Secret #6: They use a notebook.
Richard Branson has said on more than one occasion that he wouldn't have been able to build Virgin without a simple notebook, which he takes with him wherever he goes. In one interview, Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis said, "Always carry a notebook. Write everything down…That is a million dollar lesson they don't teach you in business school!" Ultra-productive people free their mind by writing everything down.
Secret #7: They process email only a few times a day.
Ultra-productive people don't "check" email throughout the day. They don't respond to each vibration or ding to see who has intruded their inbox. Instead, like everything else, they schedule time to process their email quickly and efficiently. For some that's only once a day, for me, it's morning, noon and night.
Secret #8: They avoid meetings at all costs.
When I asked Mark Cuban to give me his best productivity advice, he quickly responded, "Never take meetings unless someone is writing a check." Meetings are notorious time killers. They start late, have the wrong people in them, meander in their topics and run long. You should get out of meetings whenever you can, hold fewer of them yourself, and if you do run a meeting, keep it short.
Secret #9: They say "no" to almost everything.
Billionaire Warren Buffet once said, "The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say ‘no' to almost everything." And James Altucher colorfully gave me this tip,"If something is not a "hell, YEAH! Then it's a "no!"
Remember, you only have 1,440 minutes in every day. Don't give them away easily.
Secret #10: They follow the 80/20 rule.
Known as the Pareto Principle, in most cases 80% of outcomes come from only 20% of activities. Ultra-productive people know which activities drive the greatest results, and focus on those and ignore the rest.
相关单词：virgin
virgin解释：n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的
virgin例句：
Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。
相关单词：shipping
shipping解释：n.船运（发货，运输，乘船）
shipping例句：
We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。
相关单词：vibration
vibration解释：n.颤动，振动；摆动
vibration例句：
There is so much vibration on a ship that one cannot write.船上的震动大得使人无法书写。
The vibration of the window woke me up.窗子的震动把我惊醒了。
相关单词：intruded
intruded解释：n.侵入的，推进的v.侵入，侵扰，打扰( intrude的过去式和过去分词 )；把…强加于
intruded例句：
One could believe that human creatures had never intruded there before. 你简直会以为那是从来没有人到过的地方。 来自辞典例句
The speaker intruded a thin smile into his seriousness. 演说人严肃的脸上掠过一丝笑影。 来自辞典例句
相关单词：efficiently
efficiently解释：adv.高效率地，有能力地
efficiently例句：
The worker oils the machine to operate it more efficiently.工人给机器上油以使机器运转更有效。
Local authorities have to learn to allocate resources efficiently.地方政府必须学会有效地分配资源。
相关单词：killers
killers解释：凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事
killers例句：
He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。
相关单词：meander
meander解释：n.河流的曲折，漫步，迂回旅行；v.缓慢而弯曲地流动，漫谈
meander例句：
Visitors and locals alike meander along the sidewalks of the Seine River.游客与当地人沿着塞纳河岸漫步聊天。
They tumble down mountainsides and meander through flat farmlands.它们滚滚冲下山脊，蜿蜒穿过平坦的农田。
相关单词：buffet
buffet解释：n.自助餐；饮食柜台；餐台
buffet例句：
Are you having a sit-down meal or a buffet at the wedding?你想在婚礼中摆桌宴还是搞自助餐？
Could you tell me what specialties you have for the buffet?你能告诉我你们的自助餐有什么特色菜吗？
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