Day 350: On Doing Things Deliberately

第350天：关于从容不迫地行事

Working slowly in today’s world goes against every thought system. You can only work slowly if you do it deliberately. Being deliberate requires you to stay in the process, to work in the present moment.

在当今世界，行事缓慢与所有的思想体系都背道而驰。

只有从容不迫，才能慢工出细活。

从容不迫要求你沉浸在过程中，专注于当下的工作。

—Thomas Sterner

In rock climbing, when you’re clipping the rope into a quickdraw and you rush it, your movements will be imprecise. In the end, with rapid movements it will take you more time to clip in the rope than if you were to do it slowly.

在攀岩运动中，当你把绳索夹在快拉绳上时，如果你操之过急，你的动作就会不精确。

最终，快速的动作会比缓慢的动作花费更多的时间。

Working deliberately, particularly when the stakes are high, takes a lot of self-control. You need to battle against the temptation to rush things and maintain your concentration when stress threatens to consume you.

深思熟虑地工作，尤其是在风险很大的情况下，需要很大的自制力。

你需要抵制急于求成的诱惑，在压力可能吞噬自己的时候保持注意力集中。

Doing things fast — but not necessarily well — isn’t a particularly good strategy for achievement. In fact, it’s usually the slow, deliberate, poised movements that lead to great outcomes, and not rushed, nervous, or impulsive actions.

快速行事——未必就能做得好——实非获取成就的绝佳良策。

事实上，通常情况下，缓慢、深思熟虑、蓄势以待的举动才会带来好的结果，而不是匆忙、紧张或冲动的行为。

Identify when your behaviors are hasty and unfocused and take advantage of such opportunities to exercise your willpower by doing things slowly and with precision.

当你的行为仓促且毫无重点之际，请将它们找寻出来，并借此契机锤炼自己的意志力，缓缓地、精准地去行事。