全书BIG IDEAS汇总

《The One Thing》每章关键建议(BIG IDEAS)汇集整理

原书作者：Gary Keller & Jay Papasan
专题网站：The1Thing.com

整理&翻译：黛萝忒娜

刚刚读完《The One Thing》一书，注意到正文里几乎每章结尾都有给出BIG IDEAS，它们汇总了章节要点并且给出实践建议，可算作是书中的精髓重点。现在将它们汇总整理出来，以方便查看。

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PART 1
THE LIES
THEY MISLEAD AND DERAIL US

第一部分
谎言——误导我们并使我们脱轨

------ 4. Everything Matters Equally ------
——并非事事同等关键——

1. Go small. Don't focus on being busy; focus on being productive. Allow what matters most to drive your day.
从小处做起。别只是忙忙碌碌，而是专注于效率。让最要紧之事引导你的日常活动。

2. Go extreme. Once you've figured out what actually matters, keep asking what matters most until there is only one thing left. That core activity goes at the top of your success list.
做到极致。一旦找出真正要紧之事，继续追问最要紧的是什么，直到仅剩下一件事。这核心活动就是你成功计划中的头等大事。

3. Say no. Whether you say "later" or "never," the point is to say "not now" to anything else you could do until your most important work is done.
去说『不』。不管你是说『稍候』或是『永不』，关键是在直到你完成最重要的工作前，对你能做的其他任何事说『现在不要』。

4. Don't get trapped in the "check off" game. If we believe things don't matter equally, we must act accordingly. We can't fall prey to the notion that everything has to be done, that checking things off our list is what success is all about. We can't be trapped in a game of "check off" that never produces a winner. The truth is that things don't matter equally and success is found in doing what matters most.
别陷进『核查完毕』的把戏里。如果我们确信事物并非同等关键，我们就必须依序进行。我们不必陷进务必事事完成的想法中，不要认为完成任务清单上的事项就是关于成功的一切。『核查完毕』任务清单的把戏从未有人赢过，我们不必陷入其中。真相在于事物并非同等关键，成功在于做好最为要紧之事。

------ 5. Multitasking ------
——多重任务的迷局——

1. Distraction is natural. Don't feel bad when you get distracted. Everyone gets distracted.
分心是正常现象。如果你分心了，别感觉太糟。每个人都会分心的。

2. Multitasking takes a toll. At home or at work, distractions lead to poor choices, painful mistakes, and unnecessary stress.
同时进行多项任务是有代价的。无论是在家还是在工作中，分心都会导致糟糕的选择、令人痛苦的失误，以及不必要的压力。

3. Distraction undermines results. When you try to do too much at once, you can end up doing nothing well. Figure out what matters most in the moment and give it your undivided attention.
分心会破坏成果。当你试图一次做好太多事时，你最终会一事无成。找出当前最为关键之事，全心全意地去做它。

------ 6. A Disciplined Life ------
——人生并非靠纪律——

1. Don't be a disciplined person. Be a person of powerful habits and use selected discipline to develop them.
别成为有纪律的人。成为有强大习惯的人，有选择地利用纪律来发展习惯。

2. Build one habit at a time. Success is sequential, not simultaneous. No one actually has the discipline to acquire more than one powerful new habit at a time. Super-successful people aren't superhuman at all; they've just used selected discipline to develop a few significant habits. One at a time. Over time.
每次建立一个习惯。成功是有序的，而非同时的。事实上没人能靠纪律来一次实现多过一个的强大新习惯。特别成功之人并非什么超人，他们仅是有选择地利用纪律，来发展少数重要的习惯。每次一个。慢慢积累。

3. Give each habit enough time. Stick with the discipline long enough for it to become routine. Habits, on average, take 66 days to form. Once a habit is solidly established, you can either build on that habit or, if appropriate, build another one.
给每个习惯留出足够的时间。坚持守纪律足够长的时间，直到它成为惯性。平均而论，形成一个习惯需要66天。一旦牢固地建立了一个习惯，你就既可以加强它，或是如果合适，再建立另外的习惯。

------ 7. Willpower Is Always on Will-Call ------
——意志力并非随叫随到——

1. Don't spread your willpower too thin. On any given day, you have a limited supply of willpower, so decide what matters and reserve your willpower for it.
别过于分散你的意志力。在任何一天里，你能发挥的意志力都是有限的，因而要决定关键之事，为其保留你的意志力。

