293-成为更有影响力的领袖-专注完成一项任务

1. It is extremely difficult to be successful if you are forever putting things off.

如果你总是拖延的话，那么想要成功是极其困难的。

2. Procrastination is the fertilizer that makes difficulties grow.

拖延是促使困难长大的沃土。

3. When you take too long to make up your mind about an opportunity that presents itself, you will miss out on seizing it.

当你花太长时间在一个很明显的机会上犹豫不决的时候，你就会无法抓住它。

4. To become effective and make progress in your area of talent or responsibility, you can’t spend your valuable time on unimportant or unnecessary tasks.

在你擅长的范围内或是你的职责范围内，要想变得更有效率不断进步，你就不能把你宝贵的时间花在不重要或是不必要的任务上。

5. So I’m going to make an assumption that if you do procrastinate about a task, it is a necessary one.

这样，我会做一个假设，就是当你在做某项任务拖延的时候，那一定是一个很必要的任务。

6. To get yourself over the hump, focus on what you’ll get out of it if you get it done。

为了让自己渡过难关，你应该专注于如果你完成了任务，你将从中得到什么。

Vocabulary

Extremely：极其地

Put off: 推迟

Procrastination: 拖延症、耽搁

Fertilizer：肥料

Seize：抓住

Get over: 跨过

Hump：隆起、驼峰、驼背

Focus：专注（动词）；焦点（名词）