1. Being late on appointments

1、約會遲到

Stop wasting time of other people. Not only are you giving a bad image out of yourself, you are also showing that you ignore the other person’s timetables completely.

不要浪費別人的時間。這樣不光破壞自己的形象，也讓人感覺你完全無視他的時間安排。

Adjust your own schedule to, for example, 15 minutes earlier, so that you keep the appointment without any delay.

調整自己的時間安排，比如，在自己的安排上把約會時間提早15分鐘，就不會遲到了。

2. Staying quiet when you should ask

2、該問時保持沉默

When you are stuck and you are not able to move forward with your task, speak up! It’s not silly to ask a question if you don’t know – rather, the person who doesn’t ask for help is silly.

工作遇到問題，做不下去了，就該去請教別人！不懂就問，這不傻。相反，有問題不問的人才傻。

3. Starting a task but not finishing

3、虎頭蛇尾

Too many people start a task and never finish it. The task may get postponed sometimes because of the reasons that are not dependent of you. But in majority times this is not the case and it is your responsibility to finish the task.

工作虎頭蛇尾的人太多。雖然有時候造成工作拖延的原因不在于你自己，但大多數時候不是這么回事，完成工作的責任在你身上。

Make a plan on how to tackle the task: Break it into smaller pieces and execute your plan on a daily basis. Eventually you realize that the task is done and you feel very good about yourself!

做個工作計劃：把工作分成一個個小部分，每天都依照計劃干活。最后工作完成了，你也會自我感覺良好。

4. Working tired

4、工作疲勞導致精力不集中

When you work tired, you are not able to focus on your work as well as if you were fully refreshed.

工作累了就無法將注意力集中在工作上，精神過分旺盛也不能集中精力。

If you feel tired, ponder yourself if you get enough sleep at night and adjust your sleeping time accordingly.

累了就想想晚上睡眠是不是充足，據此調節自己的睡眠時間。

Also, you can take a quick 15-20 minute nap to refresh yourself. Powernap is a great way to restart your day.

你也可以小睡15-20分鐘，消除疲勞。打個小盹是讓一天重新開始的好辦法。

5. Waiting others to take action

5、等別人來做

Sometimes the only way to get something done is to do it yourself. If you are waiting others to take action on your behalf, you will most probably get disappointed because nothing gets done.

有時候，完成工作的唯一途徑就是靠自己。等別人施以援手，你很可能會失望，因為什么都做不完。

Take initiative, put your ideas into action and enjoy the fruits of your labor.

主動加入自己的想法，欣賞自己的勞動成果。

6. Failing to admit mistakes and learning from them

6、不肯承認錯誤，不從中吸取教訓

Everybody makes mistakes. However, some people learn from their mistakes, while other people complain and never see any positive sides in those situations.

每個人都會犯錯。有些人能從中吸取教訓，但另一些人則會抱怨，看不到錯誤給他們帶來的積極影響。

Use mistakes as a feedback and learning mechanism to improve your action further.

錯誤是你工作的反饋，要懂得從中學到技巧，進一步改善工作。

7. Fixing the symptom instead of the root cause

7、治標不治本

When you have a flat tire on your bicycle, you have two options to handle the situation. You can either pump air to the tire so that you can ride your bike for a while – until the tire is flat again. On the other hand, you can change the tire to an intact one once – and stop wasting time on pumping air to a flat one on a recurring basis.

自行車胎漏氣了，你有兩個選擇。你可以給輪胎打氣，再騎一段時間，直到車胎再次癟掉。或者你可以換一個好胎，不用浪費時間一次次打氣。

Strive for fixing the root cause instead of just fixing the symptom. It may take more time, but fixing the symptoms will most likely to take even more time.

要治本，不要光治標。治本可能要花多一點時間，但是光治標花的時間很可能比治本還長。

Conclusion 結論

There are lots of habits on our daily lives that could be improved or replaced with a better one.

日常生活中有很多可改進或者可改正的習慣。

If there is a one single area to focus on this list, it is definitely the item #7. When you make your body feel good on, it is much easier to change other parts of your life too.

列表中有個地方要重點注意，就是第7個習慣。當你感覺身體狀態良好，改正生活其他習慣就容易多了。

Just take one unproductive habit, crush it and then move on to the next one。

就盯著一個壞習慣，改正它，接著目標瞄準下一個壞習慣。

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（來源：新浪外語 編輯：Julie）