2. Monitor your fuel gauge. Full-strength willpower requires a full tank. Never let what matters most be compromised simply because your brain was under-fueled. Eat right and regularly.
注意你的精力储备。彻底发挥意志力需要充分的储备。永远不要出现仅因为你头脑精力不足，而影响到最关键事务的情况。饮食要规律且适当。

3. Time your task. Do what matters most first each day when your willpower is strongest. Maximum strength willpower means maximum success.
为你的任务规划时间。每天首先做你最要紧的事，当你的意志力最强大的时候。最强大的意志力意味着最彻底的成功。

------ 8. A Balanced Life ------
——生活不可能各方面等同——

1. Think about two balancing buckets. Separate your work life and personal life into two distinct buckets—not to compartmentalize them, just for counterbalancing. Each has its own counterbalancing goals and approaches.
设想两个需要平衡的秤盘。将你的工作时段与个人生活分到两个不同的秤盘中——不是要它们彻底分离，而是要平衡互补。其各自都有着平衡互补的目标与方法。

2. Counterbalance your work bucket. View work as involving a skill or knowledge that must be mastered. This will cause you to give disproportionate time to your ONE Thing and will throw the rest of your work day, week, month, and year continually out of balance. Your work life is divided into two distinct areas—what matters most and everything else. You will have to take what matters to the extremes and be okay with what happens to the rest. Professional success requires it.
让你的工作平衡互补。将工作视为发展某种必须掌握的技能或知识。这会使你将大量时间投入你的关键之事，放弃其他工作，经年累月如此，而非各方面等同。你的工作时段被分为两个区域——最为关键之事，与其他各种琐事。你必须将关键之事做到极致，让其他一切顺其自然。专业上的成功就需要如此。

3. Counterbalance your personal life bucket. Acknowledge that your life actually has multiple areas and that each requires a minimum of attention for you to feel that you "have a life." Drop any one and you will feel the effects. This requires constant awareness. You must never go too long or too far without counterbalancing them so that they are all active areas of your life. Your personal life requires it.
让你的个人生活平衡互补。了解你的生活事实上有着许多方面，各自均需要你至少投入一定注意力，才会让你觉得你是『在生活』。放弃任何一项，你都会尝到后果。这就需要不断保持觉知。因为这些领域全都是你生活中的重要方面，你不能失去平衡互补，不能总是做得太过头。你的个人生活需要如此。

------ 9. Big Is Bad ------
——伟大并没什么不好——

1. Think big. Avoid incremental thinking that simply asks, "What do I do next?" This is at best the slow lane to success and, at worst, the off ramp. Ask bigger questions. A good rule of thumb is to double down everywhere in your life. If your goal is ten, ask the question: "How can I reach 20?" Set a goal so far above what you want that you'll be building a plan that practically guarantees your original goal.
设想远大。别只是顺着当前继续去问：『我接下来该做什么了？』这么问，最好结果也是推迟成功，最糟糕的结果则是，会使你脱轨。询问更重大的问题。一条有用的经验法则是，将你生活的各方面都加倍。如果你的目标算作是十，那么就问：『我要怎样做才能获得20？』设定比原先预期加倍的目标，这样你制订的计划才能实际上确保原定目标实现。

2. Don't order from the menu. Apple's celebrated 1997 "Think Different" ad campaign featured icons like Ali, Dylan, Einstein, Hitchcock, Picasso, Gandhi, and others who "saw things differently" and who went on to transform the world we know. The point was that they didn't choose from the available options; they imagined outcomes that no one else had. They ignored the menu and ordered their own creations. As the ad reminds us, "People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the only ones who do."
别只是因循守旧。苹果公司在1997年的『另类思考』广告中，选择的标志人物是阿里、迪伦、爱因斯坦、希区柯克、毕加索、甘地，以及其他『以不同方式看待事物』并且改变我们所知世界之人。要点在于他们并非只从已知可能中选择，他们设想的是没人想过的成果。他们无视旧例，而是订制自己的创造。正如广告提醒我们的：『仅有那些足够疯狂，认为他们能够改变世界之人，才是真正做到这点的人。』

3. Act bold. Big thoughts go nowhere without bold action. Once you've asked a big question, pause to imagine what life looks like with the answer. If you still can't imagine it, go study people who have already achieved it. What are the models, systems, habits, and relationships of other people who have found the answer? As much as we'd like to believe we're all different, what consistently works for others will almost always work for us.
勇往直前。如果没有大胆行动，那么远大的设想不会带来任何结果。一旦你提出了重大问题，就停下来想象，当答案出现时，生活会是什么样的。如果你还无法想象，就去研究那些已经实现它的人。其他那些已经找到答案之人，他们的模式、系统、习惯与关联是什么？我们总以为人各有异，实际在其他人身上有效的方法对我们也会有效。

