would be the author of the book, "Procrastinate on Purpose".

正是「刻意拖延」一書的作者

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

How is it, that we have more tips and tricks, tools and technology,

有了更多的小技巧，更好的工具和科技

calendars and checklists than ever before,

我們的生活變得如何了

and yet, we still always seem to be behind?

我們似乎還是落後於計畫

How is it that we work longer hours,

我們加長了工作時間

we're moving faster than we've ever moved in history,

提升我們移動的效率

and yet we never seem to be caught up?

但我們似乎永遠趕不上進度

How is it that we know more about time management today,

我們認識到越來越多的時間管理技巧

and yet stress is at an all-time high?

但是為什麼，我們還是無時無刻都處在高壓狀態

The reason why is because everything you know

這一切的答案都是因為

about time management is wrong.

你所有認知的，有關時間管理的知識，都是錯的

I first started to realize this a couple of years ago.

直到幾年前 我才意識到這個問題

It was early on a Saturday morning, I was at my business partner's house,

在一個星期六的早晨，我在生意夥伴的家前面

and I was picking him up for a very important

等著接他去參加一場非常重要的

international leader planning retreat,

國際領袖計畫大會

and he has a 2-year-old baby girl name Haven,

他有一個兩歲的寶貝女兒海凡

and she is the sweetest little thing you can imagine.

她是你所能想像，世界上最可愛的東西了

She has curly brown hair, and these sweet, soft, brown eyes,

有捲捲的棕色頭髮，溫柔的褐色眼睛

and we live in Nashville, so she has a little southern accent that's developing

我們住在納什維爾，她說話帶著一點可愛的南方口音

and as I'm picking up Dustin, and we're about to leave,

在我在接達斯汀，並準備離開時

Haven come sprinting down the hallway

海凡直奔過走廊

and she leaps, and she latches on to Dustin's leg,

她奮力一跳，抱住了爸爸的腿

and she says: "Daddy where you going?"

她說：「爹地，你要去哪裡？」

And he looks down at her and he says:

他看著她說：

"Oh, I'm sorry baby Haven, Daddy actually has to go to work today."

「對不起，親愛的海凡，但是爹地今天得工作。」

And she looks up at him, and her eyes well up with tears,

她看著他，眼眶裡都是淚水

and she says:

她說：

"No Daddy, please, no work today. No work Daddy."

「拜託，爹地，今天不要去工作，不要去工作嘛」

And in that moment, I realized two things:

在那一刻 我了解到兩件事

The first is that I myself am not ready to have kids just yet.

第一、我暫時還沒準備好要有小孩

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

The second is that even though everything that you've ever heard

第二、任何你之前聽到有關時間管理的

about time management is all logical, tips and tricks, tools and technology,

技巧、工具、科技

calendars and check lists, its apps, it's all logic.

日曆、代辦事項等 都是從「邏輯」的角度切入

What I realized in that moment, from a 2-year-old,

但那一刻從一個兩歲小女孩身上，我明白了

is that today, time management is no longer just logical,

時間管理並不完全是理性的

today, time management is emotional,

那一刻，時間管理是很感性的

and how our feelings of guilt, and fear, and worry, and anxiety, and frustration,

我們的情緒，例如：罪惡感、恐懼、擔心、焦慮和挫折感

those things dictate how we choose to spend our time,

都會影響我們運用時間的方式

as much as anything that's in our calendar, on our to-do list.

就如同那些在日曆上、待辦清單上的事項一樣

In fact, there is no such thing as time management.

事實上，根本就沒有「時間管理」這一回事

You can't manage time, time continues on whether we like it or not.

你不可以「管理」時間，不論你是否喜歡，它都會一直進行

So there is no such thing as time management.

所以，沒有時間管理這一回事

Really, there is only self-management.

事實上， 只有「自我」管理

That was the first big realization I had.

那是第一個大體悟

In order for you to understand the second,

為了讓你了解第二個

I want to take you on a quick history of time management theory,

我想帶大家快速地回顧時間管理的歷史

and that really began in the late fifties, and sixties,

它於1950, 60晚期

and it came during the industrial revolution,

跟工業革命一同產生

and an early time management thought was all about --

早期時間管理理論都是

it was one-dimensional, and it was all based on efficiency,

單一面向的，著重於效率的

and the idea with efficiency, was that if we could develop tools and technology

增強效率是指，我們透過發明各種工具及技術

to help us do things faster, then theoretically,

幫助我們更快完成事情，理論上來說

that would give us more time.

