音頻鏈接：喜馬拉雅｜時間管理100講
In previous classes, I showed you a comprehensive theory of time management and explained several practical methods that you can use to implement this theory in your everyday life.
前面十幾講爲大家構建了一套完整的時間管理理論知識，還有它們的實際操作方法。
In this course, I’ll recommend some tools that will help you implement this time management process.
在今天這一講，我要爲大家推薦一些能夠幫助你們把方法更高效落地的“工具”。
Confucius once said, “the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.”
孔子曰：“工欲善其事，必先利其器。”
In time management, if we want to get double the results in half the time, we must use the right tools.
管理時間，我們也要運用相應的工具，有了趁手的工具才能讓我們事半功倍！
The right tools will reduce the time and effort to complete tasks.
工具其實在重新定義時間和成本。
If using the right tools is so important to optimizing the time you spend, then you must also learn to select the right tools for the right tasks.
工具的運用能幫助我們提高效率，而管理效率本身也必須用到工具。
So how do we choose the right tools?
那麼如何來選擇工具呢？
Tools must be satisfied in two criteria: they must be reduce time and they must reduce effort.
從短期管理的需求還有方便的需求，我們要在這兩個維度來對工具進行選擇。
As I mentioned before, the basis to managing time is really managing events.
我在前面講過：管理時間的核心是管理事件。
One tool that we use improperly is our own brain. Our brain is not designed to memorize but instead to think. It is a CPU not a hard disk.
我們的大腦不能用來記憶，應該用來思考，因爲它是CPU，不是硬盤。
So, we need a different tool to collect and store our many tasks. And it must meet the two criteria: it must reduce the time and effort it would take our brains to do this alone.
因此我們就需要一個可靠的外在工具系統來代替我們管理大腦裏的大量事務。
After we empty our brain of these tasks, its energy can fully devoted to better organizing our schedules and lists.
清空大腦做收集，把事務寫下來，我們才能更好地進行排程。
Remember, always organize your tasks according to the 4D principle – Do, Delegate, Delay, Delete.
運用4D原則來對事件進行處理。
In order from least to most effective in reducing time and effort, here are some tools we could use:
那麼按照“方便性”和“管理事件的時效性”爲基準，接下來就爲大家推薦一些好用的工具：
First, paper and pen. They are easiest to find.
首先，最容易得到，也是最常見的工具就是紙筆了。
The saying goes, “Good memory is inferior to a badability to write”.
俗話說：好記性不如爛筆頭。
While paper is indeed easier to find, it can be easier to lose but of course this depends on your storage habits.
紙筆容易得，但也容易丟，一切都要看你的收納習慣好不好了。
The other thing is we don’t always have paper and pen with us. Also, it is difficult to rearrange tasks into prioritized lists, schedules and contexts.
很多人通常不會隨身攜帶紙筆。而且，用紙筆列清單，也不容易更改。
Therefore, it has become inconvenient to use paper and pen to manage our matters.
所以用紙筆來進行事務的管理已經變得不太方便了。
If you are still using your brain to manage tasks, you’re still living in a primitive age.
用大腦管理事件說明你還活在原始社會。
If you’re still using paper and pen to manage tasks you are still living in an agricultural age.
用紙筆管理，你最多也就活在農業社會。
We are in the information age of the 21st century. We need tools that fit the times.
但是我們現在已經在21世紀的信息時代了。我們需要更便捷的工具。
So, I suggest that all of you must learn to manage taskswith your mobile phone.
所以接下來我建議大家一定要學會用手機來進行事件管理！
It would be even better if you have other portable devices such as the iPad, electronic watch.
用可移動設備，例如：手機、iPad、電腦都很好！
The mobile phone is very convenient because we carry it with us everywhere we go.
使用手機最方便，因爲現代人幾乎手機不離身；
The iPad is good too because its screen is larger and it will be easier to enter information.
如果攜帶iPad也很好，因爲屏幕會大一點，信息輸入起來效率更高；
The computer is a nice tool as well but it is much more difficult to carry around with us.
如果不十分考慮“隨身攜帶”的便利性，電腦也是非常不錯的管理工具。
If you decided to manage tasks with your phone, you need pay attention to one problem.
