As I learned in my challenge, by not having my smartphone, I fell into deep work more easily, so I completed my tasks in a shorter time.

我从我的挑战中了解到，没有智能手机，我更容易陷入深度工作，所以我在更短的时间内完成了我的任务。

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I tracked all my tasks and timed them the week before he left, then used his machine and tracked how much time I was saving.

在他离开之前那一周，我自己记录了所有的任务完成时间，然后使用他的机器，又记录下了节省的时间。

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When I joined Facebook, one of my tasks was to build the business side of the company -- but without destroying the engineering-driven culture that made Facebook great.

我刚加入Facebook时，我的职责之一是建立公司的商业运作——但与此同时还不能破坏成就Facebook的那种工程技术驱动的文化。

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"We had been training long and hard for the mission, and we knew the baby was coming so it was easy to go on and do my tasks,"

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This is why I have started to designate two days out of the week for meetings and the rest of the time to focus on my core tasks.

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My decisions to unload tasks had been based on whether the cost was worth it.

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Once I started to put on weight however I began to struggle with day to day tasks - my heart just wasn't coping with the extra strain.

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