Have Someone Else Remind You – A little accountability goes a long way. Have a family member, friend, or even co-worker hold you to performing a certain task. (BTW, kids are very good at this… my 8-year old son reminds me of things I “said I was going to do” all the time…)

　　讓其他人提醒你。問責(zé)制作用非常大。讓一位家庭成員，一個朋友，或者甚至是同事約束你將要履行的某一工作。(順便說一句，孩子做這個很在行……我8歲的兒子經(jīng)常提醒我那些我講到“我要去做什么什么”的話語……)

　　Put It On Automatic – One of my favorite ways to avoid forgetting tasks is to put them on automatic. Set and forget. This works great with AutoPay for bills. Get creative, you will be surprised how many things you can automate. For example, every six months Amazon automatically sends me a new water filter for my fridge. I don’t have to remember or even go out and get one.

　　設(shè)置自動模式。我最喜歡的避免遺忘的方式就是讓事情自動化模式進行。設(shè)置然后就可以不管了。這點在自動清還賬單上非常奏效。多點創(chuàng)意，你就會驚喜地發(fā)現(xiàn)很多事情都能自動地完成。比如，每六個月亞馬遜都會自動寄給我一個新的冰箱水濾器。這樣我就不必記著或者出去自己買一個回來了。

　　Don’t Say Yes In The First Place – Want to avoid forgetting that favor that you promised? Or that extra task you agreed to take on? One of the best methods is to say “No” in the first place. If you are overloaded with your own work, don’t agree to take on more. You are just setting yourself up to disappoint others.

　　剛開始就別答應(yīng)。想避免忘記答應(yīng)了的幫助請求嗎?或者是答應(yīng)完成的額外工作?最好的方法就是一開始就不要答應(yīng)。如果你自己的工作已經(jīng)都超負荷了，就不要再答應(yīng)接受更多了。這樣你就不會讓別人失望。

　　Have Someone Else Do It – If you can’t do it, delegate appropriate tasks. However, just remember that when you delegate, you still have to remember to follow-up. After all, you can delegate the doing of the task, but not the accountability.

　　讓別人去做。如果你自己不能做，就把合適的工作委派給其他人。盡管如此，要記住當(dāng)你委派下去任務(wù)的時候，你還是要記得跟進。畢竟你委派的只是工作的執(zhí)行，而不是工作的責(zé)任。

　　Use Your List! – Your todo list should be your best friend. It should remember so that you don’t have to. If you are following rule 3, then your list will have your back. When your list reminds you of something you forgot, you know it’s working.

　　使用清單。待辦事項清單是你最得力的朋友。有它來記住事情，你就不用記著。如果你遵守第三條，那么清單絕對能幫到你很多。當(dāng)清單使你想起一些忘記的事情，你便知道它奏效了。