Time management is not about having all of those things done; it’s about having enough time for what matters most to you.
时间管理不是让你把所有的事情都做完；它只是让你有足够的时间去做对你最重要的事情。
Time management is really “personal management” and it is a skill necessary for achieving better quality of life. By managing your time in a more efficient way, not only you will get the right things done, but you’ll also have enough time to relax, de-stress and breathe more freely.
时间管理实际上是“个人管理”，并且是获得更好生活质量必不可缺少的技能。通过更加有效的方式管理时间，你不仅可以完成正确的事情还，能有充足的时间来放松、释放压力和更自由的呼吸。
Although successfully adopting this skill does require re-thinking your values and priorities, and making some major sustainable changes to your lifestyle, the resulting benefits are more than worth the effort.
尽管成功的采取这种技巧的确需要你重新思考自身的价值和优先事项，并且会使你的生活方式发生一些主要的可持续的变化，达到事半功倍的效果。
更好的管理时间会给你带来哪些显著的好处呢：
Reaching your goals
达到你的目标
Finding stability in life
发现生活的稳定
Improving relationships
增进关系
Diminishing procrastination and wasted time
减少拖延和浪费时间
Increasing productivity
提高生产率
Finding more free time
找到更多自由的时间
Reducing frustration
减少沮丧
Advancing your career
推动事业进步
Getting more satisfaction from life
从生活中获得更多的满意
Know where you need to focus your attention and what you need to change in your approach, first and foremost. “Know thyself” is an important first step to making effective change happen.
首先最重要的一点是，了解你需要将注意力集中在哪里，以及在你的方法中需要作出什么变化。“了解自己”是做出有效改变的第一步，也是最重要的一步。
2.Get rid of the to-do list.
摆脱任务清单。
To-do lists are extremely popular, but unfortunately they don’t work very well. This is because they don’t take into account what matters most to you, your values and your priorities.
任务清单是极为普遍的，但是不幸的是，它们起不到什么作用。这是因为它们没有考虑到对你、你的价值来说，什么是最重要的，什么是优先有做的。
They’re often just lists of all of the things you need to attend to.
任务单常常列出所有你需要注意的事情。
Instead, identify your values: What’s most important to you? Then look at what needs to be done and create a priority item list, putting things in order of their importance that connect back to your values.
取而代之，确认你的价值：对你最重要的是什么？然后看看需要做哪些事情，并且创造一个优先项目列表，按照以你价值相关的重要程度排序。
3.Focus each day on your Top 3.
每天将你的注意力集中在前三项事情上。
Take time at the end of each day for the next day, or before you start a new day to identify your top three items.
在每一天结束的时候为第二天花一些时间，或者在新一天开始之前就确定好要做的前三项事情。
Instead of focusing on things that leave you feeling like you haven’t made any real headway, focus first on those three most important things – the rest will hopefully fall into place.
而不要将注意力集中在别的无关紧要的事情上，这会让你觉得似乎没有实际进展。首先将注意力集中在最重要的三件事情上——剩下的事情将会有希望水到渠成。