4. Don't fear failure. It's as much a part of your journey to extraordinary results as success. Adopt a growth mindset, and don't be afraid of where it can take you. Extraordinary results aren't built solely on extraordinary results. They're built on failure too. In fact, it would be accurate to say that we fail our way to success. When we fail, we stop, ask what we need to do to succeed, learn from our mistakes, and grow. Don't be afraid to fail. See it as part of your learning process and keep striving for your true potential.
别害怕失败。这也是你成功获得非凡成果的旅程中的一部分。选择接受成长的思维模式，别害怕它可能带给你的事物。非凡成果的获得并不仅是依靠之前的非凡成果。它们也建立在失败的基础上。事实上，确切说来我们在成功路上都会失败。当我们失败，我们就暂停，询问我们要做什么才能成功，从失误中吸取教训，进而成长。别害怕失败。将它看成你学习过程的一部分，不断为你的真实潜能努力。

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PART 2
THE TRUTH
THE SIMPLE PATH TO PRODUCTIVITY

第二部分
真相——高效率的简捷途径

------ 10. The Focusing Question ------
——焦点问题——

1. Great questions are the path to great answers. The Focusing Question is a great question designed to find a great answer. It will help you find the first domino for your job, your business, or any other area in which you want to achieve extraordinary results.
重大问题会导向重大的答案。焦点问题就是使人找到重大答案的重大问题。它会协助你找到多米诺骨牌效应中的第一块骨牌，无论是在你的职业、你的事业，或是任何你想达成非凡成果的领域中。

2. The Focusing Question is a double-duty question. It comes in two forms: big picture and small focus. One is about finding the right direction in life and the other is about finding the right action.
焦点问题是个双重问题。它有两种形式：宏大图景与微距焦点。前者关系到生活中的正确方向，后者关系到正确的行动。

3. The Big-Picture Question: "What's my ONE Thing?" Use it to develop a vision for your life and the direction for your career or company; it is your strategic compass. It also works when considering what you want to master, what you want to give to others and your community, and how you want to be remembered. It keeps your relationships with friends, family, and colleagues in perspective and your daily actions on track.
宏大图景的问题：『什么是我的关键之事？』利用它来建设你的生活愿景，以及引导你的职业或团队，这是你的战略方向。这也适用于你想掌握何种事务，你想将什么给予他人与你所在社区，以及你想以怎样的方式被人们铭记。这使你与友邻、家人以及同事的关系纳入愿景，并使你的日常活动步入正轨。

4. The Small-Focus Question: "What's my ONE Thing right now?" Use this when you first wake up and throughout the day. It keeps you focused on your most important work and, whenever you need it, helps you find the "levered action" or first domino in any activity. The small-focus question prepares you for the most productive workweek possible. It's effective in your personal life too, keeping you attentive to your most important immediate needs, as well as those of the most important people in your life.
微距焦点问题：『什么是我当前的关键之事？』当你开始醒来时，以及在你的全天活动中，使用这个问题。这使你专注于最重要的工作上，并且在任何你需要的时候，协助你在任何活动中找到『杠杆支点行动』或者说第一块多米诺骨牌。微距焦点问题使你能实现最为高效的工作周。它也使你的个人生活富有效率，使你不断注意到你最要紧的需求，以及那些你生活中最为重要之人。

------ 11. The Success Habit ------
——成功的习惯——

So how do you make The ONE Thing part of your daily routine? How do you make it strong enough to get extraordinary results at work and in the other areas of your life? Here's a starter list drawn from our experience and our work with others.
因而，你该如何使得『仅专注一件事』成为你日常活动的一部分？你该如何建立这强大的习惯，来在工作与你生活的其他领域中取得非凡成果？以下的起始清单，来自于我们自身经验以及我们与其他人的合作。

1. Understand and believe it. The first step is to understand the concept of the ONE Thing, then to believe that it can make a difference in your life. If you don't understand and believe, you won't take action.
理解并且确信它。首先得理解『仅专注一件事』的概念，继而确信它能够使你的生活不同。如果你并没理解与确信，你就不会付诸行动。

