In today’s, in the past and probably in the future world — the time is more valuable than money, and the right time waits for no one. Hence, we have to make the most out of it to succeed in life.

在當今，過去甚至未來世界中，時間比金錢更有價值，而正確的時機無人等待。 因此，我們必須充分利用才能成功地生活。

Time is an extremely scarce resource.

時間是一種極為稀缺的資源。

Every one of us has 24*60=1440 minutes a day, and totally about 28000 days to live (that’s how many days an average person lives since being born). And by the time you read this, you may have already lost significant chunk!

我們每個人每天有24 * 60 = 1440分鐘的時間，總共大約有28000天的生活時間 (這就是一個人自出生以來每天生活的天數)。 而且，當您閱讀本文時，您可能已經丟失了很多內容！

Developers can organize their day, maintain a busy schedule, feel very bored and unfulfilled, and never have enough time. Why so? Because often, the tasks they are doing throughout their day do not excite them or align with what they want — their goals and dreams.

開發人員可以安排自己的一天，保持繁忙的日程，感到非常無聊和無法滿足，并且永遠沒有足夠的時間。 為什么這樣？ 因為通常他們一整天都在執行的任務不會激發他們或使其與他們想要的目標或夢想保持一致。

If you don’t work towards your dreams and goals, you aren’t investing your time in yourself — you are wasting it.

如果您不為自己的夢想和目標而努力，那么您就不會在自己身上花費時間，而是在浪費時間。

Wasting time is a choice, and it’s one that is entirely within your control. It is really important to make this choice on purpose (and not accidentally) and use your time effectively.

浪費時間是一種選擇，這完全在您的控制范圍之內。 故意(并非偶然)做出選擇并有效利用您的時間是非常重要的。

That’s why you should try to make each minute of each day count because every minute you sit idly doing nothing or wasting time, there is someone out there working hard towards the same goal gaining the edge over you.

這就是為什么您應該嘗試計算每天的每一分鐘的原因，因為您坐著的每一分鐘都無所事事或浪費時間，那里有人在努力朝著同一目標努力，從而超越您。

Moreover, making better use of your time is also saving time. I had to learn how to manage my time effectively and productively because I procrastinated a lot in the past.

此外，更好地利用您的時間也可以節省時間。 我不得不學習如何有效和高效地管理自己的時間，因為過去我拖延了很多時間。

And here are some straightforward strategies that you can use to utilize your time better and feel much more fulfilled, energized, and happier:

以下是一些簡單的策略，您可以使用這些策略更好地利用自己的時間，并感到更加充實，充滿活力和更加幸福：

🎯設定目標 (🎯 Set goals)

When you have goals you want to achieve, you are less likely to waste time on things not related to those goals: everything you do starts feeling that it has a purpose.

當您有要實現的目標時，您不太可能在與那些目標無關的事情上浪費時間：您所做的一切都開始感覺到它有目的。

Besides, it’s crucial to establish processes and systems to achieve those goals!

此外， 建立流程和系統以實現這些目標至關重要！

A process is a step-by-step action that helps you efficiently and systematically reach your goals. Not having a process is worse than not having a plan.

流程是分步操作，可以幫助您有效而系統地實現目標。 沒有程序比沒有計劃更糟糕。

things優先事項 (💎 Prioritize things)

Most developers have thousands of things (projects!!!) going on at any one time. The key is to focus only on what matters the most to move you toward your big goal.

大多數開發人員可以同時執行數千項操作(項目！！！)。 關鍵是只專注于最重要的事情，以使您朝著大目標邁進。

You should align your time with your big picture priority. Everything else should go on the do-not-do-list! Here is how Warren Buffet approaches it.

您應該將時間與總體優先事項保持一致。 其他所有內容都應列在“請勿執行”列表中！ 沃倫·巴菲特(Warren Buffet)就是這樣。

“It’s said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others’ mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from others’ successes.” — John C. Maxwell

據說有智慧的人可以從錯誤中汲取教訓。 聰明的人會從別人的錯誤中學習。 但是最聰明的人是從別人的成功中學到東西的。” 約翰·麥克斯韋(John C. Maxwell)

♀?♀?說“不” (🙅?♀? Say “No”)

Here I am still in the development process, but it has already become much better. I say “no” much more often today.