它會給我們更多時間

Well, there's nothing wrong with efficiency, all things being equal,

在其他條件相同之下，追求效率並沒有錯，

efficiency is better, and yet there is an unfortunate limitation

高效率的確可以帶來優勢。但是，

to efficiency as a strategy for time management,

當你把提高效率作為時間管理的策略，就有其局限性

and it's evidenced very well by the fact that we all carry around

事實證明，我們每天都在

miniature computers in our pockets,

口袋裡帶著小型電腦

and yet, somehow, we're still never caught up.

但是，我們似乎永遠不能趕上進度

Well, in the late eighties, era 2 time management thinking emerged.

在18世紀晚期 第二期時間管理的理論誕生

I feel like it was pretty much single-handedly ushered in

我覺得就像是，由偉大的史蒂芬柯維博士

by the late, great Dr. Stephen Covey.

一手創建的

And Dr. Covey introduced what we're referring to as 2-dimensional thinking.

柯維博士向我們介紹了二維的思考模式

He gave us something called the Time Management Matrix,

他提出了時間管理矩陣

where the x-axis was urgency, and the y-axis was importance,

x 軸代表緊急性，y軸代表重要性

and the beauty about this was that it gave us a system for scoring our tasks,

它的迷人處在於，它給了我們衡量任務的方式

and then based on how they scored in these two areas, we could prioritize tasks,

再根據他們在兩方面的得分

one in front of the other.

我們可以排出其先後順序

Prioritizing is all about focusing first on what matters most,

專注於先處理最重要的事

and for the last 20 years,

在過去的20年

this has been the pervasive mode of thinking

它成為時間管理理論中

as it relates to time management theory.

最為人所知的思考方式

It's not that there's anything wrong with prioritizing, in fact,

並不是說排序有什麼不對

prioritizing is as valuable a skill today

事實上，綜觀歷史來看

as it ever has been in history.

排序是一項重要的能力

Even though we throw that word around,

就算我們不斷地提

like it's the end-all and be-all, to time management theory, right?

好像它是一個時間管理系統裡面的關鍵

We say: "Get your priorities in order.",

我們說：「快排出你的先後順序」

or "You don't have the right priorities."

或「你排的順序不合理」

Well, unfortunately, maybe that's not really the case,

或許，那並不是事實

because there is a massive limitation to prioritizing that nobody ever talks about

因為，大家都忽略了一個在排序時會有的限制

and that is this: there's nothing about prioritizing that creates more time.

那就是，沒有任何的排序方式，能夠為我們「創造」更多時間

All prioritizing does, is take item number 7 on your to do list,

排序所做的，只是當一件事可以帶來更大的效益時

and it bumps it up to number 1, which is valuable in and of itself,

就把那個個事項往前移

but it doesn't do anything inherently to create more time,

但本質上，它並沒有為你創造更多的時間

and it does nothing to help you accomplish the other items on your to-do list.

它對於完成待辦清單中的其他事項，別無幫助

If you think about efficiency, it is kind of like running on a hamster wheel,

提高效率，就像是忙碌的倉鼠在滾輪上一直跑

and if you think a prioritizing, it's really about borrowing time.

按照優先排序，其實也只是預支時間

Borrowing time from one activity to spend on another, it's kind of like juggling,

把花在一項任務的時間，轉而完成另一件任務，有點像丟球把戲

and that really describes the way that we even talk about time.

這也正好說明了我們看待時間的方式

I'm juggling a lot, or I'm trying to balance a lot.

我努力地拋球並保持平衡

And in that paradigm there's only two strategies:

在那種模式下，只有兩種解決方式

one is to do things faster, or to do more things,

一個是提高完成的速度，或者，增加完成的數量

and that is what the world kind of feels like, right?

我們也覺得這是世界運行的方式，對吧？

How does it feel to know that really all we are is a bunch of juggling hamsters,

知道我們其實都只是一群雜耍倉鼠

sprinting towards an inevitable crash landing?

忙來忙去卻註定跌倒，這是什麼感覺？

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

You cannot solve today's time management problems,

用舊有的時間管理理論

with yesterday's time management thinking.

你是無法解決今天時間管理遇到的瓶頸的

What we've noticed, is the emergence of a new type of thinker,

我們注意到，有一種新的思考方式

somebody that we refer to, as a multiplier,

我們把運用此理論的人稱為「結果論者」

and multipliers use what we call, 3-dimensional thinking.

他們用三維的思考模型

While most people only make decisions based on urgency, and importance,

當大部分人都只根據其緊急與重要程度衡量時間時

multipliers are making a third calculation which is based on significance,

結果論者還會考量其影響力

and if urgency is how soon does something matter,

如果說緊急程度用來衡量快慢的影響

and importance is how much does it matter,

重要性可以決定一件事情的價值

then significance is how long is it going to matter.

