你認為一天中最有生產(chǎn)力的時間是在全國各地跑步還是在辦公桌上工作？俗話說，一年的計劃在春天，一天的計劃在早晨。是真的嗎？下面的發(fā)現(xiàn)可能會讓你大吃一驚。
 
　　Zeniths for employee hustle and productivity are Mondays before 11am in October, according to a study by California-based project management platform Redbooth published in November. The firm analysed project data from hundreds of thousands of users who used the service to plan and track their work.
 
　　根據(jù)加州項目管理平臺Redbooth去年11月發(fā)布的一項研究，員工最忙碌、工作效率最高的時間是10月份每個周一上午11點之前。得出的結論是，該公司分析了使用該平臺計劃的數(shù)十萬用戶的數(shù)據(jù)，并跟蹤了他們的工作。

　　Generally speaking, if you’re feeling lazy on a Friday in August, you’re not alone.
 
　　一般來講，如果你在八月的某個周五感覺懶散，你不是一個人。
 
　　“A lot of this aligns with what past research on energy and productivity tells us,” says John Trougakos, an associate professor of organisational behaviour at the University of Toronto in Canada.
 
　　加拿大多倫多大學組織行為副教授約翰-特勞加科斯說：“大多數(shù)調查結果和之前關于精力和工作效率的調查一致。”
 
　　“For example, based on circadian rhythms, about 75% of people tend to be most mentally alert between 9am and 11am.”
 
　　“比如，根據(jù)生物晝夜節(jié)律，75%的人在上午9點到11點頭腦最清醒。”
 
　　Circadian rhythms are our internal clocks that tell our bodies when to get up, eat and sleep throughout 24-hour cycles. Many studies have found that work which syncs with our circadian rhythms results in greater productivity and less fatigue. Even space agency Nasa has monitored circadian rhythms to improve astronauts’ productivity and health.
 
晝夜節(jié)律是人體的生物鐘，它告訴我們的身體在白天起床、吃飯和睡覺。許多研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，工作時間和晝夜節(jié)律能提高生產(chǎn)率，減少疲勞。連美國航天局也在監(jiān)測宇航員的晝夜節(jié)律，以提高工作效率和改善健康狀況。
 
　　“Once someone gets into work they likely take some time to check emails and settle in,” Trougakos says. “Then it takes time to become immersed in whatever task they are working on. So 11am as a peak productivity time for task completion makes sense.”
 
　　特勞加科斯說：“一旦人們開始工作，他們可能會花些時間查看電郵，并開始處理工作事務。之后還要過些時間人們才能沉浸在工作任務中。所以上午11點工作效率最高是有道理的。”
 
　　The afternoon between 2-3pm marks a low energy point. “This makes sense why many cultures take naps during the afternoon,” he says.
 
　　下午2點到3點人們最精神不振。他說：“所以在有些地方人們會睡午覺。”
 
　　什么時間我們的心智最敏銳？
 
　　As for the findings in regard to days, seasons and months? Those check out too, experts say.
 
　　至于按照日期、季節(jié)和月份方面的研究，專家表示也已經(jīng)有結論了。
 
　　The findings “are consistent with considerable research on the ebbs and flows of mental acuity,” says Don Drummond, economist and adjunct professor at Queen’s University in Toronto.
 
　　多倫多皇后大學經(jīng)濟學家、兼職教授唐-杜德蒙說，這些研究結果“和對于精神敏銳度周期波動的大量研究結果一致”。
 
　　Mondays make sense, he says, because “people are fresh, mentally and physically at the beginning of the week, and fade as the week goes on.”
 
　　他說，周一最高效是有道理的，“在周一，人們精神飽滿，體力充沛。而在一周之后的幾個工作日，精力逐漸衰退。”
 
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　　The different phases of the year also reflect natural volleys between high- and low-energy levels. Drummond says people return from summer holidays fresh, so they are productive in early autumn, while winter’s early plunge into darkness each night might explain lagging productivity, mental acuity and dips in mood.

一年的不同階段也反映了能量和精神的自然波動。人回來暑假后能量滿滿，所以他們有效地工作在初秋。冬天，天黑得早，工作耽誤，精神敏銳，心情不好。
 
　　Drummond has some suggestions for capitalising on these findings: “Allow people to have the time required to flex their creativity early in the week and early in the day,” he says. “Don’t, for example, schedule a boring meeting then. Alas, that is when almost all boring meetings are scheduled.”
 
　　杜德蒙對于如何利用這些研究結果還給出了一些建議。他說：“讓人們能夠在一周前幾天的清晨充分發(fā)揮他們的創(chuàng)造力。比如，在那時不要安排無聊的會議。唉，但幾乎所有無聊的會議都安排在這些時候了。”