to us, how we can discover what excites us and gives us greater purpose, and what we can do to apply these ideas to the personal journeys in our lives.
寻找Joe：一部关于神话学家，Joseph Campbell的纪录片，概述了英雄的历程。为什么英雄的神话对我们仍然重要？我们如何找到使我们兴奋的事物，并给自己设立更宏伟的目标，以及，我们可以做些什么，从而将这些理念运用到我们个人的生命旅程中。
YouTubeFight Mediocritychannel.It is a channel dedicated to fighting mediocrity through big ideas, using self-improvement books and animated important concepts that are in short video format.
油管频道-拒绝平庸。这个频道致力于以短视频的形式，通过展示好的创意，自我进步的书籍，或是生动的哲理来传递拒绝平庸的理念。
BBC documentary seriesThe Ancient Worlds.British historian Bettany Hughes shares her passion for ancient societies and talks about everyday life in ancient Alexandria, Rome, and Athens. She gives an in-depth look into the way society was organized among Minoans, Spartans, and the Moors.
BBC系列纪录片：古人的世界。英国历史学家Bettany Hughes在这部片中向我们分享了她对古代社会的兴趣，并探讨了古亚特兰大，古罗马及雅典日常生活。她深入的分析了米诺斯文明，斯巴达文明，及摩尔文明是如何建立他们的社会组织的。
BBC travelogue in 3 parts Ibn Battuta: The Man Who Walked Across the World.This show is about a 14th Century scholar who covered 75,000 miles, 40 countries and three continents in a 30-year odyssey.
BBC游记3部区：Ibn Battuta: The Man Who Walked Across the World. 步行穿越全世界的男人。这个节目讲述的是一个14世纪的学者-步行7万5千英里，途径40多个国家，穿越3个大洲-长达30年的旅程。
8.Be smart with your commute.
聪明的利用你通勤时间。
Whether you are walking, taking the bus or train, or driving to school or work every day, all that time adds up. Why not plan ahead so that you can maximize your commute to learn new things and get strategic about how to achieve goals that are important to you?
无论你每天是走路，乘公交/火车，或是开车去学校/工作，这些时间都可以加起来。为什么不提前计划好，这样你可以最大化你的通勤时间，来学习新的东西，或是得到能够帮你追寻人生目标的规划呢？
Podcasts can make your commute time much more interesting by feeding your brain, keeping you alert and focused, and by boosting your curiosity. Here are some ideas:
播客可以让你上下班通勤时间更加有趣，让你补充精神食粮，保持专注，增加你的好奇心。这里有些推荐：
Optimize with Brian Johnson(my top pick:More wisdom in less time to help you live your greatest life. Condensed big ideas from the best books on optimal living and micro classes on how to apply these ideas.)
和Brian Johnson一起优化（个人首推：越快变得智慧，越能拥有伟大的生命体验。这是从最棒改善生活书中凝练出来的伟大想法，并且有微课程告诉你如何运用这些理念。）
The Inquiry(a debate on a controversial topic in the news and 4 experts challenging each other with 2 views, for and against the topic)
探询（一个关于新闻热点话题的辩论，通常有4个专家基于两个相对立的观点来胡撕）
Intelligence Squared(the world’s leading forum for debate and intelligent discussion, led by great orators and sharp minds)
智慧平方（由最伟大的演说家及先锐思想所引领的，世界上最前沿智力辩论论坛）
Achieve Your Goals with Hal Elrod(creator ofThe Miracle Morning, provides ideas to cultivate a morning routine and boost productivity)
和Hal Elrod一起实现你的目标（奇迹造成的创造者，告诉你如何在早上养成习惯以提高效率）
Planet Money(stories about smart people, economics, politics)
货币星球（关于聪明人，经济学，政治学的故事）
Radiolab(show about curiosity, interesting ideas, science, philosophy)
电台实验室（关于好奇心，有意思的观念，科学及哲学的节目）
This Is Your Life with Michael Hyatt(a podcast dedicated to intentional leadership, with the goal to help you live with more passion, work with greater focus, and lead with extraordinary influence)
你和Michael Hyatt一起度过的时光（致力于国际领导力的一个博客，旨在帮助你生活的更有激情，工作更专注，产生超出寻常的领导影响力。）
Happier With Gretchen Rubin(a fun show led by bestselling author ofThe Happiness Project,with small ideas you can apply to your life to exercise your happiness muscle)
和Gretche Rubin一起更开心（《快乐计划》畅销书作家制作的一个搞笑节目，通过各种各样小的想法，来让你在生活中去锻炼快乐肌肉咯）
Radio Headspace(a podcast to give you inspiration for a healthier, happier life, with topics such as mindfulness, being happier, and changing the world)
电台头等舱（给你带来更健康，快乐生活启发的博客，话题大多是：正念，更开心，改变世界）
9.Don’t dwell on your mistakes.
