Are you working on something BIG right now? If you are, my guess is that your to-do list is a mess, some part of you is afraid the project will fall apart, and your stress level is through the roof. You are simply overwhelmed.
你現在正在做一些大項目嗎？如果你回答是，我猜想你的待辦事項列表一定非?；靵y，你內心的某一部分在害怕這個項目會失敗，你內心的緊張心情都要爆棚了。你只不過是壓力太大了罷了。

The reality is this—if you’re feeling overwhelmed right now, you are simply being foolish. Being overwhelmed is proof that your perspective has been knocked totally out of whack.
事實是這樣的——如果你現在正感覺被大量工作壓得喘不過氣，那你真的很愚蠢。這種不知所措的狀態(tài)證明你的思維方式被完全的打亂了。

Why? Because overwhelm is nothing more than a product of becoming too focused on the big picture…when all you really need to worry about is what you must accomplish in the next 15 minutes.
為什么呢？不知所措不過是因為你變得對項目的整體情況太過于關注了，其實你真正需要擔心的是你接下來15分鐘必須完成的事情。

How to Master “Small Bite” 15-Minute Tasks
達成15分鐘零碎小任務的訣竅

You can reverse the creation of any project, no matter how huge it might seem, into small components that can each be done in 3-to-15-minute chunks of time. And if you think three minutes can’t be a long time, try jump roping for three minutes. I bet you can’t do it. I’m serious. You cannot do it. Time it. Three minutes is longer than you think.
你可以逆向思考任何項目的創(chuàng)建，無論它看起來有多么的龐大，把它分為可以在3-5分鐘的時間內完成的小模塊，如果你認為3分鐘不算長，那試著跳繩3分鐘。我打賭你做不到，我是認真的，你做不到的。走著瞧吧，實際上三分鐘的時間會比你認為的還要久。

After working in the publishing industry as both a manager and an author for over 30 years, the example I always come back to is writing a book.
作為一名管理者兼作家，在出版行業(yè)里工作了30多年后，我每每想起的是自己寫書的經歷。

When you reverse the creation of a book, you see that each one is made up of chapters. Every chapter is made up of paragraphs. Every paragraph is made up of sentences. Every sentence is made up of words. Every word is made up of letters.
當你逆向思維看一本書，你會發(fā)現每本書都由章節(jié)組成，每個章節(jié)又由段落組成，而每個段落由句子組成，每條語句由單詞組成，每一個單詞都是由字母的。

With that in mind, think about the big project YOU want to start (or are currently working on), and do the following:
由此可見，思考一下你想開始進行的這個龐大的項目（或正在進行中的），按照下面的幾點來做：

1. List the 10 main components that make up your project.
列出10個組成你的項目的主要模塊。

Pick one and hone in on the one aspect of that component on which you can spend the next 15 minutes. Some of those tasks could be totally scratched off your list with 15 minutes of intense work. If you spend 15 minutes creating a list of titles, you will at the very least create a wave of momentum that will keep the ideas coming for the next 24-48 hours.
選擇你能在15分鐘內完成的某模塊的一個方面?；ㄉ暇o湊的15分鐘，就可以完成列表上的某些任務。如果你花費15分鐘來建立列表標題，你將最少用接下來的24-48小時來興起一波勢頭以保持那些創(chuàng)意源源不斷地到來。

2. Ride the motivation.
駕馭動力。

The funny thing about motivation is that it only truly comes after you start working and creating movement. Despite the millions of “motivational” books, programs, and speakers out there, the truth is that none of that stuff provides real, long lasting motivation.
有趣的是動力只有在你開始工作和創(chuàng)造行動之后才會真正來到。盡管在周圍有數以百萬計的勵志書、電視節(jié)目和演講者，事實是，這些東西不會提供真正且持久的動力。

Think about it—when do you feel motivated? Before you sit down and make yourself start working on something…or after you’ve pushed through those initial feelings of discomfort and the really good ideas start to flow?
想一想，在什么時候你會感覺有動力？在你坐下來開始做些什么之前……或是在你經歷過最初那些不悅感受后，真正的好主意開始泉涌而來時？

Once you hit that wave of motivation, keep riding it. Every 15 minutes, move on to the next 15-minute task.
一旦你有了這股動力，請保持勁頭。每完成15分鐘，再移到下一個15分鐘的任務上。

3. Realize that you’re halfway there.
意識到你已在半路上了。

One time in high school I was totally stuck on writing a term paper. I had all these ideas, but wasn’t sure of the direction I wanted to take. When I asked my teacher for help, he offered a piece of advice that has stayed with me ever since.
在高中時，有一次我徹底被期末論文難住了。我有許多想法但不確定選哪一個方向。當我向我的老師尋求幫助時，他提出一個建議，這個建議從那時起就一直陪伴著我。

“Robert,” he said, “just start. Starting is half finished.”
“羅伯特，”他說，“只要開始就好，開始就意味著完成了一半?！?/div>

Start. Right now. No matter how unsure of yourself you may be. Take that leap forward, list your 10 tasks, and pick the one thing you’re going to give 100% of your focus to for the next 15 minutes. If you stay focused on the 15-minute moment in front of you, you can forget about feeling overwhelmed.
開始，就趁現在，無論你對自己多么不自信?？邕^那一步，列出你的10個任務，選一件事，在接下來的15分鐘里你要付出100%的努力。如果你的注意力集中在眼前的15分鐘，你會忘記那種不知所措感。

So often we completely overestimate what we are capable of doing in the next year…while drastically underestimating what we can do in the next 15 minutes. This moment is all you have. Don’t underestimate its power.
我們常常太過于高估在這一年我們能做到的事……然而卻低估了在接下來的15分鐘里我們能做到的事。這一刻是你所擁有的一切。不要低估它的力量。

What will you do with the next 15 minutes? Yes, I literally mean the NEXT 15 minutes.
在接下來的15分鐘里你要做什么？是的，我指的就是接下來的15分鐘。

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