3. Batch Tasks Together

　　分批处理任务

　　When you're going through the workday, try to keep similar tasks together. When you switch from one thing to another, your brain takes a few minutes to catch up and settle in: constantly jumping between answering emails and writing a report and tidying up your desk just means you'll lose track of where you'd got to. You might feel like you're working super-efficiently (because your mind is buzzing all over the place), but you'll actually be wasting a lot of time.

　　工作时可以将相似的任务并在一起处理。当你从一个任务换到另一个任务时，大脑会花几分钟进行调整：同时既要回复邮件、撰写报告，又要整理办公桌，到头来你可能会手足无措。虽然这样你可能觉得自己效率超级高(因为大脑一刻没停)，但其实并没有优化利用时间。

　　If you need to answer a number of emails, do them all at once. The same goes for phone calls, filing, photocopying and other similar tasks.

　　如果要回复的邮件很多，那就一起处理掉。电话、整理文案、影印等同样如此。