為獨處和思考留出時間

每天的信息量和刺激量使我們比以往更難集中注意力。要慎重考慮決策和領導需要，你必須遠離世界的喧囂。

每天至少安排15分鐘的休息時間，靜靜地坐在辦公室或散步。像參加任何會議或約會一樣，保證這些休息時間；如果你不安排安靜的時刻，其他的事情會佔據你的時間。

用它們來考慮你的待辦事項清單，尤其是你應該停止做的事情。孤獨給你一個空間去思考你的時間在哪裡度過。

試著弄清楚哪些會議你應該停止參加，哪些委員會你應該辭職，哪些邀請你應該禮貌地拒絕。

Block Out Time for Solitude and Thinking

The volume of information and stimuli coming at us every day makes it more difficult to focus than ever. To do the careful thinking that decision making and leadership require, you must step back from the noise of the world.

Schedule 15-minute breaks at least once or twice a day to sit quietly in your office or take a walk. Commit to these breaks as you would any meeting or appointment; if you don’t schedule moments of quiet, something else will fill the time.

Use them to think about your to-do list, especially the tasks you should stop doing. Solitude gives you the space to reflect on where your time is best spent.

Try to get clarity on which meetings you should stop attending, which committees you should step down from, and which invitations you should politely decline.