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　　当心分心

　　Beware of distractions

　　Take a long, hard look at your relationship with e-mail and social media. Although they are vital to everyday communication, they can claim much more attention than they deserve. Consider shutting them off completely as you work on a task that requires your full attention.

　　认真观察一下你和电子邮件还有社交媒体的关系。尽管它们对日常交流至关重要，但它们还是会占用很多不该被分散的注意力。在你做一项需要全神贯注的事时，不妨把它们全部关掉。

　　学会拒绝

　　Learn to say ‘no’

　　Many business leaders put a lot of their success down to simply saying ‘no’. That is, they prioritize their efforts in the few areas that really matter and have the courage to say no to everything else. Those asking for your involvement would be more disappointed if you unwisely agreed to do something, but then failed to deliver. Be realistic with yourself, and honest with others.

　　许多商业领袖把他们的成功简单地归结为：说“不”。也就是说，他们把自己的精力放在少数真正重要的领域，并且还有勇气拒绝其他任何事情。如果你盲目答应了别人什么事情，但又没能做好，这些人估计会比你一开始不答应他们要更失望。对自己要现实，对他人要诚实。

　　Saying no is much more difficult if you are, or perceive yourself to be, low down in the hierarchy of your organization. Nevertheless, it’s important to be honest and to look after your health. Sharing your prioritized list with your supervisor will also help with any potentially difficult discussions around not being able to deliver or take on additional work.

　　如果你在组织的层级中处于较低的位置，或者认为自己处于较低的位置，那么拒绝别人就困难得多。但不管怎样，诚实对人并且关照自己的健康才是重要的。把你的任务优先计划共享给你的导师，就算有不能承接或者完成不了的额外工作，你们之间的谈话也会变简单。

　　适当休息

　　Give yourself a break

　　Taking breaks is good for your brain. Don’t be hard on yourself: you will actually perform better if you take breaks and cultivate a life outside science. This might seem counter-intuitive with all those tasks on your list, but solutions to apparently intractable problems can come from a refreshed brain — and a brain that can keep things in perspective.

　　适当休息对你的大脑有好处。不要对自己太苛刻：如果你休息一下，培养一下科研之外的生活爱好，实际上你会表现得更好。看着你清单上的繁重任务，貌似休息并不符合常理，不过，面对明显很难解决的问题，一个精力充沛的大脑才能给出解决方案——焕新的大脑才能帮你恰当处理这些问题。

　　Try to avoid looking at your work e-mails when you are not working. They do not need to be answered until the next working day. The world will not collapse if you delay opening some e-mails.

　　不工作的时候尽量不要查看你的工作电子邮件，下一个工作日之前回复都不迟。这世界不会因为你晚点看邮件就崩塌。

　　忌骛高远

　　Don’t try to chase every great idea

　　The other side of permitting yourself time to explore alternative ideas, as well as the suggestions of managers and colleagues, is that you are left with a lengthening list of new directions to investigate. Try to distinguish between things that would be nice to have and things that are crucial to the delivery of your project, or PhD, on time.

　　花时间探索新想法、听取导师和同事的建议的一个副作用就是——你的任务清单会多出过多方向。你需要把“好点子”和“对完成项目与学位至关重要的事情”区分开来。

　　计划迭代

　　Update your plan

　　Your plan and priority list will need to be regularly updated, particularly when things are not going well. Don’t panic if your experiments or initiatives fail: instead, redraft your plan and aim to offload all other distracting tasks as you devote more time to a resolution. Work with your supervisor to formulate an updated list of priorities: your mentor can bring their experience and wisdom to the problem, as well as reassurance to you.

　　你的计划和优先事项清单需要定期更新，尤其是当事情进展不顺利的时候。如果你的实验或计划失败了，不要慌：相反，你应该重新制定你的计划，目标是把所有其他分散注意力的任务都取消掉，进而全身心地解决一个重要问题。跟你的导师商量，一起制定一份最新的优先事项清单：导师的经验和智慧能帮你解决问题，让你安心些。

　　大多数人生只有三万天左右，你可能已经过完了七八千。Time is money, 剩下的财富你打算怎么花呢?

　　Succeeding against the odds and in the face of time pressure is one of the most valuable experiences you can offer to a future employer.

　　面对时间的紧迫，成功应付困难，一定会为你接下来的工作提供最有价值的经验之一。

　　Notes

　　forlorn n 不大可能成功的;难以实现的

　　workaholic n 工作狂

　　desirable adj 想望的;可取的;值得拥有的

　　prioritize v 按重要性排列;划分优先顺序

　　deny v 节制;克制;戒绝

　　claim v 夺走;占用

　　intractable adj 很难对付(或处理)的;难驾驭的;

　　perspective n 客观判断力;权衡轻重的能力

　　odd n 不利条件;掣肘的事情