时间管理100讲｜015【习惯】｜优秀是一种习惯

音频链接：喜马拉雅｜时间管理100讲

Starting today, we will discuss the "habit" component of time management.

从今天开始，我们将进入时间管理的“习惯”领域。

Habits are behaviors that are controlled by our subconscious mind.

习惯，就是由我们潜意识来控制的行为。

70% -80% of human behavior is controlled by habit.

人的行为70%-80%受到习惯的控制。

All of us have both good and bad habits but can you guess which kind of habit most of us have more of?  That’s right, more of our habits are bad than good.

其中有好的习惯，但更多的是不好的习惯。

In fact, the difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people have more good habits than bad habits.

其实成功人士或者优秀人士与不成功不优秀的普通人的区别就在于：优秀的成功人士拥有优秀的习惯。

Aristotle once said: "Excellence is a habit."

亚里士多德说过这样一句话：“优秀是一种习惯！”

So what IS the relationship between habits and time management?

那习惯和时间管理到底有什么关系呢？

Tasks that we can control with our subconsciousness require no tools and only a minimal amount of energy from our brain.  This is what it means to have converted an action into a habit – it becomes so easy to perform that it requires almost no energy.

人能用潜意识来管控的事务就不需要再费大脑去思考，更不需要用工具来管理。

In fact these tasks that can be done without thought or effort are done automatically.

而这些不需要思考和管理的事务，它就能自动化运行。

The more things we can automate, the more efficient we will be and the more free we will be.我们身上有越多能自动化运行的事务，我们的效率就会越高，我们也就越能获得时间的自由，甚至是人生的自由。

For example：

例如：

Every day we brush our teeth without thinking.  We breathe in oxygen and our heart beats every second of every day without thought.

我们每天不用思考就会自动地刷牙、呼吸、心脏跳动......

These behaviors are controlled by our subconscious, and we do not have to think about whether to do it or not.

这些行为都是受潜意识控制的，我们不用去思考它要不要做。

Another example:

再例如：

Driving.

开车。

When we are first learning to drive, we must focus on each individual task from looking at surrounding traffic, anticipating the actions of other drivers, turning the steering wheel, remember traffic rules.

在我们还不会开车的时候，我们就需要用眼睛去观察周围的路况，用大脑去记忆很多的交通规则。

At first, it takes a tremendous amount of energy for our brain to process so many different things at one time.  There is a great amount of stress and anxiety and we grow tired very quickly.

刚开始上路的时候，我们是更会非常紧张地快速运转大脑去判断各种各样的情况。

But over time, as we repeat this behavior over and over again, these actions become more familiar to us and require less and less thought and energy.  They become conditioned reflexes.  They become automatic behaviors.

但是慢慢地，当我们熟悉了驾驶之后，我们对车辆的操控更多就是出自于条件反射。

Driving becomes easier and easier as the skill becomes more and more of a habit.

驾驶变得容易被管理，开车的技术也慢慢变成了我们身上的一种习惯。

So today I want you to understand we must develop the habit of good time management.

所以今天我想告诉大家的是：一定要养成时间管理的习惯。

Great time managers are simply men and women with excellent habits.

优秀的时间管理者背后，他们拥有的就是无数的好习惯。

For example:

就比如说：

I’ve said before that in order to write everything we think about in our minds onto paper, it is necessary to develop the habit of recording information at any given time;

我在之前讲到“要把大脑里的事写下来”，要养成随时记录的习惯；

In addition, we should always use tools such as a calendar, OmniFocus or other apps to arrange our own time.  This is another habit we must develop.

还有，大家要经常运用工具，例如日历、Omnifocus等软件来安排自己的时间，要养成灵活使用工具的习惯。

Can you see how great time management is not a magic trick or a natural born trait?  It is nothing other a series of excellent habits… a group of finely tuned skills that can be learned?