2. Use it. Ask yourself the Focusing Question. Start each day by asking, "What's the ONE Thing I can do today for [whatever you want] such that by doing it everything else will be easier or even unnecessary?" When you do this, your direction will become clear. Your work will be more productive and your personal life more rewarding.
应用它。向你自己提出焦点问题。在每天开始时提问：『我今天能够（为我想要的事物）做哪一件事，使得其他所有事变得更容易甚至不再必要？』当你这么做时，你的方向就会变得清晰。你的工作会更为高效，而你的个人生活则变得更为丰富。

3. Make it a habit. When you make asking the Focusing Question a habit, you fully engage its power to get the extraordinary results you want. It's a difference maker. Research says this will take about 66 days. Whether it takes you a few weeks or a few months, stick with it until it becomes your routine. If you're not serious about learning the Success Habit, you're not serious about getting extraordinary results.
让它成为习惯。当提出焦点问题成为你的习惯，你就是在彻底利用它的权能来获得你想要的非凡成果。它会创造变革。研究调查表明，培育习惯平均需要66天。无论这到底是花费了你几周时间或是几个月，坚持它直到它成为你的日常习惯。如果你不肯认真对待成功习惯的培养，你也不可能真正获得非凡成果。

4. Leverage reminders. Set up ways to remind yourself to use the Focusing Question. One of the best ways to do this is to put up a sign at work that says, "Until my ONE Thing is done—everything else is a distraction." We designed the back cover of this book to be a trigger —set it on the corner of your desk so that it's the first thing you see when you get to work. Use notes, screen savers, and calendar cues to keep making the connection between the Success Habit and the results you seek. Put up reminders like, "The ONE Thing = Extraordinary Results" or "The Success Habit Will Get Me to My Goal."
使用提醒手段。设置方法来提醒自己运用焦点问题。最佳方式之一就是在工作地点放置一条标语：『直到我的关键之事完成——其他一切皆是扰乱。』我们在书的封底设置了这条提醒语——将它放在你办公桌的一角，这样当你工作时就会首先看到它。利用记事贴、计算机屏幕保护，以及行事历标注，来在成功习惯与你寻求的结果之间建立联系。设置像这样的提醒：『仅专注一件事——意味着——非凡成果』或是『成功的习惯将使我达成目标』。

5. Recruit support. Research shows that those around you can influence you tremendously. Starting a success support group with some of your work colleagues can help inspire all of you to practice the Success Habit every day. Get your family involved. Share your ONE Thing. Get them on board. Use the Focusing Question around them to show them how the Success Habit can make a difference in their school work, their personal achievements, or any other part of their lives.
建立支持。研究调查表明，你周围的人会严重影响你。着手与你的工作同事建立成功支持团队，这有助于鼓舞你们全体坚持每天实践成功的习惯。让你的家人也加入。分享你专注的一件事。让他们也参与进来。在他们之中运用焦点问题，向他们展示成功的习惯会如何改变他们的学校生活、个人成就，或是他们生活中的其他任何部分。

------ 12. The Path to Great Answers ------
——通往重大答案之路——

1. Think big and specific. Setting a goal you intend to achieve is like asking a question. It's a simple step from "I'd like to do that" to "How do I achieve that?" The best question—and by default, the best goal—is big and specific: big, because you're after extraordinary results; specific, to give you something to aim at and to leave no wiggle room about whether you hit the mark. A big and specific question, especially in the form of the Focusing Question, helps you zero in on the best possible answer.
进行重大且特定的设想。设定你想要达到的目标就像是提出问题。从『我想做这个』到『我该如何实现它？』之间仅差一步。最佳问题——默认地，也就是最佳答案——在于重大且特定：重大，因为你寻求的是非凡成果；特定，这使你专注目标，不在判断是否中标上留下余地。重大且特定的问题，尤其是以焦点问题的形式提出，协助你锁定最佳可能答案。

2. Think possibilities. Setting a doable goal is almost like creating a task to check off your list. A stretch goal is more challenging. It aims you at the edge of your current abilities; you have to stretch to reach it. The best goal explores what's possible. When you see people and businesses that have undergone transformations, this is where they live.
设想可能性。设定加倍的目标还只是像核对完成任务清单。突破性目标则更具挑战。它专注于发挥你当前能力的极限，你必须有所突破才能达到它。最佳目标是对可能性的探索。当你看到在经历重大转变的人群与事业，他们正在居于其中。

