If you dislike a person in your work or personal life, focusing on her bad qualities is not going to make things better.

如果工作或生活中有你讨厌的人，只关注她的缺点有害无益。

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Next, make a list of things that are important to you, but maybe don’t have a strong impact on your profession or personal life.

其次要列出那些对你比较重要，但并不影响工作和生活的项。

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Sometimes slowing down is all it takes to make you uncomfortable-especially if speed and quick thinking are prized in your work or personal life.

有时放慢生活脚步会让你觉得很不舒服，尤其是当你已经习惯并自豪于这种思维高效运转的工作和生活。

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Or maybe you're meeting somebody and discussing their personal life for the first time.

又或者，你正在和某些人见面，他们第一次跟你谈论私生活。

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Do you find it helpful in your work or personal life, or is it really a colossal waste of time?

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Interfering with these elements does profound damage, so reducing interference to faith, fire and focus is probably the most effective, though least recognized, way you can improve performance in your business or personal life.

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