Over the years, I’ve become somewhat of an expert on time.
多年来，我已经成为准时专家。
I have to be.
我必须这样。
Here are my current day-to-day responsibilities:
这是我目前的日常职责：
providing support for the quarter million people who use Free Code Camp each month
为每月使用免费代码营的25万人口提供支持
overseeing the expansion of our open source project and its curriculum
监督我们的开源项目及其课程的扩展
- editing every single article you read here on this Medium publication 编辑您在此中型出版物上阅读的每一篇文章
- raising my baby daughter 抚养我的宝贝女儿
I’ve read dozens of productivity books and tried countless time management tactics. Most of these yielded benefits that were marginal at best.
我已经阅读了数十本关于生产力的书籍，并尝试了无数的时间管理策略。 其中大多数产生的收益充其量是微不足道的。
But the three habits I’m sharing with you today are different. I’ve stuck with each of these for years. I attribute much of my success to them.
但是我今天要与您分享的三个习惯是不同的。 我已经坚持了很多年。 我将我的许多成功归功于他们。
And the best part is, you don’t need to make any major lifestyle changes. It’s not like I’m telling you to stop drinking alcohol or to start meditating during your lunch break.
最好的部分是，您不需要进行任何重大的生活方式更改。 并不是说我要告诉您在午休时间停止饮酒或开始沉思。
You can adopt these three habits immediately, at no cost.
您可以立即免费采用这三种习惯。
习惯1：如果您可以在2分钟或更短的时间内完成某项操作，请立即进行操作。 (Habit 1: If you can do something in 2 minutes or less, go ahead and do it now.)
This “two minute rule” comes from the most famous productivity book of all, David Allen’s Getting Things Done.
这个“两分钟规则”来自于最著名的生产力书籍，David Allen的《 Getting Things Done》 。
If a task comes up — and that task will take less than 2 minutes — go ahead and do it immediately.
如果出现一项任务，而该任务将花费不到2分钟的时间，请立即进行操作。
Otherwise, add it to your to-do list.
否则，将其添加到您的待办事项列表中。
The reason this works is that you can almost always spare two minutes to take care of something. But it takes nearly two minutes to stop what you’re doing, get your phone out, add a task to your to-do list, then resume what you were doing.
之所以起作用，是因为您几乎总是可以花两分钟时间来处理某些事情。 但是要花近两分钟，您才能停止正在做的事情，拿出电话，将任务添加到待办事项列表中，然后再恢复正在做的事情。
On the subject of to-do lists, you should definitely use one. Carrying a list of tasks around in your head all day will sap you of your cognitive reserves.
关于待办事项清单，您绝对应该使用一个。 一整天脑子里满满的任务清单会使你的认知储备减少 。
The simpler your to-do list is, the more likely you will use it. After years of experimenting with fancy productivity apps, I now just use a basic text editor, and sort items from top to bottom in terms of priority.
待办事项列表越简单，您使用它的可能性就越大。 经过多年对高端生产力应用程序的试验，我现在仅使用基本的文本编辑器，并按优先级从上到下对项目进行排序。
One thing you won’t find on my to-do list are tasks that take less than 2 minutes. I take care of those immediately, so they never even hit my list.
您在我的待办事项清单上找不到的一件事是耗时不到2分钟的任务。 我会立即照顾他们，因此他们甚至都没有进入我的名单。
习惯2：总是问自己-这个对话可以异步进行吗？ (Habit 2: Always ask yourself — can this conversation happen asynchronously?)
I used to run around town, meeting people for coffee or sitting down with them in their offices. I could meet with a dozen people a day, tops.
我曾经在城镇里跑来跑去，会见人们喝咖啡或在他们的办公室坐下来。 我每天可以和十几个人见面。
There’s no substitute for meeting someone face-to-face. Facial expressions and body language convey a lot of information that your brain will pick up subconsciously.
面对面见面是无可替代的。 面部表情和肢体语言传达了许多信息，您的大脑将在潜意识中掌握这些信息。
But face-to-face meetings are expensive. You have to block out time on your calendar and commute to a common space. All that investment means meetings tend to be longer: 30-minute coffee dates, one-hour lunches, multi-hour dinner parties.