好了，到这里，大家就知道了要养成时间管理的习惯。时间管理的习惯是一群优秀的好习惯的集合。

So how can we develop these habits?

那么如何才能管理好这一习惯呢？

It should begin with the right work-life balance.

这就要从大家的工作和生活时间的配比来讲起。

Every 24 hours there are many things that we must do.

在一天24小时中，我们大量的事情是重复做的。

Our habits control our actions and if our habits are efficient and our life is organized then our actions will also be efficient and organized. 

很多习惯在控制着我们的行为，如果你的习惯是高效的，如果你的生活是有序的，那你一定是被好习惯控制着；

Examples of good habits include going to bed and waking up early, and completing a morning ritual after getting up.  A ritual that I recommend is take a cold shower and drink a cup of honey water each morning.

比如说你会早睡早起，早上起床后你会有自己的晨间仪式，就像我建议大家做的：可以洗个冷水澡，喝杯蜂蜜水等等。

For example, let me share my morning ritual with you:

以我自己的晨间安排为例：

Each morning after I awake, I firs take a cold shower.

早上起来之后，我会先洗一个冷水澡；

Then, I write in my morning diary.

接着写写晨间日记；

Next, I run and then eat breakfast.

然后再进行跑步，吃早餐等等。

If I am away from home teaching class, I call my children in the morning, and if I am at home I take my children to school.

如果我人在外地讲课，早上我就会给孩子们打个电话，如果我在家，早上就会送孩子去上学。

At different times throughout the day, when I have good energy, I will open my phone contextual list, and make calls.

碎片时间我会把手机里的电话清单打开，精力好的情况下就给对方打个电话。

At other times, I will meditate, exercise. These things are done for only a few minutes.

碎片时间有时候我也做冥想，或者做一些只要几分钟就能完成的力量训练。

These small habits have become so automatic and routine that I do them without thinking at the same times throughout the day.

这些行为在我常年的行动下，已经潜移默化成了我的习惯。

Behaviors that are directed by habit require no energy or focus. 

习惯了的行为就不需要再用大脑或者工具去管理了。

As long as you are in the appropriate situation and context, your brain will recognize the situation and respond with the automatic habit.

只要处于适合的情境下，身体就会自动地去做符合这个情境的行动。

So while others must concentrate and focus, I can complete tasks with ease and automation… things like:

因此我不会像很多人一样，每天还要想着：

Determining which clock I need to set to wake up in the morning.

今天晚上我要几点钟睡觉？

At what part of the day should I exercise, the morning, noon or night?

今天我要哪个时间段去运动？

When you need to think hard about these things, they become additional tasks on your list and require more energy.  They greatly decrease your efficiency.

还要思考这些事，在无形中就给自己增加了很多要管理的事件，从而拉低了自己的办事效率。

The more habits you can generate in your habit, the more automatic your actions will be and the less time and energy you will use. 

在生活里，如果大家能养成很多很好的习惯，让生活自动化去运转，那么你就能节约很多脑力和时间。

You will save your energy to use on the more important things like accomplishing your goals and dreams, enjoying your hobbies, and other meaningful things.

从而把精力花在工作要事上，花在自己的目标和梦想上，花在自己的兴趣爱好上，花在更多有意义的事物上......

Your life will become more meaningful, more exciting, and more colorful.

这样你的人生就会更加丰富多彩。

It is so important to develop good habits because if we do then we will spend less time working and more time living.

生活中养成好习惯非常重要，因为我们生活的时间远远超过了工作的时间。

In the next lesson, I will discuss more about habits including the secrets to successful life!

在接下来有关“习惯”的系列话题中，我将告诉大家生活里的许多秘密。

Can you see how much time we waste every day focusing on things we should automate?

看看每天究竟有多少时间是被我们浪费掉了？

Can you see how we must change the way we live in order for our lives to truly change for the better?

以及我们应该如何来管理自己的生活？

Can you see how we must make our lives more meaningful?

如何让生活更有意义？