在這里，我仍處于開發過程中，但是它已經變得更好了。 我今天經常說“不”。

When I have inquiries of any kind or even my own project ideas, I always reflect on this principle: if you say yes to this, you automatically say no to something else. Because you can only do one thing at a time, is this thing more important than other things for achieving my goals?

當我有任何疑問或什至是我自己的項目想法時，我總是會反思這個原則： 如果您對此表示同意，您會自動對其他事情說不。 因為您一次只能做一件事，那么這件事對實現我的目標是否比其他事情重要？

This way, whole kinds of projects or requests fall through the grid — the filter which recognizes what really matters for me, for my most critical resource — my time.

這樣，各種各樣的項目或請求就會落入網格中-篩選器可以識別對我來說最重要的資源，這是我最重要的資源-我的時間。

calls減少通話，減少會議 (📆 Less calls, less meetings)

Time is an incredibly valuable asset in a product company, and especially in a startup business. When you spend the day sprinting from meeting to meeting, the time flies by.

在產品公司中，尤其是在創業公司中，時間是非常寶貴的資產。 當您花一天時間從一個會議沖刺到另一個會議時，時間就過去了。

In fact, most meetings are pointless. Some people like to attend meetings for the sake of meetings. Hence, you could cancel 70%-80% or more of them, making no difference in your work.

實際上，大多數會議都是毫無意義的。 有些人為了參加會議而喜歡參加會議。 因此，您可以取消其中的70％-80％或更多，這對您的工作沒有影響。

Meetings might interrupt the workflow of individual contributors like developers and designers who need to concentrate for extended periods to deliver tangible value for the product. As a result, the working day of developers can turn into a long evening spending in front of the laptop while trying to mark some of those overdue items off their TODO-list.

會議可能會中斷開發人員和設計人員等個人貢獻者的工作流程，他們需要長時間集中精力以提供產品的有形價值。 結果，開發人員的工作日可能變成了在筆記本電腦前度過的漫長的夜晚，同時試圖將某些過期的項目從他們的TODO列表中標記出來。

Still, meetings are an essential function of communication on the team; that’s why it’s crucial to decide whether every scheduled meeting is worth your time before joining it.

盡管如此，會議還是團隊溝通的基本功能。 這就是為什么在參加每次會議之前決定是否值得您花時間參加會議至關重要。

📬電子郵件時間 (📬 Time for emails)

I don’t answer all emails immediately. I have a fixed time limit for emails; usually, I look at them just once per day, because answering emails and dealing with Slack/Teams messages can be scheduled just like everything else.

我不會立即回復所有電子郵件。 我對電子郵件有固定的時間限制； 通常，我每天只看一次，因為回復電子郵件和處理Slack / Team消息可以像安排其他事情一樣安排。

The power of time blocking for emails comes in choosing when you do this task instead of disturbing your focus and decreasing your productivity every moment of your day.

電子郵件時間限制的強大功能在于您選擇何時執行此任務，而不用打擾您的注意力并降低您每天的工作效率。

For example, Elon Musk uses the time blocking method to go through “critical emails” each day.

例如， 埃隆·馬斯克 ( Elon Musk)使用時間限制方法每天瀏覽“關鍵電子郵件”。

things自動化事物 (🤖 Automate things)

We are programmers; we naturally don’t like routine and doing repetitive tasks. If it happens to us twice or more, we are looking for ways to automate it.

我們是程序員； 我們自然不喜歡日常工作和重復性工作。 如果兩次或兩次以上發生，我們正在尋找使它自動化的方法。

Especially in finance, this can be important. For example, automatic tracking of your expenses is one thing that can lead to financial freedom; it can be used to reduce our spending by tracking our expenses to free more cash from your dev-salary monthly investment.

特別是在金融領域，這一點很重要。 例如，自動跟蹤您的費用是可以帶來財務自由的一件事； 通過跟蹤我們的支出以從您的開發人員每月的投資中釋放更多現金，它可以用來減少我們的支出。

To learn more, you can get my top-15 cash-freeing tips cheatsheet for developers.

要了解更多信息，您可以獲取我的面向開發人員的15大免現金技巧速查表。

🚀在當下 (🚀 Be in the moment)

Thinking about the past is pointless. Our whole life is ruining because we think much more about the past and future.

思考過去是沒有意義的。 我們的一生都在毀滅，因為我們對過去和未來有更多的思考。

In the meantime, you can forget about the present.

