As we near the end of the year, we enter into the time where people take stock of the year that has passed and begin to plan ways they can improve in the year to come. Most people make New Year’s resolutions, but these aspirations fizzle and fade anywhere between three weeks and three months. Well now you can do something different! Through these 10 practical tips, you can develop positive habits that will enable you to stay focused and persevere, allowing you to accomplish any goal you set.
隨著2013年末的來臨，我們又到了總結(jié)過去為新年做計(jì)劃的時(shí)間了。大部分人會(huì)有一個(gè)新年改革計(jì)劃，然而這些充滿激情的計(jì)劃不到往往在三個(gè)星期或三個(gè)月之后就煙消云散?，F(xiàn)在就試著改變一下！看看下面這10條有用的信息，培養(yǎng)一些積極的習(xí)慣，讓你在新的一年更加專心堅(jiān)定，達(dá)成任意一個(gè)你設(shè)定的目標(biāo)吧。

Create a daily ritual
有規(guī)律的生活

Your ritual is the foundation of your quest to stay focused. There are no people with a high level of focus who do not purposefully follow a daily routine. It is in following the sleeping patterns you set, establishing when you eat, setting when you have personal time and when you take breaks that you maximize your effort in working towards your goals.
有規(guī)律的生活是保持專注的基礎(chǔ)。高度專注的人往往都有規(guī)律目的性強(qiáng)的日常習(xí)慣。包括你固定的睡姿，吃飯的時(shí)間，私人時(shí)間以及休息時(shí)間，這樣才能在工作時(shí)盡可能最大化的付出努力達(dá)成目標(biāo)。

Set 1-2 BIG goals for the year
為明年設(shè)立1-2個(gè)大目標(biāo)

Setting BIG goals gives you a finish line to run towards, enabling you to ensure that all your daily actions ladder up to these goals in some way. It also allows you to track your progress throughout the year, and evaluate whether or not you have been able to stay focused. Checking on your big goals every 3-4 weeks allows you to effectively measure what you have done, evaluate what needs to be done, and adjust accordingly. This purposeful adjustment will help you stay focused from New Year’s through Christmas.
設(shè)立大的目標(biāo)能給你的長跑設(shè)下一個(gè)終點(diǎn)，可確保你日常的行為都是有助于一步一步達(dá)成目標(biāo)。你還可以記錄下一年的進(jìn)程，看看自己有沒有保持專注。每隔三四周要查看一下這個(gè)終極目標(biāo)，明白你正在做什么，想想還需要做什么，做出相應(yīng)的調(diào)整。這種帶有目的性的調(diào)整能讓你整整一年都保持專心。

Create a vision board
做個(gè)愿望板

A vision board is a collage of pictures and images that represent your goals and dreams. Adding quotes, relevant articles, and souvenirs that relate to your BIG goals allows you to visualize the end clearly, and reinforces those goals as you see them every day. Having a bad or seemingly unproductive day? Look at your vision board to remind you of what you’re working for.
把你的目標(biāo)和夢想用圖片的形式展現(xiàn)出來，做一個(gè)愿望板吧。加一些備注，相關(guān)的文章以及與終極目標(biāo)相關(guān)的獎(jiǎng)品，這樣你對(duì)最終的目標(biāo)會(huì)更加直觀，也會(huì)讓你每天都提醒自己這些目標(biāo)的存在。今天過得不好？效率低下？看看愿望板，警醒一下自己吧。

Set some daily “alone time”
每天留一些“獨(dú)處”時(shí)間

It is extremely important that, in this journey to stay focused and accomplish more in the upcoming year, you allow yourself some time to relax and take a breath. While striving to accomplish everything as soon as possible is admirable, it inevitably results in burnout, which leaves the situation worse than when it began. Spend some time alone reading a book, in meditation, doing yoga, or any other hobby that allows your mind to take a small break and recharge before doing more work.
這點(diǎn)非常重要。要想保持專心在新年收獲更多，你需要給自己放松的時(shí)間，呼吸點(diǎn)新鮮空氣。想盡快完成所有的事情，這種精神的確可嘉，但也會(huì)不可避免的造成透支，反而讓情況變得更糟?；c(diǎn)時(shí)間讀讀書，做個(gè)冥想，瑜伽，或者是其他能讓腦子稍微休息的愛好，就當(dāng)給自己充個(gè)電咯。

