Mostpeoplethinktheirtimeproblemsareouterandthattheyarecausedbythetelephonemeetingsvisitorsanddelayedinformationordecisions.Althoughtheseproblemsoftenhaveabadeffectonusaswhenpeoplecallordropinweusuallycontributetothem.Wefailtohavecallsscreened(审查)byaskillfulsecretaryorassistantorweleaveourdooropenactuallyassuringconstantinterruptions.

Inalmostallcasesitispossibletoinfluenceourtime.Ifnotcontrolleditusuallycancauseproblemssuchasslownessandindecisionlackofself-disciplinetheinabilitytodelegate(委托)orthetendencytoactwithoutthinkingandtojumpfromtasktotaskwithoutfinishinganyofthem.

Timeisconstantthatcannotbechanged.Theclockcannotbesloweddownorspedup.Thuswecannotmanagetimeitself.Wecanonlymanageouractivitieswithrespecttotime.

Thesameskillsareneededasthoseusedinmanagingothers－theabilitiestoplanorganizedelegatedirectandcontrol.Timemanagementissimplyself-management.Itisimpossibletobeeffectiveinanypositionwithoutcontrollingone’stimeeffectively.

Successfultimemanagementdoesnotmeanworkingharderbutworkingsmarter.Allkindsofmanagementskillsmustbeusedinthehomeandofficetogetmostvaluefromtime.Youmustthinkaheadaboutwhattodoandmoretimelythanothersmakingitgetmaximumresultsintheshortestpossibleperiod.

1.Whatdoes“outer”inthefirstsentencemean?

A．beingawayfromacenter

B．situatedoutside

C．objective

D．relatingtoaperson’sbodyorphysicalappearanceratherthantoaperson’smindorspirit

2.WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedasinternallygeneratedtimewasters?

A．Slownessandindecision.

B．Lackofself-discipline.

C．Jumpingfromtasktotaskwithoutfinishinganyofthem.

D．Workinghard.

3.Itcanbeconcludedfromthepassagethattheabilitiestoplanorganizedelegatedirectandcontrolshould .

A．beusedinmanagingothers’activities

B．beusedinmanagingone’sownactivities

C．notbeusedintimemanagement

D．beusedinmanagingbothother’sandone’activities

4.Wecanalsodra