八方修炼：时间管理的职场学问_BEC初级作文

八方修炼：时间管理的职场学问

Florida State University psychologist Roy Baumeister found that making people perform simple willpower exercises -- like using their nondominant hand to open doors or brush their teeth -- strengthened their focus during more important tasks.

弗罗里达州立大学的心理学家罗伊·鲍迈斯特发现，让人们做简单的意志力练习——比如用不惯用的手去开门或者刷牙——能让他们在做重要任务时加强注意力。

"When you practice overriding habitual ways, you are exerting deliberate control over your actions," says Baumeister. "If you can get people to do willpower exercises like these, it will improve how well they manage their time and help them develop the willpower to make better decisions." Hone your willpower by breaking a routine like driving the same way to work or by giving up a bad habit like junk food for a week.

“当你练习战胜惯常方式时，你在特意地控制自己的行为，” 鲍迈斯特讲道。“做这些意志力练习会帮助人们提高时间管理的能力，同时锻炼他们的意志力从而做出更好的决定。”打破常规的习惯——比如每天开同样的路回家，或者坚持一星期放弃坏习惯——比如垃圾食品，能帮助你培养意志力。

Willpower gets depleted when you use it too much -- which is why judges and surgeons, who make decisions all day, begin to make generic or underinformed ones later on. Avoid making major decisions after a series of hard choices. When possible, make the toughest decisions when your willpower is strongest -- in the morning for most, says Baumeister. You can identify this time by experience, he says. Are you more likely to forgo a workout in the morning or afternoon? Do you get more done at work when you first get in or before you leave?