第一部分：时间

“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.” 只把那些你生前不想做的事情推迟到明天

“Death is not waiting for us at the end of a long road. Death is always with us, in the marrow of every passing moment. She is the secret teacher hiding in plain sight, helping us to discover what matters most.” 死亡不是一根终点线，它无时无刻伴随我们左右

Our future selves understand the value of time better than any of us. 未来的我们比现在的我们更理解时间的价值，在做重要决策时，问问100岁的自己，他在这个情况下会作出什么选择，听他的准没错

All you need to do is to stop living for tomorrow or next week or next month or even next year, because a lifetime absent of regret is a lifetime of happiness. 把眼光放长远一点，不要只是为了明天、下周、下个月或者明年而活，因为没有遗憾的一辈子就是充满幸福的一辈子。

“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.” 记住我很快就要死去，这是帮助我作出人生重大决策的最好工具

The problem is that so many of us discount the value of minutes and overestimate the value of an hour or a day or a weekend. We dither away our minutes as if they were useless, assuming that creativity can only happen in increments of an hour or a day or more. 我们低估了分钟的价值，却高估了一天和一个周末的价值 有价值的变化不是按照小时或者天为单位发生的，每一分钟都是有价值的

One of the best ways to be more productive is to stop doing other things. 提高工作效率的最佳方法就是停止做其他的事情 把时间花在最重要的事情上

“People who do great things don’t wait until the time is right. They make the time.” 那些做出非凡成就的人不会等到时间合适，他们会主动创造时机

Remember: When you say you don’t have enough time, you’re actually saying that there are other things more important to you. 当你说你没有足够时间的时候，实际上是说你有比这更重要的事情 如果一件事情真的很重要，你会找到时间去做的

Don’t waste time on things that will mean nothing to you hours or days later. Don’t spend a minute on something that you will forget in an hour. Don’t even think about things over which you have no control. 不要浪费时间去做那些在几个小时或者几天后就毫无意义的事情上 不要浪费时间去想那些你无法控制的事情

“We say that we waste time, but that is impossible. We waste ourselves.” 我们说自己浪费了时间，实际上那是不可能的，我们浪费的是自己本身，时间是不受我们影响的。

They treat their money like it has great value but toss away their time like it is meaningless. 他们对待自己的钱就像它很有价值，但浪费时间就像它毫无意义。 钱是无限的，随时都可以再去赚，但是时间是有限的，失去了就失去了，两者谁更有价值是很明显的。

“It’s one of your greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.” “原谅别人是你能给自己的最好的礼物之一。原谅所有人。”

第二部分：采取行动

But I can guarantee that none of these things will come to pass in this year or the next. That’s the thing about a five-year plan. It allows you to do nothing for a long time. 五年计划表示你可以在很长一段时间内可以什么都不干。 忘记五年计划，今天就开始，现在就开始！

You must be willing to fail. You need to accept the fact that you will likely make terrible things before you make good things. 大方接受失败，在你做出真正好东西前，你可能会做出很糟糕的东西

第三部分：寻求支持

Eventually you need to hear from people you trust, and oftentimes the sooner, the better. 你需要听取你信任的人的意见，越早越好

“The hard thing and the right thing are usually the same thing.” 困难的事情和正确的事情通常是同一件事情

第四部分：活在当下

No Room for Pretty When It Comes to Productivity 在生产力面前没有漂亮的立足之地

Pessimists Die Knowing Only That They Were Correct. Optimists Thrive. 悲观主义者到死之前只知道自己是对的，而乐观主义者在不断蓬勃发展