Five Ways to Work Smarter, Not Harder
No matter how hard we work, it seems that there is never enough time to get all the important tasks done. Rather than working longer, consider working smarter, not harder. Here are some ways to work smarter:
Make a careful plan. Just like every organization needs a business plan, an efficient worker needs a work plan.
Set your goals. As a part of your work plan, you should set clear and measurable goals. Goals should state which tasks are to be completed and when they get completed. Rather than setting firm deadlines, which can lead to pressure and stress, allow a period of time to reach goals.
Delegate（分派工作）effectively.
Don’t make work harder than it actually is. Much of the pressure is produced by ourselves.
| A．Stick to your plan. |
| B．We set unrealistic goals or standards for ourselves. |
| C．Also, take time to reward yourself for achieving a goal. |
| D．Organize your workday. |
| E．We cannot expect to complete the tasks quickly. |
| F．Learn which tasks can be delegated and which need personal attention. |
| G．It is a well-thought-out plan to help guide and direct work activities. |
Today too much screen time has caused a lot of problems for tens. It makes teens get fat and spend less time taking part in social activities. It’s time to limit your teen’s screen time. Here are some ways to help you keep your teen’s screen time within healthy limits.
Be a role model. Telling your teen to turn off his electronics while you’re sitting in front of the TV isn’t likely to change anything.
Discourage multitasking.
Hold family meetings to discuss screen time.
| A．Make screen time a reward. |
| B．Turn off the TV during mealtimes. |
| C．Teens will learn more from what you do than what you say. |
| D．Most tens think they can do several things at the same time. |
| E．Then allow him to watch TV only after he’s completed his responsibilities. |
| F．Help your teen make good choices with video games, TVs, and computers. |
| G．Allow your teen to give opinions about the rules or about what would be helpful. |
How to be successful in school
Success in school is based on your grades as well as the friends you make. Be attentive in class and raise your hand to answer questions. Most students in school are successful, but some aren’t.
Remember you are in school to learn. Study more about the stuff you are learning.
Smile and be friendly to others. A true smile brings out your kind quality! Give them honest praise when you talk to them.
Be polite at all times.
Be sociable. Study is important, but don’t forget your friends because of it.
| A．If you don’t, you won’t do well in it. |
| B．Popularity is not as important as your future. |
| C．Spare some time for them to go out or go to a movie. |
| D．Show them you are interested in making friends with them. |
| E．Read this article to help yourself become successful. |
| F．How you behave towards others shows your personal quality. |
| G．Understand that not every person you meet wants to become your friend. |
The turn of the year is traditionally the time for reviewing one’s life, and perhaps for making some resolutions as to what to concentrate on in the coming year; and for many years past I have taken advantage of the holiday period to review my own goal and ambition.
One thing I do decide to do this year, with some unwillingness, is to give up writing the Grumpy Old Bookman column in this magazine. It’s not that I’ve lost interest in the book world, you understand. But Leonard Woolf, husband of writer Virginia Wool, used to say that a man should change his career every seven years. Though personally I would say that changing your whole career so often is going a bit far, I do find, during my own working life, that it acts as a great refresher if you can occasionally try a new job within the same organization or line of business.
It is in fact well over 15 years since our editor wrote to me and asked if I would be interested in writing a regular piece about what was, even then, a rapidly changing publishing scene. He approached me because since 2004 I had been writing a regular blog called, amazingly enough, Grumpy Old Bookman.
As my monthly survey of developments in both traditional and digital publishing continued, in this magazine, I began to realize that writers in this century, of both fiction and non-fiction, are living in something close to a paradise. Once, you struggled for years to find a publisher—or an agent if you wanted one—but now you can publish your own stuff, either digitally or in paperback, without it costing you a penny piece. Amazing.
After about five years of producing such columns, at just under a thousand words a time, it occurred to me that, rather than let these essays drift away on the seas of time, it might be of value to potential readers to publish my thoughts and comments in book form. Hence, in 2014, I published the first 69 GOB columns in paperback format, using Amazon’s Create space facilities. Title: Writers Rejoice! A monthly diary of the dawn of the digital age, which was my first trial. And now I sincerely wish a new 2022.
【小题1】Why does the author want to give up writing the column?| A．He follows Leonard Woolf’s suggestion. |
| B．He is very keen on trying something new. |
| C．He is fed up with the career linked to books. |
| D．He’s used to changing his job every seven years. |
| A．It is a blessing to live in the present times. |
| B．Publishing industry is a profitable business. |
| C．It is rather hard to publish books nowadays. |
| D．Now it is amazing to find a publisher easily. |
| A．Purposeful and good at self-reflecting. |
| B．Dedicated but easy to doubt himself. |
| C．Emotional and good at controlling himself. |
| D．Ambitious but reluctant to change himself, |
| A．Giving up timely is another virtue. |
| B．The beginning of a year is a new start. |
| C．Reflection can drive us to push forward. |
| D．Changing the job means a new opportunity. |
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