Being productive isn't hard. It just takes a little thought.

要一直有生產力不是很難的事。就是要有點小巧思。

So first off, if you don't have a Life Map for 2016, make that right now.

首先，你如果還沒有 2016 生活指南地圖，那就現在做一份。

This is your big picture. It's your goals, and your dreams, and everything you hope to accomplish in the new year.

因為那是你的大方向。你的目標、你的夢想以及任何你想要在這一年內達成的事情。

Next, you're gonna break down each of those things into executable actions.

下一步，你要把那些事情分解為可執行的步驟。

I do this with all of my big productions.

我對我所有的大目標做這樣的分解。

It's where you list each step that needs to be taken in order to accomplish your goal.

你要按造這些分解步驟去做以達成目標。

Now, taking these steps is not gonna be that hard.

現在，按照這些步驟做相對沒那麼困難。

But focusing on taking these steps probably will be.

但是專注在這些步驟上或許會困難許多。

This is when you have to learn how to work smart instead of hard.

這就是你該學習如何聰明地工作，而不是埋頭苦幹。

And distribute your energy and efforts to the tasks that are gonna bring you the most reward.

分配你的體力和努力到那些可以帶來最多回饋的事上。

For example, I used to riddle my To-Do List with meaningless tasks like clean the cat litter, or do laundry.

舉例來說，我以前常常會把我的待辦清單寫滿無意義的工作，像是清貓砂或洗衣服。

Simply because I was addicted to the feeling of accomplishment that I got when I crossed it off.

僅僅只是因為我癡迷於完成工作後在清單上劃掉的感覺。

Oh... That feels good.

喔……太棒了。

Plus, even if I didn't do the most important things I had to do that day, I still felt good seeing that I did something.

另外，即使我那天沒有完成清單上最重要的事情，我仍然因為我有做一些事而感到滿足。

But if you only write down imperative tasks, the ones that would create some real progress in your work, you'll notice exactly how much you're getting done.

但你若只寫下重要的任務，也就是那些對你工作上、你自身上真正帶來進步的事情，你就會發現你到底完成了多少。

Or not.

或沒有。

Some people also find writing a To-Not-Do List helpful.

某些人也會發現列出「哪些事不要做清單」很有幫助。

This helps remind them that they don't wanna succumb to time-wasting tasks, like refreshing social media or watching TV, at least when it's not scheduled break time.

這幫助他們提醒自己不該屈就於浪費時間的小事上，像是看電視或者刷新社交媒體，至少要等到表定休息時間再去做。

The best thing you can do for long-term productivity is to create a daily ritual.

要達到長期生產力這件事，最重要的就是你能養成一個每天都要做的習慣。

That way you're productive on auto-pilot.

這樣你就會自動進入生產力模式。

Next, learn how to say no.

下一個，學習說不。

This is something that I still personally struggle with. You know, I want to do everything. I want to take every opportunity. You never know what's gonna lead to what!

這是我仍在致力於的事。我想要做所有的事情。我想要把握每個機會。你永遠不知道什麼會帶來什麼！

But remember the Life Map.

但記得，你的生活地圖。

Keep your eye on the prize.

專注在達成之後的獎勵。

If you say yes to a bunch of projects that don't give you great results, that's waste of time.

如果你答應一堆最後不會帶來好結果的事，那就是在浪費時間。

Stop multi-tasking!

不要再一口氣做好幾件事情了！

Multi-tasking is just a fancy word for being bad at everything you're doing.

一口氣做好幾件事就只是一個虛有其表的詞，其實你什麼事都沒做好。

Don't neglect exercise and healthy eating. That's your energy.

不要忽略運動和健康飲食的重要性。那是你活力的來源。

Kill distractions!

把分心的事物給隔絕！

If you really need to write, I recommend going out of the house and turning off your Wifi.

你若真的需要寫作的時間、空間，我建議你出門且把 Wifi 關掉。

And there are plenty of programs online that you can install that will block social media sites for certain hours of the day.

網路上有許多程式讓你在每天特定的時間裡阻絕社群媒體。

Now this is all stuff we know, right?

這些我們早就知道了，對吧？

Spend less time on the internet, get more done. This isn't new.

少花一點時間在網路上，做多點事情。誰都知道。

But sometimes it's good to hear.

但有時這樣的話聽起來就是感覺不錯。

It's good to have that reminder of all the things we know we should be doing.

若我們所有該做的事情都有這樣的提醒其實挺不錯的。

I mean you probably clicked on this video because you wanted to sort of feel like you were kinda doing something, right?

我的意思是，你看這部影片的目的可能是因為你想要感覺你有在做某件事，對吧？

Wrong!

錯了！

So get off Youtube, and get to work.

所以關掉你的 Youtube，回去辦正事。

Thank you for waiting.

感謝您的等待。

And thank you to Audible for sponsoring today's episode.

也感謝 Audible 贊助本集。

Audible.com is the leading provider of audiobooks, with over 180,000 titles to choose from across all types of literature.

Audible.com 是有聲書的領導者，有超過 180,000 的主題可供選擇，橫跨所有類型的文學書籍。

I like listening to audiobooks when I'm commuting to the hospital or washing my lab coat at the end of the day.

我喜歡在我每天通勤往醫院的路上，或者一天結束後清洗我的實驗袍時聽這些有聲書。

Currently, I'm listening to "Getting Things Done" by David Allen.

目前，我在聽大衛．艾倫寫的：《 搞定！》

Cause I want to increase my productivity on diagnosing patients like yourself, while simultaneously juggling my ground-breaking cancer research.

因為我想要增加診斷像你這樣病人的效率，同時能夠能兼顧我突破性的癌症研究。

Right now Audible is offering a free 30 day trial for people like you to give you a chance to try out their service.

Audible 現在提供 30 天的免費試用，為像你這樣的人提供試用他們服務的機會。

So I'd like you to go to Audible.com/Anna to download a free trial and start listening.

所以我希望你能去 Audible.com/Anna 下載一個免費試聽帶並開始收聽。

That's Audible.com/Anna

那是 Audible.com/Anna

Just what the doctor ordered.

請聽醫生的醫囑。