同時，您可以忘記現在。

The “now” is more important than anything:

“現在”比什么都重要：

• You always have to focus on what you can do now, rather than what you can do in the future.
  您始終必須專注于現在可以做什么，而不是將來可以做什么。
• You always have to focus on what you have now and what you could do with the thing you have now.
  您始終必須專注于自己現在擁有的東西以及您可以對現在擁有的東西做什么。

“Live life for the moment because everything else is uncertain.”―Louis Tomlinson

“暫時活著，因為其他一切都不確定。”-路易斯·湯姆林森(Louis Tomlinson)

📊不要為了時間而浪費金錢 (📊 Don’t swap money for time)

And also don’t overspend money on useless things. Because the more you spend, the more time you need to recover this resource.

而且不要在沒有用的東西上花錢。 因為您花費的時間越多，恢復該資源所需的時間就越多。

Our income is indeed limited by time. Basically, we trade in 8–10 hours/day for income and have to wait years before obtaining the necessary job promotion with a fair chance that we may not get that promotion.

我們的收入確實受到時間的限制。 基本上，我們每天要交易8-10小時才能獲得收入，因此必須等待數年才能獲得必要的工作晉升機會，而我們很有可能無法獲得晉升機會。

That’s why it is necessary to stop swapping money for the time by:

這就是為什么有必要停止通過以下方式進行貨幣互換：

1. Changing your mindset around earning and spending
   改變收入和支出觀念
2. Building an asset that scales (like a side project that will bring passive income)
   建立可擴展的資產(例如將帶來被動收入的附帶項目)
3. Using your “passive” money and savings to make you more money — start investing or growing your side hustle
   用您的“被動”資金和積蓄賺更多的錢-開始投資或發展業務

There are so many different ways to free money for investments without overworking or thinking of getting another job.

有很多不同的方法可以釋放資金用于投資，而不會過度勞累或不考慮另謀高就。

??忽略分心 (?? Ignore distractions)

We live in a modern world where it is incredibly easy to get distracted, for example, via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Such interruptions cost not only precious productive hours but also valuable effort and energy. Instead, invest your time in more important things that will make you closer to your goals and dreams.

我們生活在一個現代世界，在這里，通過Facebook，Twitter和Instagram很難分散注意力。 這種中斷不僅要花費寶貴的生產時間，而且要花費寶貴的精力和精力。 相反， 將時間投入到更重要的事情上，這些事情將使您更接近自己的目標和夢想。

You can learn more about how to prevent distractions and sharpen your focus by reading the “7 Proven Strategies for Overcoming Distractions” article.

您可以閱讀“克服分散注意力的7種有效策略”一文，以了解更多有關如何避免分散注意力和集中注意力的知識 。

🤯不要讓別人的意見控制你 (🤯 Stop letting other people’s opinions control you)

When you have to formulate your actions according to others, it actually wastes a lot of time too.

當您必須根據他人來制定自己的行動時，實際上也浪費了很多時間。

It can prevent you from doing the things you want to do or being who you truly are. Basically, you will tie yourself to the yo-yo of what other people think of you.

它可以阻止您做自己想做的事情或成為自己的真實身份。 基本上，您會將自己束縛于他人對您的看法。

“The trouble is you think you have time.” — Buddha

“麻煩的是你覺得你有時間。” —佛

You have better things to care about than the opinions of others on you because life gives us enough to deal with as is.

與別人對您的看法相比，您有更好的事情要關心，因為生活給了我們足夠的能力以應付現狀。

結論 (Conclusion)

Time is the most valuable asset you own. Once it is gone, it is gone.

時間是您擁有的最寶貴的資產。 一旦消失，它就消失了。

Forever.

永遠。

Invest your time into making yourself a more knowledgeable and smart person, working for something that will pay you off today or tomorrow.

花時間讓自己成為一個知識淵博和聰明的人，為今天或明天的工作做些努力。

Become a Pro at time management, stop undervaluing your time, stop swapping it actively for money, and instead start investing your time into a variety of assets, including yourself.

成為時間管理方面的專家，停止低估您的時間，停止積極地用金錢換錢，而是開始將時間投入到包括您自己在內的各種資產中。

Soon you will be able to have the 4-Hour Workweek.

很快，您將可以參加4小時工作周。

Thank you for reading! 🙏

感謝您的閱讀！ 🙏

Live your best life, Ilona.

過上最美好的生活，Ilona。