3. Benchmark and trend for the best answer. No one has a crystal ball, but with practice you can become surprisingly good at anticipating where things are heading. The people and businesses who get there first often enjoy the lion's share of the rewards with few, if any, competitors. Benchmark and trend to find the extraordinary answer you need for extraordinary results.
对准并且朝向最佳答案。没人拥有算命的水晶球，但随着练习，你会令人惊异地善于预测事情发展的方向。抢占先机的人群与企业通常会获得最大份额，这很少（如果不是完全不可能）被其他竞争者分享。对准并且朝向你的非凡成果所需要的非凡答案。

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PART 3
EXTRAORDINARY RESULTS
UNLOCKING THE POSSIBILITIES WITHIN YOU

第三部分
非凡成果——释放你的内在潜能

------ 13. Live with Purpose ------
——有目标的生活——

1. Happiness happens on the way to fulfillment. We all want to be happy, but seeking it isn't the best way to find it. The surest path to achieving lasting happiness happens when you make your life about something bigger, when you bring meaning and purpose to your everyday actions.
快乐发生在实现它的过程中。我们都想快乐，但寻求它却并非找到它的最佳方式。实现持续快乐的最确定方式在于让你的生活更为宏大，让你的日常行动充满意义与目标。

2. Discover your Big Why. Discover your purpose by asking yourself what drives you. What's the thing that gets you up in the morning and keeps you going when you're tired and worn down? I sometimes refer to this as your "Big Why." It's why you're excited with your life. It's why you're doing what you're doing.
找到你的根本目的。询问你自己，是什么在驱使着你，从而发现你的目标。是什么驱使你每天早上起床，并且驱使着你在疲惫劳累之时仍继续向前？我有时称这为你的『根本目的』。它是生活为何令你振奋的原因。它是使你从事你正从事之事的原因。

3. Absent an answer, pick a direction. "Purpose" may sound heavy but it doesn't have to be. Think of it as simply the ONE Thing you want your life to be about more than any other. Try writing down something you'd like to accomplish and then describe how you'd do it.
不在于答案，在于确立方向。『目标』或许听起来过于沉重，但不见得如此。只管把它当成你生命中最想实现之事，远胜过其他一切。试着写下你想实现的事物，然后描述你想要怎么做。

------ 14. Live by Priority ------
——有关键的生活——

1. There can only be ONE. Your most important priority is the ONE Thing you can do right now that will help you achieve what matters most to you. You may have many "priorities," but dig deep and you'll discover there is always one that matters most, your top priority—your ONE Thing.
一件事就是一件事。你最为重要的关键事项，就是你现在能够做的一件事，它能有助于你实现对你最关键的事。你或许有许多『关键事项』，但当你深入下去，则会发现始终仅有一件是最重要的，你的最关键事项——你的惟一事务。

2. Goal Set to the Now. Knowing your future goal is how you begin. Identifying the steps you need to accomplish along the way keeps your thinking clear while you uncover the right priority you need to accomplish right now.
将目标设立于当下。要知道你的未来目标取决于你的开始。找出你需要在途中完成的步骤，这使你能清楚地正确找出你在当前需要完成的关键事务。

3. Put pen to paper. Write your goals down and keep them close.
记在纸面上。写下你的目标，并将它们放在近前。

------ 15. Live for Productivity ------
——有效率的生活——

1. Connect the dots. Extraordinary results become possible when where you want to go is completely aligned with what you do today. Tap into your purpose and allow that clarity to dictate your priorities. With your priorities clear, the only logical course is to go to work.
找出关联。非凡成果的实现，在于你的最终目标与你当前所做完全一致。深入你的目标，让它明确地引导你的优先事务。当你的关键事务清楚了，其必然的逻辑关系也就清楚了。

2. Time block your ONE Thing. The best way to make your ONE Thing happen is to make regular appointments with yourself. Block time early in the day, and block big chunks of it—no less than four hours! Think of it this way: If your time blocking were on trial, would your calendar contain enough evidence to convict you?
为你的惟一事务规划时间。使你的惟一事务能实现的最佳方式，就是安排好与你自己的日常预约。留出每天较早的时段，划出大块的时间——不少于四小时！请这样想一下：如果你是在试验时间规划，那么你的行事历中留下足够说服自己的证据了吗？

3. Protect your time block at all costs. Time blocking works only when your mantra is "Nothing and no one has permission to distract me from my ONE Thing." Unfortunately, your resolve won't keep the world from trying, so be creative when you can be and firm when you must. Your time block is the most important meeting of your day, so whatever it takes to protect it is what you have to do.
竭尽全力守卫你的时间规划。仅有你以『不允许任何人任何事使我远离我的惟一事务』为自己的座右铭时，时间规划才会管用。不幸的是，你的决心并不能阻止世界试图改变它，因而当你需要创新变通时就去创新变通，但当你必须坚决时，则请坚决。你的时间规划是你每天最重要的安排，所以无论需要做什么来保卫它，你都必须去做。

