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奥里森·斯威特·马登:向前进·摘录 206

奥里森·斯威特·马登《向前进》· Pushing to the Front · 领导

George Stephenson seized the moments as though they were gold. He educated himself and did much of his best work during his spare moments. He learned arithmetic during the night shifts when he was an engineer. Mozart would not allow a moment to slip by unimproved. He would not stop his work long enough to sleep, and would sometimes write two whole nights and a day without intermission. He wrote his famous "Requiem" on his death-bed.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21291
定位:Excerpt 206 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

乔治·斯蒂芬森把每一刻都当成金子。他当工程师上夜班时自学算术,很多最好的工作也是在业余时间完成的。莫扎特不肯让一刻闲过,甚至不愿停下来睡觉,有时连续写两天两夜不休息,著名的《安魂曲》是在病床上写的。这些例子说明:极度珍惜时间能带来惊人产出,但也要看到,莫扎特那种不眠不休的做法并不可取,长期透支身体会毁掉创造力。你可以学他们抓住零碎时间学习和创作,但别学他们牺牲睡眠;把每天固定的一小段“黄金时间”留给最重要的事,其余时间正常休息。

上下文

马登《奋力向前》用斯蒂芬森和莫扎特的例子说明珍惜时间,但也反映了过度劳累的一面。

今日一问

你愿意每天固定留出哪一小段时间给最重要的事,同时保证不熬夜?

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