You forgot that thing you were supposed to do for your boss. And that favor you were going to do for a friend. Or even to pay that bill that was due.

　　你忘記了上司交代過的任務?；蚴峭浺ソo朋友幫個忙。又或是甚至忘了付到期的賬單。

　　Are you guilty of saying that you are going to do something and then don’t because you forgot? Forgetting is not an excuse, it is a root cause of your productivity issues. Whether it is todos, appointments, obligations, or bills… forgotten tasks often cause more work down the road.

　　你要去做某件事然后沒完成，然后因為忘記了。這樣子你不會覺得愧疚嗎?忘了不是借口，而是生產(chǎn)效率問題上的根本原因。無論是待辦事項、約會、債務或是賬單等等，被忘記的這些任務經(jīng)常也會導致更多工作難以完成。

　　Here are 10 Ways to Stop Forgetting & Get More Done:

　　下面就是讓你不再忘記的10招，挽救你的爛記性：

　　Set an Alarm – We all have alarm clocks on our phones, yet few of us use them. Setting an alarm is the simplest way to remind yourself. Need to call that customer back by end of day? Set your alarm for 5PM. A simple alarm is the down and dirty way to jog your memory.

　　鬧鐘定時。手機上都有鬧鐘的，但是我們卻很少用到。定個鬧鐘是提醒自己最簡單的方法。要在當天結束前電話回訪客戶嗎?定個下午5點的鬧鐘提醒。簡單的鬧鈴提醒是喚醒記憶最低級也最粗糙的方式。

　　Put it On Your Calendar – Calendars are often underutilized. Don’t just make appointments for meetings, but also for tasks that you need to do. This not only reminds you, but has the added benefit of allotting time to get the work done.

　　標在日歷上。日歷通常沒有被充分利用。不要只是把會議約見標在上面，也要把你需要完成的事項標上。這樣做不但可以提醒自己，而且還有助于完成工作的時間分配。

　　Write it Down (on Your Todo List) - What do you put on your todo list? Many people only write down the big things. Ironically, the big things are usually pretty easy to remember. It is the small ones that you need to write down. Put it on your list… that is what it is for.

　　寫下來(寫在待辦事項清單上)。你在待辦事項清單上寫了什么呢?很多人就只是寫下大事情。諷刺的是，記大事情通常都相當容易。而那些小事情才是你真正需要寫下來的。把它們寫在這張清單上，這才是它的真正功用。

　　Set a Reminder – Alarms are great for one-offs. However, for regular or repeating tasks go ahead and set a reminder. For example, I have a reminder on my iPhone that goes off every Wednesday at 7AM to tell me to put the trash out. 9 times out of 10, I have already put it out. But, the few times I hadn’t… it worked like a charm.

　　設置提醒。鬧鐘對于一次性提示非常有效。但是對于定期或是重復的工作，就來設置一個提醒吧。例如，我在iPhone上設置了一個提醒，讓它在每周三早上7點鐘的時候提醒我丟垃圾，10次中有9次我都已經(jīng)把垃圾丟了出去。但是也有為數(shù)不多的幾次是我還沒有去丟垃圾……這種提醒就像是個魔咒似的。

　　Do It Now, So You Don’t Have to Remember Later – This one sounds like cheating, but the best way to avoid forgetting a task is to do it immediately. When appropriate, do small tasks right then and there. If it is only going to take a few seconds or minutes… Just Do It Now.

　　馬上做，這樣你就不用之后還要記著了。這一條看起來比較投機取巧，但是避免忘記一項任務最好的方法其實就是馬上著手開始做。在適當?shù)臅r候立馬著手做一些小事情。如果這些事情完成只需要分分鐘時間……那么現(xiàn)在就馬上做吧。