那麼，影響力則是看它能帶來多長遠的效用

It's a completely different paradigm, it's adding on to what is there,

它是一個完全不同的元素，被加到了原有的模型裡

it's in with the old, but it's also in with the new.

它向下兼容，同時也開拓創新

Because most of us, if you think about the modern day to-do list,

待辦清單， 我們在當代

which is one of the key strategies or tools that we have,

最常使用的時間管理工具之一，在建立時

we ask ourselves, when we assemble our to-do list, we say:

我們會自問

"What's the most important thing I can do today?"

「我今天要做的最重要的事情是什麼？」

But that is not how multipliers think; multipliers, instead ask the question:

但結果論者不是這麼想的，取而代之他們會問：

"What can I do today, that would make tomorrow better?"

「我今天可以做什麼，讓我的明天更美好」

"What can I do right now, that would make the future better?"

「我現在可以做什麼， 讓我可以有一個充滿希望的未來」

They're making the significance calculation.

他們根據事情影響力進行評估

When I say: "Multiply your time," that might sound a little bit superfluous.

當我說「讓你擁有加倍的時間」，可能聽起來有點奢侈

It might sound like an over exaggeration, but it really is not.

有點誇張，但是其實真的沒有

Now, it is true that we all have the same at a time inside of 1 day,

雖然我們每一個人一天所能擁有的時間，都是一樣的

24 hours, 1,440 minutes, 86,400 seconds.

24小時，1440分鐘，86400秒

There's nothing any of us can do to create more time in 1 day,

我們「一天」的時間並不可能變得比較多

but that's exactly the problem, that type of thinking is the problem.

但是，問題真正的根源就在於這種思考方式

We have to break out of that paradigm, and instead, think about tomorrow,

我們需要打破傳統思維，從「未來」的角度思考

and that brings us to the premise for how you multiply time.

這樣我們才能滿足時間加倍理論的前提

The way that you multiply time, is simple:

讓你加倍時間的方法很簡單

you multiply your time, by giving yourself the emotional permission

就是讓自己當下能夠隨性得做一些

to spend time on things today, that give you more time tomorrow.

利於未來的事情

That's the significance calculation.

將影響力一起考量，就是如此

You multiply time, by giving yourself the emotional permission

透過隨性地完成一些有利於未來的事情

to spend time on things today, that create more time tomorrow.

來實現 時間加倍理論

The significance calculation changes everything.

當考量影響力時，一切都會不同

The Focus Funnel is our attempt, to create a visual depiction

福克斯漏斗是我們創造的一個視覺化模型

that codifies the thought process, that multipliers go through in their head,

來說明結果論者在做時間規劃時

unconsciously, when they are evaluating how to spend their time.

反射性的一種思考過程

It's why some people create extraordinary, explosive, exponential results,

這也是為什麼，有些人可以產生爆炸性的如指數成長般的輸出結果

and other people seem to kind of just create linear traction,

而有些人只能產生線性般的輸出結果

and it works like this, if your tasks all come into the top of the funnel,

是這樣的，首先， 你的所有任務會從漏斗頂端輸入

the first question a multiplayer asks is: "Can I eliminate this?

結過論者會提出的第一個問題是： 「我可以把它刪掉嗎？

Is it even worth doing?"

它值不值得我去完成？」

It's another example of how everything you know about time management is wrong,

它再次說明，你之前認知有關時間管理的知識都是錯的

or at least that it has changed, because most of us use to-do lists,

或者說它已經有所改變，大家不在只依賴都用待辦清單管理

and multipliers realize that next generation time management

但是結果論者認為，下一代的時間管理

has much more to do with what you don't do, than what you do do.

不專注於你該做什麼，相反的，它強調你「不」該做什麼

Multipliers realize that perfection is achieved

結果論者認為

not only when nothing more can be added, but when nothing more can be taken away.

並不是將所有任務都列出來才是最好的，而是把任務精簡到極致

It is the permission to ignore.

「有拒絕任務的權利」

Because anything that we say no to today,

因為，我們今天所拒絕的任務

creates more time for us tomorrow.

能夠讓我們明天，有更多可運用時間

The challenge emotionally is that we struggle with guilt,

拒絕時，我們會情緒上地覺得不安

and we struggle with wanting to say no,

心裡很想拒絕

but really feeling like we have to say yes,

卻又覺得，答應好像也沒什麼關係

and so we go through life trying to never say no.

