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One of the fears that people have when they hear about rituals is they say, well that will take away from my productivity. And if not productivity, creativity.
人们听到例行公事时的恐惧之一在于，他们会说，这会降低我的生产力，就算不降低生产力，也会降低创造力
Not so. In fact, the exact opposite is the case. If you look, yeah, this is a historical research, if you look at all the great artists,
并不是这样。事实恰好相反。如果看看，这是个历史性的研究，如果看看那些伟大的艺术家
whether it's writers, the Hemingways, whether it's the Davincis, they had a ritual in their life. And the ritual was,
不管是作家，海明威，或者是达芬奇，他们生活中都有例行公事。这例行公事就是
for example, "from 7 to 10 am in the morning, I write, no matter what, 6 to 10 at night， if I am more of a night person, I paint".
比方说，早上七点到十点，不论如何我都要写作；晚上六点到十点，如果我习惯在夜里工作，我要画画
They had rituals. And it's because of these rituals that they were able to be creative.
他们有例行公事。而正是因为这些例行公事，他们才能创造
Because then they could think about their subject materials as opposed to million other things: Well, maybe I should be doing something else
因为那样他们就能专注于主题，而不是万千使他们分心的事物。也许我该干点别的
and there are other distractions, no! There was a ritual. That's what I did now.
有些让我分心的东西，不，有例行公事在。我现在就该干这个
Almost mindless getting there, just like we brush our teeth.
几乎无意识地就去做了，就像我们刷牙一样
But when they were there, there were space, openness to be creative.
但一旦他们开始专注，就有了空间，有了创造的空间
Now the key is to give yourself time to create the ritual. You see, maintaining a ritual, requires some self-discipline, but not a lot.
现在关键在于花时间来建立例行公事。你可以看到，保持例行公事需要一定的自律，但并不多
Creating a ritual requires a lot of self-discipline.
建立例行公事需要大量自律
Once again, because we go back to our old habits.
因为我们时常会回到旧习惯
Let's do a quick exercise. So I want you to just take your hands and just fold them. Fold your hands for a minute.
做个快速练习吧。抱起你们的双臂进行交叠。交叠一会儿
Alright. Now continue folding your hands, only this time, in the opposite direction, meaning this hand below and this hand above.
好了，继续交叠双手，不过这次，用不同的方式，也就是这只手换到下面，这只换到上面
