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聪明人都这样!
You're smarter !
You procrastinate a lot
拖延症
Mahesh Garkoti says smart people are likely to procrastinate on quotidian tasks, mainly because they're working on things that are more important.
马赫什•戛克提说,聪明的人可能会拖延日常工作,主要是因为他们正在处理更重要的事情。
That's an interesting proposition — but some scientists would say that smart people procrastinate even on work they find meaningful. Wharton psychologist Adam Grant suggests that procrastination is key to innovation, and that Steve Jobs used it strategically.
这是一个有趣的看法——但是一些科学家会说真正聪明的人甚至会拖延他们觉得重要的工作。沃顿商学院的心理学家亚当•格兰特认为,拖延是创新的关键,并指出史蒂夫•乔布斯曾使用过拖延战略。
As Grant told Business Insider, "The time Steve Jobs was putting things off and noodling on possibilities was time well spent in letting more divergent ideas come to the table, as opposed to diving right in with the most conventional, the most obvious, the most familiar."
格兰特告诉商业内幕网说,“史蒂夫•乔布斯会把项目一推再推,反复思考各种可能性,等待各种不同的观点浮出水面,而不是直接选用最传统、最显而易见和最熟悉的方案。”
【知识点讲解】
work on 从事于…; 继续工作; 努力影响[说服]; 致力于
例句:
It was 1956 when Susanna started the work on the garden.
苏珊娜是从1956年开始修建这个花园的。
The company undertakes mechanical work on all types of cars.
该公司承接各类汽车的修理工作。
My object was to publish a scholarly work on Peter Mourne.
我的目标是出版一本关于彼得·莫恩的学术著作。
spend in 花费
例句:
He advised his son never to spend in excess of his income.
他劝儿子开支不可超过收入.
My advice is that you should never spend in excess of your income.
我劝你花钱不要超过你的收入.
But how much can you spend in Parkhurst or the Scrubs , Gene?
但是你能在监狱里花多少呢,基恩?
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