但是面对面的会议很昂贵。 您必须在日历上浪费时间并上下班到一个共同的空间。 所有这些投资意味着会议往往会更长：30分钟的咖啡约会，一小时的午餐，数小时的晚餐聚会。
Video conferences solve the commute issue, but leave you with the scheduling song-and-dance. Phone calls suffer from the same problem, but offer even lower fidelity.
视频会议解决了通勤问题，但您却无法安排日程安排。 电话也有同样的问题，但保真度甚至更低。
So after you’ve gotten to know someone through an in-person meeting or a video conference, see if you can shift your correspondence to asynchronous tools: email, instant messages, GitHub issues — whatever you fancy.
因此，在通过面对面会议或视频会议认识某个人之后，请查看是否可以将您的信件转换为异步工具：电子邮件，即时消息，GitHub问题-无论您喜欢什么。
Here’s why:
原因如下：
- you won’t need to find times when you’re both available to meet (and deal with calendar invites and time zone math) 您无需寻找可以同时开会的时间(并处理日历邀请和时区数学)
- you get more time to research and respond with confidence 您有更多时间进行研究并充满信心地做出回应
- interactions are more efficient, because both parties are forced to clearly state their thoughts, and you can cut to the chase without appearing rude 互动更加有效，因为双方都被迫清楚地表达自己的想法，并且您可以追逐而不用表现出粗鲁的态度
Most importantly, asynchronous communication lets you batch most of your communication into a single sitting. You can throw on some music and jam through dozens — or in my case hundreds — of discussions, without the stress of jumping from one time-boxed meeting to the next.
最重要的是，异步通信使您可以将大多数通信分批处理。 您可以在数十个(甚至我数百个)的讨论中播放一些音乐和果酱，而不必担心从一次有时间限制的会议跳到下一次。
And Free Code Camp isn’t the only organization that primarily uses asynchronous communication:
而且Free Code Camp不是唯一主要使用异步通信的组织：
GitHub has a largely remote team, where asynchronous communication is not only accepted — it’s encouraged.
GitHub拥有一个很大的远程团队，不但接受异步通信，而且鼓励这样做 。
Automattic (the Wordpress company) is famous for interviewing candidates over Skype chat, and hiring them without having even heard their voice. If that’s how you work, why not interview that way?
Automattic(Wordpress公司)以通过Skype聊天面试应聘者而聘用他们却没有听到他们的声音而闻名。 如果那是您的工作方式，为什么不那样采访呢？
Next time you’re about to schedule a meeting, ask yourself whether a series of emails or text messages might suffice. Often it will. And this will save both of you time and sanity.
下次您要安排会议时，问自己一系列电子邮件或短信是否足够。 通常会。 这将节省您的时间和理智。
习惯3：运动时听播客和有声读物 (Habit 3: Listen to podcasts and audiobooks while you exercise)
Multitasking is a pernicious myth. It’s really just rapid context switching, and is proven to reduce performance.
多任务处理是一个有害的神话。 它实际上只是快速的上下文切换，并且被证明会降低性能 。
But then you hear people quip that they can “walk and talk the same time.” And that’s certainly true.
但是随后您会听到人们嘲笑他们可以“同时走路和说话”。 的确是这样。
Your brain multitasks all the time. It controls your heart rate and breathing. It regulates your hormone levels. It keeps you from falling out of your chair. And even though it’s busy doing these things, you’re still able to read this sentence just fine.
您的大脑一直在执行多项任务。 它控制着您的心律和呼吸。 它调节您的激素水平。 它可以防止您从椅子上掉下来。 即使忙于做这些事情，您仍然可以阅读这句话。
When you’re exercising, your brain will unconsciously handle most of the decision-making about how to move your body and how to breathe. This leaves your consciousness free to do other things, such as process language.
当您运动时，大脑会在不知不觉中处理有关如何移动身体和如何呼吸的大多数决策。 这使您的意识可以自由地做其他事情，例如过程语言。
If you spend a few hours each week exercising — and you should — you can also use this time to listen to podcasts and audiobooks.
