安排事務優(yōu)先順序的老式竅門

Others have different methods of strategising priorities. Neuroscientist and author of The Organized Mind Daniel Levitin goes for an old-fashioned method. He carries 3-inch by 5-inch index cards everywhere, and writes down ideas about projects under way and things to do on the cards.

其他人對于優(yōu)先事項有不同的戰(zhàn)略對策。神經(jīng)科學家、《大腦超載時代的思考學》(The Organized Mind)一書的作者丹尼爾•列維廷(Daniel Levitin)采用了一種老式的方法。他隨身攜帶3英寸×5英寸的索引卡，并在卡片上記錄有關正在進行的項目和代辦事項的想法。

He sorts them into order of priority before he goes to bed, then again when he wakes up and makes adjustments. “It dramatically increases my focus and reduces mind wandering while I’m working.” Between five and 10 cards is the optimum. If there are any more he puts them in a “later” or “abeyance” pile.

在他上床之前，他會把它們按優(yōu)先順序排列，然后當他醒來后再次做出調(diào)整。“這戲劇性提高了我的專注，減少了我在工作時的思緒徘徊。”5至10張卡是最優(yōu)狀態(tài)。如果還有更多，他會把它們放在“稍后”或“暫時擱置”的卡堆中。

Mr Bailey works by a “rule of three”. At the start of the day he asks himself what three things he would like to accomplish by the end of the day. He does this every day, every week and every year. He does point out, however, that most people need to do more than three things a day to keep their jobs.

貝利則遵循“三件事法則”。每一天開始時，他會問自己，在今天結束的時候他想完成哪三件事。他每天、每周、每年都這么做。不過他也指出，多數(shù)人每天需要完成三件以上的事才能保住工作。

Elizabeth Emins, author of The Art ofLife Admin: How I learnt to Do Less, Do Better, and Live More, examines her priorities each week, dividing them under various roles (parent, individual, writer, teacher, academic) before deciding which of those needs prioritising.

《生活管理的藝術：如何做得更少，做得更好，并且更多享受生活》(The Art of Life Admin: How To Do Less, Do It Better, and Live More)一書的作者伊麗莎白•埃門斯(Elizabeth Emens)每周都會檢查自己的優(yōu)先事項，將它們按不同角色來分類(家長、個人、作家、教師、學者)，然后再決定哪些需要優(yōu)先處理。

She also suggests pairing up with someone else to talk through tasks and figure out priorities. They can hold you accountable — although it might be demoralising if you do not achieve as much as your admin partner.

她還建議與其他人討論任務，并琢磨出優(yōu)先事項。他們可以促使你負責——盡管如果你的成就沒有對方那么多，你可能會感到沮喪。