like a half hour before the flight takes off.

我差不多在起飛前半小時到達機場

I mean, it's Missoula, and I'm usually checked in beforehand anyway

我的意思是，那是米蘇拉機場，我通常會提早報到

and I never check a bag because I change my pants like once a week.

我不會拖運行李，因為我大概一個禮拜才換一次褲子

That might be too much information, it might be a pro tip. I'm not sure. But in 10 years of doing it this way

可能一下子有太多資訊，但也許這是個專業提醒，我不確定。這 10 年來我一直都是這麼做，

I've never missed a flight. I have however been late for a lot of things. I am a chronically late person. Sometimes

所以從沒錯過班機。但我經常在許多事情上面遲到，我是個慣性遲到者

I'm just trying to get that last thing done before I go out the door

有時候我只是試著想在出門前把最後一件事情做完

or I just totally spaced and forgot the thing existed.

或是整個人完全放空忘了某件事的存在

And I always underestimate how long something is going to take. I don't like this about myself.

我總是低估某件事情需要花費的時間，也對這樣的自己感到不滿意

I understand that me showing up late is seen as a sign of disrespect by people and it is! It is disrespectful.

我知道遲到是對他人不尊重的表現而且確實是這樣！這是不得體的

I feel terrible about that because I really respect the people I work with and I value them tremendously

我感到很糟糕，因為我真的很尊敬跟我共事的人，也非常重視他們

but I'm not showing it. This has gotten worse with the book

但我沒有表現出來，這個情況在這本書的出現後變得更糟

which has a lot of deadlines and a lot of meetings and a lot of

因為有許多的期限與會議還有很多的

signing and signing and signing and signing and signing...yeah. And also ever since Orin was born,

簽名、簽名、簽名、簽名還有簽名。還有自從 Orin 出生後

I've just had to do a better job of implementing the strategies that I have developed over the last

我只要試著將過去這 20 年來

20 years of being someone who is chronically late.

身為一位慣性遲到者所執行的策略做點改進

And here are seven of the most important things that I as a chronically late person do to not be that person as much.

這裡提出 7 件給身為一位慣性遲到者的自己減少遲到現象發生的重要事情

1. I let people know when I'm going to be late

1. 我讓別人知道我何時會遲到

and I let them know by how much I'm going to be late

要讓他們知道我會遲到多久

and I do not lie about that. If I'm gonna be 10 minutes late

不要對此說謊，如果我會遲到 10 分鐘

I don't engage in some sort of miraculous wishful thinking and think "maybe I will get there in five minutes,

我不會摻雜一些奇特的想法，想說 「或許我到那邊只要 5 分鐘，

so I'll say I'm gonna be five minutes late because it'll make it a little less bad right in the moment" and then stretch the bad

所以我要說自己會遲到 5 分鐘，因為這樣會讓我當下減少一點罪惡感。」

feeling out a little bit. No, this is terrible. Never do this!

然後曲解這份不好的感覺。這很糟糕，別這麼做！

2. Think of the thing that's gonna happen not as the time at which it's going to happen, but as the amount of time

2. 思考即將發生的事情距離現在還有多久，而不是這件事情發生的時間點

until it's going to happen. My deeply irrational brain sees 11:49 and 11:50 as two very different times

我這不理性的腦袋認為 11:49 與 11:50 是兩個不同的時間

But it understands that 11 minutes from now is very similar to 10 minutes from now.

但他了解從現在開始算 11 分鐘與 10 分鐘是差不多的意思

My phone actually tells me how many minutes something is away rather than at what time it will happen.

我的手機通常會告訴我距離某件事情還有幾分鐘，而不是告訴我那件事情何時發生

3. If it's gonna take six minutes to get somewhere, I need to be driving out of the driveway with six minutes left, not standing up from my desk to go find my computer

3. 如果到達某處需要花 6 分鐘的時間，那我必須在剩 6 分鐘的時候開出車道，而不是從書桌中站起來開始找筆電

and wonder where my keys are and then kiss my baby

思考鑰匙在哪裡然後跟我的寶寶

goodbye, so that I get in the car and the meeting has already started.

親吻再見，以至於進入車子的時候會議已經開始了

All those things are gonna happen every time. I need to plan for them.

這些事情隨時會發生，我必須有所計畫

4. Multiple alarms. I have two alarms that go off for every event: one a half an hour before the event and one

4. 多台鬧鐘。我有 2 個鬧鐘會為每個事件響起：一台是事情發生的前 30 分鐘

two minutes before the event. This is especially helpful for things like conference calls because I don't have to go anywhere,

另一台是事情發生的前 2 分鐘。這對像是會議電話特別有幫助，因為我哪裡都不用去

I don't have to stand up from my desk. And if a half an hour passes between when I get reminded

我不需要從書桌中站起來。然後在我被提醒的前 30 分鐘過後到

And when the call is I'm gonna be deep...

會議電話準備開始的中間，我會開始

researching salt mining techniques or something by the time the conference call runs around. I know this about myself

對鹽探勘技術或是其他東西進行深入研究。這是我對自己的了解

so I have that two-minute warning.

所以有個前 2 分鐘的提醒

I just get on the conference call which is maybe number 5. Sometimes

讓我能直接開始接聽會議電話，這或許是第五點，有時候

I get on the conference call five, even ten minutes before that call starts and just listen to that dope music and do other stuff

我會在會議電話開始前 5，甚至 10 分鐘上線，聆聽著酷炫音樂然後做點別的事情

so that I'm not late when other people show up.

所以我不會在別人出現的時候遲到

6. Here's a thing about myself: I like to not waste time, and this is part of the problem.

6. 這是我常發生的事情：我不喜歡浪費時間，這是一部份的問題

And I feel like if I get someplace early that will be a waste of time.

我覺得提早到一個地方是浪費時間的

But I have mentally shifted myself to realize that if I get someplace early

但我已經改變心態了解到如果我提早到一個地方

something interesting and useful is going to happen at that place in the same way that it's happening at my desk if I'm not leaving early.

有些比起待在書桌更有趣或有用的事情在那個地方發生，如果我沒有早點離開便不會發生

And finally number 7, my most important tip: every time you are late, get out your little notes-taking app, whatever it is,

最後來到第 7 點，最重要的一點：每次遲到，拿出你的記事 app，不管什麼事情

And write down why it happened.

寫下為什麼發生這件事情

Diagnose yourself. Understand yourself. Figure this out.

診斷自己、了解自己，找出問題

So that is both advice and an apology to everyone including you John.

所以這是個建議也是個給大家以及約翰的道歉

I'm sorry that I'm late all the time, and I'll see you on Tuesday.

很抱歉我總是遲到，我會在星期二與你們見面

And yes, signed editions of 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' are going to be a thing. Limited number, not all pre-orders will be signed.

好的，簽名版的《An Absolutely Remarkable Thing》即將上架，限量的幾本會有簽名，不是所有預購都有簽名

But they are currently available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Books-a-Million.

但他們目前在亞馬遜、Barnes & Noble、Books-a-Million 都買得到

They will also be available at your local bookstore when the book comes out, but only in the US and Canada.

上架之後在當地書店也買得到，但僅限美國以及加拿大

That's just how it works, I'm sorry. And if you already ordered, don't worry,

這就是如此運作的，抱歉。如果你已經預訂了，別擔心

the book hasn't shipped yet

書還沒被運送

so you can very easily go in and cancel it and order the signed edition which is a separate thing on those websites.

你可以很容易地點進網頁取消訂單，然後訂購簽名版的書，兩者在網站上是分開的購買頁面

There's links at hankgreen.com.

在 hankgreen.com. 上有連結