不要纠结于自己的错误。
It’s a secret time waster. There’s a big difference between learning from and dwelling on mistakes. Consider this: you either learn to fail or fail to learn. Making mistakes is a normal part of life.It’s how you approach them that matters.For example:
你的时间会被隐蔽的浪费掉。在从错误中学习和纠结于错误中有很大的不同。想想看：你不是为了失败去学习，也不是没学成。犯错是生活中很正常的事情。它使你离你想追求的东西更加即接近。比如这么做：
Try a different strategy of viewing your past by forgiving yourself for mistakes that you made. Reflect on them, learn from them, but don't hold on to them. This applies to your relationships, career, education, and other areas of your life in which you feel you didn’t achieve what you wanted or underperformed in some way. By changing how you relate to mistakes, you will give yourself more freedom to manage your future more successfully.
对你以前的错误换一个态度，比如试着宽恕自己犯的那些错。反思之，学习之，但不要纠结其上。这可以在你的关系上，职业上，教育以及其他你觉得你并未表现的很好，或是实现你的期待的领域上。通过改变你和错误的链接，你可以给自己更多自由来更成功的经营你的未来。
10.Don’t waste time talking to toxic people and obsessing over social media updates your friends (or complete strangers) make.
不要浪费时间和消极的人谈论，也不要过多的浪费时间在更新你朋友（或是完全陌生人）社交媒体上的信息上。
Toxic people may claim they are your friends, but they are not.Why? Because they don’t support you, they don’t listen to you, and chances are they won’t change just because you want them to. Be very selective who you spend your free time with, and next time a toxic person wants to monopolize your time, just say no. Tell them you’re busy. Don’t engage in negative banter. You're better off spending free time on your own doing something that makes you relaxed and happy.
负能量的人可能会说，我是你的朋友啊。然而并不是。为什么这么说？因为他们并没有支持你，他们从不听你说什么，他们并不会因你的期待而改变。更谨慎的选择那些会在你闲暇时间相处的人吧。如果有一个负能量爆棚的人想占据你的时间，请说：“不！”。告诉他们你很忙。不要参与吐槽。你可以更好的利用自己的时间，做些让你感觉到放松快乐的事情。
It’s easy to get sucked into the latest Facebook or Instagram updates. Try to take everything you see and hear with a grain of salt. Chances are that the pictures and updates are not your friends’ reality;it’s the version of their reality they want you to see. Instead, focus on what you have going for you in your life. Practice gratitude for the little things, stay true to your goals, and don’t let others sway you from accomplishing what you have set out to do. Why? Because you made a commitment to yourself when you set your own personal goals. And because they should be what matters most to you.
另一方面，被非死不可，instagram（墙内请自动切换为盆友圈及weibo等SNS网站/APP）更新给绊住太容易了。你试图关注所有的最新冬天。但实际上，那些照片以及更新并非你朋友的真实生活：这是他们希望你看到的他们的真实状态。专注于你想追求的人生吧！可以先从小事开始肯定自己：建立自己真实的目标，在你已经开始做的事情，不要让别人动摇你。因为你这是同自己为你的人生许下了诺言。也因为这才应该是对你至关重要的事情。
Nela CanovicProductivity hacker, writer, entrepreneur in Silicon Valley
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