Complete everything you start
絕不虎頭蛇尾

Although simple and straightforward, completing everything you start is still an essential key to help you stay focused.Giving up on a task or procrastinating and pushing back a deadline only serves to weaken your mental resolve, making it even easier to quit or push it off again in the future. Your focus depends as much on determination, perseverance, and resolve as it does on the specifics of the task at hand.
這個(gè)很簡單也很直白，絕不虎頭蛇尾是保證你專注度的關(guān)鍵。放棄一個(gè)任務(wù)或是拖延，推遲最后期限只會(huì)減弱你的精神意志，讓你更容易放棄或是以后無止境的拖延。你的專注取決于有多少?zèng)Q心、堅(jiān)持，以及手頭有任務(wù)時(shí)會(huì)如何去解決。

Make a to-do list
列個(gè)清單

Making a to-do list is a great way to stay focused! It is such a great feeling to cross completed tasks off of a list one by one. Organize your to-do list into categories: things to do today, things to do tomorrow, and things to do this week. You will be more organized knowing what you have to accomplish immediately, soon, and in the near future. This also helps prioritize the important tasks so that you can give your best effort to complete these tasks first.
列清單是保持專注的絕好辦法！把清單上要干的事情一件一件劃掉的感覺真的超爽哦。清單上可以包含：今天的任務(wù)，明天的任務(wù)，以及本周的任務(wù)。這樣你就能更有條理性的知道這些事情的優(yōu)先性：立即，馬上，還是稍微等等。這也能讓你先挑出重要的任務(wù)，以便付出努力優(yōu)先處理哦。

Multitask less
盡量減少多管齊下

You may feel that multitasking is a skill because you can accomplish more things at once, but the truth is that your brain is not fully engaged in either task. Instead, devote all of your brainpower to accomplishing one thing at a time, and you will find it much easier to stay focused.
也許你覺得多任務(wù)是一個(gè)技能，能同時(shí)完成很多事情多牛呀。但實(shí)際上，你的大腦完全無法對(duì)每個(gè)任務(wù)都投入全部的專注。相反，一次只專注于一件事，你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)更容易保持專心哦。

Avoid distractions
避免分心

Cut the long line of open tabs short. Don’t check Twitter, Facebook, or your email every five minutes. Making sure you take care of the tasks in front of you immediately allows you to finish faster and completely enjoy personal time without worrying. Find quiet environments to work in, and if that isn’t an option, stay focused by listening to calming music or investing in noise-canceling headphones.
切斷所有的干擾信息。別再刷推特、臉書或五分鐘就看一次郵箱啦。先處理手頭上的事情能讓你更快的完成任務(wù)，充分享受沒有煩惱的私人時(shí)間。找個(gè)安靜的環(huán)境工作，如果找不到的話，不妨聽聽安靜的音樂或是帶上耳塞吧。

Have “accountabil-a-buddies”
有“志趣相投的好朋友”

Find people with similar goals, people who will hold you accountable to what you set out to accomplish. They will help to remind you about your goal, spur you to stay focused when you feel unmotivated, and even be sources of new ideas when your mind feels stagnant.
找個(gè)有相同目標(biāo)，能監(jiān)督你去完成目標(biāo)的的人。他們會(huì)提醒你這個(gè)目標(biāo)的存在，會(huì)讓你在沒有動(dòng)力的時(shí)候繼續(xù)專注下去，還能在你苦無頭緒的時(shí)候提供新想法哦。

Stay focused on being focused
專注于你所專注的

Don’t be misguided. Focus is inherently simple, but it is difficult too. It takes strategy, dedication, and a commitment to see things through to the end at the cost of all other possibilities. The more rigid you are with your rules of focusing and controlling your habits, the more skilled you will become at it.
不要被誤導(dǎo)。專注既可以非常簡單也可以十分困難。你需要有一定得方法，恒心和堅(jiān)持才能不惜一切代價(jià)可能從始至終去完成一件事。你越專注，對(duì)自己的興趣愛好越有控制力，也就會(huì)更加的專注。

As you strive to stay focused for the upcoming year, realize that there will be times when distraction looms and your progress towards your goals is not as rosy as it once seemed. But true focus is found when you can fall in love with the routine and seemingly boring daily practice and not be distracted by the final result or individual event. Let’s start now!
昂頭挺近新的一年，要知道，總會(huì)有那么一段迷茫，讓你的努力與目標(biāo)相差甚遠(yuǎn)。然而一旦養(yǎng)成好的習(xí)慣，樂于接受這些看似無聊的鍛煉，以及不要被最終的結(jié)果或個(gè)人的小事干擾之后，你就真的無敵了。還等什么，開始行動(dòng)吧！