Be specific in identifying your
c. Be specific in identifying your problems.
要精准地找到问题所在。
d. Don’t mistake a cause of a problem with the real problem. “I can’t get enough sleep” is not a problem; it is a potential cause (or perhaps the result) of a problem. To clarify your thinking, try to identify the bad outcome first; e.g., “I am performing poorly in my job.” Not sleeping enough may be the cause of that problem, or the cause may be something else—but in order to determine that, you need to know exactly what the problem is.
不要把问题的某个原因误认为问题本 身。“我无法得到充足的睡眠”不是一个问题,而 是一个问题的潜在原因(或者可能是问题的结 果)。为了清晰地思考,你应该先确认不良的结 果是什么,比如“我的工作表现很差劲”。这个问 题也许是睡眠不足造成的,也许是别的因素造成 的,但为了确定这一点,你必须清楚地知道问题 是什么。
e. Distinguish big problems from small ones. You only have so much time and energy; make sure you are investing them in exploring the problems that, if fixed, will yield you the biggest returns. But at the same time, make sure you spend enough time with the small problems to make sure they’re not symptoms of larger ones.
区分大问题和小问题。你的时间和精力有 限,确保你正将其用于探寻大问题,即一旦解决 便能带来最大回报的问题。但同时,留出足够多 的时间来探寻小问题,以确保这些小问题不是更 大问题的征兆。