Secret #1: They focus on minutes, not hours.
Average performers default to hours and half-hour blocks on their calendar. Highly successful people know there are 1,440 minutes in every day and there is nothing more valuable than time. Money can be lost and made again, but time spent can never be reclaimed. As legendary Olympic gymnast Shannon Miller told me, "To this day, I keep a schedule that is almost minute by minute." You must master your minutes to master your life.
Secret #2: They focus only on one thing.
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Secret #3: They don't use to-do lists.
Throw away your to-do list; instead schedule everything on your calendar. It turns out only 41% of items on to-do lists are ever actually done. And all those undone items lead to stress and insomnia because of the Zeigarnik effect. Highly productive people put everything on their calendar and then work and live from that calendar. "Use a calendar and schedule your entire day into 15-minute blocks. It sounds like a pain, but this will set you up in the 95th percentile…", advises the co-founder of The Art of Charm, Jordan Harbinger.
Secret #4: They beat procrastination with time travel.
Your future self can't be trusted. That's because we are "time inconsistent." We buy veggies today because we think we'll eat healthy salads all week; then we throw out green rotting mush in the future. I bought P90x because I think I'm going to start exercising vigorously and yet the box sits unopened one year later. What can you do now to make sure your future self does the right thing? Anticipate how you will self-sabotage in the future, and come up with a solution to defeat your future self.
Secret #5: They make it home for dinner.
I first learned this from Intel's Andy Grove, "There is always more to be done, more that should be done, always more than can be done." Highly successful people know what they value in life. Yes, work, but also what else they value. There is no right answer, but for many, values include: family time, exercise, giving back. They consciously allocate their 1,440 minutes a day to each area they value (i.e., they put it on their calendar) and then they stick to the schedule.
相关单词：reclaimed
reclaimed解释：adj.再生的；翻造的；收复的；回收的v.开拓( reclaim的过去式和过去分词 )；要求收回；从废料中回收（有用的材料）；挽救
reclaimed例句：
Many sufferers have been reclaimed from a dependence on alcohol. 许多嗜酒成癖的受害者已经被挽救过来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
They reclaimed him from his evil ways. 他们把他从邪恶中挽救出来。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
相关单词：legendary
legendary解释：adj.传奇（中）的，闻名遐迩的；n.传奇（文学）
legendary例句：
Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。
相关单词：miller
miller解释：n.磨坊主
miller例句：
Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。
相关单词：accomplishment
accomplishment解释：n.完成，成就，（pl.）造诣，技能
accomplishment例句：
The series of paintings is quite an accomplishment.这一系列的绘画真是了不起的成就。
Money will be crucial to the accomplishment of our objectives.要实现我们的目标，钱是至关重要的。
相关单词：undone
undone解释：a.未做完的，未完成的
undone例句：
He left nothing undone that needed attention.所有需要注意的事他都注意到了。
相关单词：insomnia
insomnia解释：n.失眠，失眠症
insomnia例句：
Worries and tenseness can lead to insomnia.忧虑和紧张会导致失眠。
He is suffering from insomnia.他患失眠症。
相关单词：procrastination
procrastination解释：n.拖延，耽搁
procrastination例句：
Procrastination is the father of failure. 因循是失败的根源。
Procrastination is the thief of time. 拖延就是浪费时间。
相关单词：grove
grove解释：n.林子，小树林，园林
grove例句：
On top of the hill was a grove of tall trees.山顶上一片高大的树林。
The scent of lemons filled the grove.柠檬香味充满了小树林。
相关单词：allocate
allocate解释：vt.分配，分派；把…拨给；把…划归
allocate例句：
You must allocate the money carefully.你们必须谨慎地分配钱。
They will allocate fund for housing.他们将拨出经费建房。
