0809 If you want to follow your dreams, you have to say no to all the alternatives

最近阅读了一篇来自Quora的文章,标题为:“If you want to follow your dreams, you have to say no to all the alternatives”

这篇文章给我蛮多启发,它完全契合我的现状。

People never want to do one thing. We want to do all the things. We simultaneously want to exercise and to learn Spanish and to go out for pizza. 

我的确如此———从未专心的只去做一件事,想同时做一切感兴趣的,想同时学习英语、学习考研专业知识、学习证券、学习理财、学习第三外语。

The more directions you’re being pulled in, the less distance you’ll travel.

目标越多,最终都无法实现。

Beware your idle wants. Watch out for ‘other things that you also want’. They will feel comforting, harmless, and automatic. They are deadly.One new direction will quarter what you can accomplish.

我想做的事情,看似无害,但它们却是相当致命的,每增加一个目标,将会相应分散我的注意力,我为其他目标而努力的投入必定相应减少,实现其他目标的周期将会无限延长。相反,如果我将自己非常有限的时间与精力,全部投入到目前最重要的目标当中,那么我将会以最快的方式实现目标,走向成功。

You will always want to attempt more than you can achieve. Unfortunately pulling yourself in too many directions is the single quickest way to ensure failure. And putting your all into a single direction is the quickest way to ensure success.

写作至今,不同的阶段,总会被不同的问题所困扰,从以往的文章中也能看出端倪(之前多数围绕学习方法、人生选择、态度等主题进行写作)。这篇文章写作之前,关于现阶段学习目标问题,其实我进行过短暂思考,然而也只是抛出了问题,最终未形成行之有效的方法与结论。在我偶然读到这篇文章时,真是醍醐灌顶。那些看起来很美妙、有益的目标,它们却是致命的,每增加一个目标,都会减缓我完成其它目标的速度。

总结:确立现阶段最重要的目标

Put it off. Anything which isn’t top priority now can be done optimally later. Mark Zuckerberg was smart to start Facebook first and then learn Chinese. Your goals are the same, you’re just usually too attached to them in the moment to notice.

写作背景:事情果然比想象中难多了,Blog创建以来尚未上传一篇文章,总感觉事情那么多,总是做不完,时间完全不够用,其实我也在思考,时间真的不够用吗?并非时间不够用,而是给自己定了太多目标,无法集中注意力,才最终导致什么都做不完,什么都做不好。专注的做好最重要的事情!

任务清单:

1、英语。尽快提高英语水平。听说读写!

2、考研专业知识。

3、Blog写作。

现阶段只需将时间精力投入到上述三个目标即可!

对自己狠一点!高效利用每分每秒!

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