Evenwhenyou’reextremelybusyyouaren’tusingyourtimewith100%efficiency.Therearegapsineveryone’sschedulewheretheyaren’tdoinganythingimportant.Evenifyourschedulehasnogapsthereisprobablylotsoftimewhereyouaren’tworkingasfastoraseffectivelyasyoupossiblycould.
Whyaren’tyoucompletelyefficient?It’sbecausetimeisn’tthelimitingfactor.Ifitwerethelimitingfactorpeoplecouldworknon-stopwithoutbreaksoranyunproductivedistractions(消遣).Insteadpeopleeventhosewhoarehighlyproductiveneedtotakebreaksoccasionallyprocrastinate(拖延)andslowdownontasksthroughouttheday.
Therealandmostimportantlimitingfactorforproductivityisyourenergylevelstopayattention.Energylevelslimityourproductivitybecausewhenyou’retiredyoucanhaveampletimeandstillnotgeteverythingdone.Yourattentionabilityisalsolimitedbecauseevenifthereareamillionthingsthatneedtobedoneyoucanonlyfocusononeortwoatatime.
Youmightnotbeabletoinsertanother4-5hoursintoyourschedulewithoutmakingsomesacrifices.Butevenextremelybusypeoplecanaddanhourortwointotheirschedulewithoutcancellinganything.Thereasonit’shardto“findtime”isn’talackoftime.It’sbecauseyoudon’thaveenoughenergylefttofocusonsomethingelsethatneedstofitintoyourday.
Ifirstsuspectedtimewasn’ttherealproblemduringanextremelybusyperiodinmylifeoverayearago.Iwasinsanely(发疯地)busybutatthattimeIstillexercisedregularly.Ihaddailyto-dolistswithovertwentyitemsandIstillfoundtimetoexercise.HoweverafterafewweeksoffduetoillnessIstoppedexercising.Iwasnotbusybyanystandardsinfactmyschedulewasincrediblylight.DespitethisfreetimeIfoundithardtofindtimetoexercise.Itseemedtogetpushedlaterandlaterintomyscheduleuntilitwasgone.HowcanIexplainthisoddexperience?Ibelieveyouhaveknownit.
【小题1】Ifsomeonecan’tworkwith100%efficiencythemostimportantlimitingfactoris________.
A.aschedulewithoutgapsB.breaksanddistractionsC.thelimitedtimeD.thelimitedenergy【小题2】Accordingtoparagraph4everyoneincludingtheextreme