所以，我們一生都盡力地不去拒絕

In an interview with a multiplier

在一次與結果論者訪談過程中

they said something that changed my life,

他們說了一句話，改變了我的一生

"It's futile to go through life, trying to never say no.

他們說：「當你努力地不要拒絕他人時，

What you have to realize, is that you are always saying no to something."

你要知道，其實你一直在反對他人

Because anytime you say yes to one thing,

因為，當你贊同一件事時

you're simultaneously saying no to an infinite number of others.

你同時否決了無數個想法

If you can't eliminate the task, the next question is: "Can I automate the task?"

如果你無法刪去任務，那你要問自己：「我是否可以自動化完成任務？」

Anything that I create a process for today, saves me time tomorrow.

重點是，我今天完成的事情 ，都能幫我節省明天的時間

It's like setting up online bill pay.

就好像設定自動繳款的系統

I never have two hours in my day to set up online bill pay,

我從來沒有一天花兩個小時，在網路帳單上

I just don't have time, and if I had two hours in my day

我沒有時間，就算真的有

I would never use it to set up online bill pay.

我也不會把它用在這上面

But a multiplier realizes that if I save 30 minutes a month

結果論者會這麼想，如果我一個月花30分鐘

from paying my bills, by setting up online bill pay,

設定好自動繳款的系統

then it makes sense to invest those 2 hours,

那麼 這樣的時間投入就是很有意義的

because then after just 4-months time,

因為在四個月後

I will have broken even on that investment,

我就能夠回收成本

and every month thereafter, I will get something we call ROTI,

之後的每個月， 我都能得到這段時間投入所帶來的額外回報

Return On Time Invested.

就是ROTI

Automation is to your time

自動化和時間

exactly what compounding interest is to your money.

就好像複利和金錢的效果

Just like compounding interest takes money and it makes money into more money,

先投入本金，然後未來還給你更多的利息

automation takes time, and it makes it into more time.

自動化需要先投入時間，然後在未來，會還給你更多時間

The way that wealthy people think about money

富人在金錢投資上的思考方式

is exactly the same way that Multipliers think about time,

和結果論者對時間的思考方式，是一樣的

and they give themselves the permission to invest,

他們投資

invest the time and energy to automate the process.

投資時間及精力，將過程自動化

If it can't be automated, then the question is:

如果它無法被自動化，那下一個問題就是：

"Can it be delegated? Can I teach someone else how to do this?"

「能不能讓別人幫我完成這項任務？」

I'm reminded of a time, when I was 7 years old, and I'll never forget,

我還記得，那是個終身難忘的經驗，

I was in the car with my Mom, and I hit her with this question, I said:

在我七歲的時候，我媽開車載我，我問她：

"Mom, do I have a Dad?"

「媽媽，我有爸爸嗎？」

And as you might imagine, that was a pretty difficult question

你可以想像 對於單親媽媽而言

for a single mother, to navigate with her 7-year-old.

那是很難向七歲小孩解釋的

It was the first time that my mom told me her life story.

那是第一次，我媽媽和我分享她的人生故事

She was pregnant at 17, divorced a couple of years later.

她十七歲懷孕，幾年後離婚了

Pregnant again at 22, and then she was divorced

在22歲時又懷孕了，之後

from my biological father 6 months after I was born.

在我出生的六個月後，和我的親生父親離婚了

So there she was, 22 years old, single mom, no high school education,

她當時22歲，沒有接受過高等教育

and she explained to me:

她對我說：

"Rory, I decided at that point that I would never have a man in my life,

「洛伊，我當時決定了， 我並不需要一個丈夫的陪伴

because I haven't had good luck with men, and we may not have a lot,

因為我看男人的眼光實在很差， 我們或許並不富裕

and we may not have a dad, but we're going to have love."

在家庭成員裡我們沒有父親， 但我們仍然會有滿滿的愛」

We went back and forth, and I said:

我們又這樣聊了很多次， 有一次我說：

"You know Mom, I love our family, I really do, I love our family,

「你知道嗎 媽，我真的很愛這個家，超愛的

but I think it would be really cool to have a Dad."

但是我仍然覺得，可以有個父親是件很棒的事！」

And so she said:

她說：

"Well, I'll tell you what honey, if you want a Dad,

「親愛的，如果你真的想要一個父親

then why don't you go out, and find yourself a good Dad."

那你就...出去自己找個好爸爸吧！」

What kind of crap is that?

什麼鬼呀？

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

It just so happened that that was my first day at a new Shaolin Kung Fu center.

後來真的發生了， 就在我去少林功夫中心上課的第一天

I had been studying martial arts since I was 5.