2) Don't give in to feeling good: Short-term gain, long-term pain.
不要屈服于(自我)感觉良好:短期的收益,长期的痛苦。
When self-regulation fails, it's often because short-term emotional repair takes precedence over our long-term goals.
如果自我调节失败,那常常是因为短期的情绪修复优先于我们长期的目标。
Stay put for a minute—don't walk away. Don't give in to "I'll feel more like it tomorrow." Acknowledge the negative emotions, but get started anyway. Progress on a goal provides the motivation for another step forward. Just get started; the negative emotions will pass.
停留一分钟——不要走开。不要屈服于“我很把它留到明天”。承认消极情绪,但是无论如何都要开始。朝着目标前进,会为你下一步提供动力。开始吧;消极情绪自然会过去。
3) Reduce uncertainty and distractions.
减少犹豫和分心。
Planning is one thing; action is another.
计划是一件事情;行动是另一件事情。
实际上,当我们简单地拥有一种意愿或者制定一个计划,使我们对这些任务感到厌烦的是这个目标的意义。
The less meaningful the goal, the less likely we'll want to do the task.
目标的意义越小,我们就越不想完整这个任务。
We're most likely to procrastinate on tasks that lack structure.
在那些缺乏结构性的任务上,我们最有可能拖延。
This means that in addition to making your task concrete (see tip #1), it's important to reduce the uncertainty about how to proceed—and, when it's time to act, to reduce available distractions as well.
这意味着除了要让你的任务更具体(参见第一条),减少如何进行的不确定性也很重要——并且,该行动的时候,也要减少可控制的分心。
4) Willpower: How to make the most of the willpower muscle.
意志力:如何锻炼最多的意志力肌肉。
A great deal of recent research clearly indicates that willpower is like a muscle. You can exhaust it more quickly than you might imagine and, when you do, you lose your ability to self-regulate your behavior.
最近大量的研究清楚的表明,意志力就像肌肉一样。你可以非常快耗尽意志力,比你想象的还要快,并且当你的意志力耗尽时,你失去了自我管理的能力。
One immediate method to strengthen your resolve in order to keep you on task is to remind yourself of your values. This process of self-affirmation bolsters our flagging reserves of willpower.
有一个有效的方法可以马上解决你的这个问题,那就是为了保证你完成任务你要提醒自己的价值。这个自我肯定的过程可以增强我们逐渐下降的意志力。
Another self-regulatory boost can come from mindfulness meditation. Attention is the first step in self-regulation, so learning to keep focused attention will help you procrastinate less by strengthening self-regulation.
另一个增强自我调节的方法来自正念冥想。注意力是自我调节的第一步,所以学习集中注意力将会帮助你通过增强自我管理来减轻拖延。