------ 16. The Three Commitments ------
——做出三项承诺——

1. Commit to be your best. Extraordinary results happen only when you give the best you have to become the best you can be at your most important work. This is, in essence, the path to mastery—and because mastery takes time, it takes a commitment to achieve it.
承诺做到最好。仅在你付出你能付出的最好一切，在你最重要的领域成为你能成为的最佳实践者时，非凡成果才会实现。根本而言，这也就是，掌控之道——成为掌控者需要付出时间，需要承诺来实现它。

2. Be purposeful about your ONE Thing. Move from "E" to "P." Go on a quest for the models and systems that can take you the farthest. Don't just settle for what comes naturally—be open to new thinking, new skills, and new relationships. If the path of mastery is a commitment to be your best, being purposeful is a commitment to adopt the best possible approach.
让你的惟一事务成为目标导向。从『实际导向["E" (Entrepreneurial)]』到『目标导向["P" (Purposeful)]』。寻求能使你走到最远的模式与系统。别只是接受自然而来之事——开明地接纳新思想、新技艺，与新的关系。如果掌控之道就是要承诺做到最佳，目标导向则是承诺采取可能的最佳途径。

3. Take ownership of your outcomes. If extraordinary results are what you want, being a victim won't work. Change occurs only when you're accountable. So stay out of the passenger seat and always choose the driver's side.
为你的结果负责。如果你想要的是非凡成果，陷入受害者心态就是行不通的。仅在你负责之时，才会发生改变。因而请脱离乘客位置，始终选择司机的立场。

4. Find a coach. You'll be hard-pressed to find anyone who achieves extraordinary results without one.
找到教练。你很难找到没有教练指导就实现非凡成果之人。

------ 17. The Four Thieves ------
——提防四个窃贼——

1. Start saying "no." Always remember that when you say yes to something, you're saying no to everything else. It's the essence of keeping a commitment. Start turning down other requests outright or saying, "No, for now" to distractions so that nothing detracts you from getting to your top priority. Learning to say no can and will liberate you. It's how you'll find the time for your ONE Thing.
开始去说『不』。始终记得当你对某事说『是』时，你就是在对其他一切说『不』。这是保持承诺的本质。开始去立刻拒绝其他请求，或是对扰乱说『不，现在不行』，这就不让任何事务使你从你的最关键事项上分心。学着去说『不』，这会使你解放。这使你能为进行你的惟一事务找出时间。

2. Accept chaos. Recognize that pursuing your ONE Thing moves other things to the back burner. Loose ends can feel like snares, creating tangles in your path. This kind of chaos is unavoidable. Make peace with it. Learn to deal with it. The success you have accomplishing your ONE Thing will continually prove you made the right decision.
接受混乱。要承认，努力实现你的惟一事务，必然会使其他事居于次要。琐碎事项就像是陷阱，在你的道路上制造混乱。这种混乱是不可避免的。坦然接受它。学着面对它。当你成功完成你的惟一事务时，自然会证明你的决定是正确的。

3. Manage your energy. Don't sacrifice your health by trying to take on too much. Your body is an amazing machine, but it doesn't come with a warranty, you can't trade it in, and repairs can be costly. It's important to manage your energy so you can do what you must do, achieve what you want to achieve, and live the life you want to live.
管理你的能量。别因为试图做太多事而牺牲你的健康。你的身体有着奇妙的构造，却并非某种可抵押品，你不能拿它来做交易，要修复弥补是要付出代价的。管理你的能量极其重要，这样你才能去做你必做之事，实现你想实现之事，活出你想要的生活。

4. Take ownership of your environment. Make sure that the people around you and your physical surroundings support your goals. The right people in your life and the right physical environment on your daily path will support your efforts to get to your ONE Thing. When both are in alignment with your ONE Thing, they will supply the optimism and physical lift you need to make your ONE Thing happen.
对你的环境负责。确保你周围的人与你的周围现实支持你的目标。让正确的人与正确的现实环境出现在你的日常道路上，会支持你实现惟一事务的努力。当两者均与你的惟一事务一致，这些就会支持你的积极心态并且提供实际支援，使你的惟一事务实现。

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