In your email inbox, on random pieces of paper or in your brain.

電子信箱、隨手寫的紙條、或是你的大腦。

You often forget to do things.

你常常忘記事情。

You get overwhelmed by big tasks and overall your mind feels cluttered.

繁重的工作使你不堪負荷，最後大腦亂成一團。

If you want to be a ninja at getting things done, you need a system.

如果你想跟忍者一樣俐落完成任務，你需要有系統。

Here are some tips.

給你一些小撇步。

First collect everything you have to do in one place.

首先，把你要完成的事項放在同一個地方。

This is a big brain dump where you can write down any task that comes to mind.

像是大腦轉儲區，你可以記下任何浮現在腦海中的任務。

Whenever you think of something you have to do, don't store it in your prefrontal cortex.

每想到有事情該處理時，別儲存在大腦前額葉 (掌管複雜性思考)。

Write it down.

把事情寫下來。

We call this your "inbox."

我們稱之為「收件匣」。

Next, put things from your inbox into a place you know you will look at, at the right time.

接著將收件匣中的事項移至你知道自己會在關鍵時刻看它一眼的地方。

This might be your calendar, a shopping list, or in a project folder.

可能是日曆、購物清單、或是專案資料夾。

Speaking of projects, if a task can't be done without a series of steps, then you need to turn that task into a project by brainstorming every individual step required to complete that project.

提到專案，如果事情無法在經過一連串的步驟完成，你得將這件事專案處理，在腦力激盪出每一個完成任務所需要的步驟。

Start practicing these simple things and you'll find that your mind is clear and you're knocking out tasks one at a time.

只要開始練習這些簡單的規則，你會發現你的頭腦很清楚，而且能夠把事情一件件完成。