15. Always know the one thing you really need to get done during the day.

　　15. 清楚你當(dāng)天必做的一件事情。

　　Determine which task in front of you is most important, and focus your energy on getting that done as soon as possible.

　　確定一件最重要的事情，集中精力盡快完成它。

　　16. Learn to make use of other people.

　　16. 學(xué)會(huì)讓別人幫你做事。

　　To be truly efficient, get over the fear of handing off work to someone else.

　　想要真正提高效率就不要怕讓別人幫你工作。

　　17. Turn the page on yesterday. Only ever think about today and tomorrow.

　　17. 翻過昨天，只想今天和明天。

　　Don't distract yourself with either the successes or failures of the past. Focus instead on what's in front of you.

　　不要因?yàn)檫^去的成功或失敗而分心。專注眼前。

　　18. Set deadlines for everything.

　　18. 為每件事都設(shè)一個(gè)最后期限。

　　Spending too much time on a project or keeping it on the backburner for too long will lead to stagnation. Get things done and move on.

　　花太多時(shí)間在一件事上或是不斷推遲這件事都會(huì)導(dǎo)致停滯不前。做好一件事就馬上開始下一件。

　　19. Always take notes.

　　19.記筆記。

　　Don't assume you'll remember every good idea that comes into your head during the day. It doesn't matter if it's a notebook, whiteboard, or an app like Evernote--just write stuff down.

　　不要以為你能記住每一個(gè)好想法。無論是用筆記本、記事板、還是手機(jī)應(yīng)用，記下你的想法。

　　20. Write down any unrelated thoughts that pop up when you're in the zone, so that they don't linger as distractions.

　　20. 工作的時(shí)候記下任何突然出現(xiàn)在腦子里的想法，這樣它們就不會(huì)停在腦子里讓你分心了。

　　You'll get them out of the way without losing them.

　　你可以不去想它同時(shí)又不會(huì)忘記。