提前是我们家的鲜明特点。我的父母总是什么事都提前。他们的3个孩子以及所有10个孙辈(甚至包括几个不同年龄的青少年)无论参加什么场合的活动都会留出大把时间。
To my knowledge, none of my blood relations has ever missed a plane. This means, according to George Stigler, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, we are managing our time poorly and spend far too much time in airports. I have seen the maths that supposedly proves this, but I am unmoved.
就我所知,我们家的人甚至从未错过航班。按照诺贝尔奖(Nobel Prize)得主、经济学家乔治.斯蒂格勒(George Stigler)的理论,这意味着我们的时间管理很糟糕,在机场停留了太长时间。我看到过据称证明这一点的计算,但我一点也不在乎。
Time spent waiting is not wasted. It is time that you have chosen to set aside and is a peaceful period that can be used for reading, making phone calls and emailing. Moreover, the stress saved by knowing that you will never have to run down a moving conveyor belt with heavy bags just as flights close has too great a value to be captured by any equation.
等待的时间并没有浪费。这是你选择留出的时间,是一段安静的时光,可以用来读书、打电话和收发电邮。另外,如果你知道自己不必在登机门即将关闭时拖着沉重的箱子在传送带上狂奔,那么这为你省去的压力价值之大,不是任何方程式可以捕捉到的。
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