2013–09–06职场英语–如何更有效的工作.docx

职场英语——如何更有效的工作Success tends to create clutter: more meetings, more projects, more decisions, more items on your to-do list. But often doing more can mean achieving less.成功往往会引起生活的纷乱：开不完的会、做不完的项目和决定，任务清单上的事情越来越多。不过很多时候，做得越多反而收获的越少。Thats why subtraction can be the best addition, especially when you streamline your workday and, in the process, your professional life.这就是为什么有时候减法往往是最好的加法。你在精简每日工作的同时，你的职业生涯也变得越发清晰。Try a few of these:你可以尝试下这些方法：Eliminate one permission.取消一种“允许”You probably dont think of it this way, but everything you do trains the people around you how to treat you. Let employees interrupt your meetings or phone calls because of emergencies and theyll feel free to interrupt you any time. Drop what youre doing every time someone calls and theyll always expect immediate attention. Return emails immediately and people will expect an immediate response.你也许不会这么觉得，但你做的每件事都会影响你身边的人如何对待你。如果你允许你手下的人在“紧急情况”下可以随意打断你的会议和电话，他们会觉得可以随便在任何时候打扰你。在别人给你打电话时马上就放下你在做的事情会让他们觉得总是可以得到及时的注意。及时地回复邮件会让别人期待你总是立刻回复他们。In short, your actions give other people permission to keep you from working the way you work best.简而言之，你的行为会允许别人在你工作得好好的时候来打断你。A friend created an emergency email account; he responds to those immediately. Otherwise his employees know he only checks his standard email a couple times a day and they act accordingly.有个朋友创建了一个“紧急”电邮地址；他会立刻回复其中的邮件。与此同时，他的员工也知道，他每天只会查看“标准”邮箱两次。所以他们也会据此来行动。Figure out how you work best and train the people around you to let you be as productive as you possibly can.你要搞明白你如何才能最有效的工作，并“训练”你身边的人以确保你能保持你的效率。Cut one expense.减少一项开支Right now youre spending money on something you dont use, dont need, or dont want. But since you buy it... you feel you have to use it. I subscribed to a number of magazines (because subscribing is really cheap compared to buying at the newsstand). Great--but then the magazines show up. Then I have to read them. If I dont, they sit around making me feel guilty.你总是在一些你用不到、你不需要或是不想要的东西上花钱。不过在你买的时候……你觉得你必须要它。我曾经订阅过大量的杂志（因为订阅比在报