如果您每周花几个小时做运动，并且应该这样做，那么您也可以利用这段时间来收听播客和有声读物。
Five hours a week times 50 weeks a year equals 250 hours of listening time. That’s enough to absorb around 25 books every year.
每周5个小时乘以每年50个星期等于250个小时的收听时间。 每年足以吸收约25本书。
And that’s if you listen at normal speed. Most podcast apps let you listen on double speed, and Audible’s app even lets you listen to audiobooks on triple speed.
那就是您以正常速度收听的情况。 大多数播客应用程序可以让您以两倍的速度收听，而Audible的应用程序甚至可以让您以三倍的速度收听有声读物。
This may sound like it’s too fast. Can your brain actually process information this quickly?
听起来好像太快了。 您的大脑能否真正快速地处理信息？
Well, human speech is only about 150 words per minute. Most people can read about 300 words per minute, and most bookworms can read more than 450 words per minute — the equivalent of a triple speed audiobook.
好吧，人类的语音每分钟只有150个字左右。 大多数人每分钟可以阅读约300个单词，大多数书虫每分钟可以阅读超过450个单词-相当于三倍速有声读物。
So yes, it may take a few hours to get accustom to the speed, but pretty much everyone can process information like this.
所以是的，要习惯这种速度可能要花几个小时，但是几乎每个人都可以像这样处理信息。
There are some books that aren’t a good fit for the audio format, such as books with lots of code snippets and mathematical equations. But most nonfiction books work great in audiobook format, and are available on Audible.
有些书不适合音频格式，例如带有很多代码片段和数学方程式的书。 但是，大多数非小说类书籍都可以在有声读物格式下很好地工作，并且可以在Audible上使用。
If haven’t already signed up for Audible, you can get two audiobooks for free with this link:
如果尚未注册Audible，可通过此链接免费获得两本有声读物：
Audible Free Trial [Digital Membership]Edit descriptionamzn.to
And if you’re new to podcasts, here’s an article that covers all the best tools for listening to podcasts. It also includes tons of technology-related podcasts that are worth your time:
如果您是Podcast的新手，那么这里的文章涵盖了收听Podcast的所有最佳工具。 它还包括大量与技术相关的播客，这些都是值得您花时间的：
The best podcasts for new coders, and the best tools for listening to themI was a bit surprised by the results of the recent Free Code Camp/CodeNewbie survey. Only around 26% of people learning…medium.freecodecamp.com
最新的Free Code Camp / CodeNewbie调查的结果 使 我感到有些惊讶，这是 新程序员的最佳播客，以及聆听他们的最佳工具 。 只有大约26％的人正在学习… medium.freecodecamp.com
养成更好的习惯 (Better the habit you can stick with)
Extremely productive people do all kinds of eccentric things to save time. Albert Einstein and Steve Jobs wore the exact same outfit every day so they didn’t have to think about what they wanted to wear.
高生产率的人会做各种奇怪的事情来节省时间。 阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦(Albert Einstein)和史蒂夫·乔布斯(Steve Jobs)每天都穿着完全相同的服装，因此他们不必考虑要穿什么。
Others make huge sacrifices in the name of productivity. I’m listening to Elon Musk’s biography right now. He works 100 hours a week, and has only taken two weeks off in the past decade.
其他人则以生产力为代价做出了巨大的牺牲。 我正在听Elon Musk的传记 。 他每周工作100个小时，在过去十年中只休了两周假。
Most of us aren’t willing to go to such extremes. But all of us can adopt better habits, like the ones I’ve shared here. All of us can use these habits to use our time more productively.
我们大多数人都不愿意走极端。 但是我们所有人都可以采取更好的习惯，就像我在这里分享的那样。 我们所有人都可以利用这些习惯来更有效地利用我们的时间。
All of us can hack time.
我们所有人都可以利用时间。
I only write about programming and technology. If you follow me on Twitter I won’t waste your time. ?
我只写关于编程和技术的文章。 如果您在Twitter上关注我，我不会浪费您的时间。 ？
翻译自: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/i-hack-time-6d3a32193c9/
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