如果你選擇使用非常便利的手機來進行事件管理的話，那麼要注意一個問題：
It is very easy to become distracted while using your phone because of all the different apps and the opportunity to use social media.
因爲手機是我們的溝通工具和社交工具，所以它裏面會裝着大量的、各種各樣的程序和APP。這樣就會對你形成一個干擾，很可能會讓你的注意力跑偏，不能專注。
There is no one tool that is best for every situation and for every person. Tools have different strengths and weaknesses for different situations and different people. However, in general, some tools are better than others and I’ve found that the mobile phone has been the most effective.
這也是使用手機管理事務的一個弊端。當然了，沒有最好的工具，只有相對好的，或者說沒有最好的，只有更好的。
I recommend using the mobile phone to organize your kinds of aims.
在現在這個時代，我還是推薦大家使用手機爲主來管理自己短期目標、中期目標和長期的目標。
Don’t get in the habit of writing down your urgent matters using paper and pen. As soon as you’re assigned a new task what is the very first thing you do? Do you write it down on a Post-It note or tablet? Avoid this habit and instead write it on your phone.
建議大家不要養成用紙筆臨時記錄緊急事件的習慣，因爲那樣不利於你做好時間管理。新的任務出現，哪件是你第一時間要做的？你寫在便籤紙上還是收件筐裏？取而代之的是，我建議你寫在手機上。
If you don’t have a mobile phone, currently, some of the major brands include the iPhone, Samsung, Xiaomi and Huawei as well as many others.
現在市面上主流的手機品牌有：蘋果、三星、小米、華爲......
Mobile phones that have a large selection of Apps in an App Store are better for time management.
就這些品牌而言，我覺得蘋果商城裏的APP做得更優秀、更卓越一些。
Choosing the right app is the next thing to consider. Some apps handle specific things such as list apps, scheduling apps, reminder apps.
當然，大家可能會說，現在有很多APP是做全平臺的。
We want an app that combines all of the most important components into a single platform that reduces time and effort.
但是我們也知道：就有一些特別優秀的APP它很專注，它不做全平臺。
There is one app that I highly recommend: OmniFocus.
比如現在我要推薦給你使用的這款：這是我們在易效能所有線下課中都會推薦給大家使用的軟件，叫做“OmniFocus”。
Omnifocus is designed to be used with the iPhone. I’ve used OmniFocus for many years and recommend it to every student of Easy Efficiency.
這款軟件只做蘋果的平臺，我自己用了很多年，也向每個易效能的學員都推薦。
This software is a bit expensive, and every version and update requires a new payment. Currently, only the iPhone, iPad and PC can use it.
但是這款軟件很貴，因爲它的每個版本都要收錢（目前它有iPhone版、iPad版和PC版），更新也要收錢，真的是“好貴”！
But, since it is expensive, it must be worth of it.
但是“好貴、好貴”，好，纔會貴啊！
I will use OmniFocus for the rest of my life. That’s how good it is.
這款軟件我可以用一輩子。
If you’re really serious about improving your time management, I highly recommend you consider investing in and using OmniFocus.
如果你真的想管理好自己的時間，建議你可以去運用這款軟件。
I want to point something out:
最後要申明一下：
OmniFocus is not developed by Easy Efficiency and has no affiliation with our company.
這款軟件不是易效能開發的，和易效能一點關係都沒有。
Easy Efficiency is not a sales agent for OmniFocus and does not get any revenue from its students using it.
易效能也不是蘋果公司的銷售代理商。
The reason I recommend it is very simple – it is the best. I have used many tools and products and have found this is far and above, the best one.
我們推薦給大家使用的工具完全是因爲我們自己在試驗了很多同類產品之後，發現目前它是最好用的。
You can absolutely use other mobile phones and other apps.
當然大家也可以選用其它品牌的手機和APP。
You can even collect and arrange matters with a notebook, if you’d like.
你甚至可以就用一個紙質的筆記本來進行事件的收集和排程。
In fact, you are welcome to start out practicing with paper and pen. After you are proficient, you can expand to using more convenient and technological solutions.
初期大家可以從紙筆開始練習，熟練之後再慢慢擴展到使用高科技的部分。