6 Habits of Successful People 成功人士的6个习惯

1.Read for an hour

1. 阅读一个小时

Reading daily has also been shown to reduce stress and improve memory. A 2009 study from the University of Essex revealed that reading for as little as six minutes a day can reduce stress levels by up to 68%. Another big benefit from cracking open a good book on a nightly basis is that it can improve the long term health of your brain. Every time you read, it’s like a mental workout for your mind. This study performed in Britain showed that people, who stimulated their minds through activities like reading, reduced cognitive decline by an average of 32% as they got older in age.
每天阅读已经证明可以减轻压力，提高记忆力。埃塞克斯大学在2009年的一项研究表明，每天阅读6分钟可以将压力水平降低68%。每晚打开一本好书的另一个重要的好处，就是可以改善你大脑的长期健康。每次你在阅读的时候，对你的大脑而言就是一次心理锻炼。这项在英国进行的研究表明，那些通过阅读活动刺激大脑的人，随着年龄的增长，他们的认知下降平均减少32%。

2.Unplug

2. 休息

According to Dr Charles Czeisler, a professor of sleep medicine at Harvard University, the bright lights produced by our cell phone screens disrupt our bodies natural sleep rhythm and actually trick our bodies into thinking it’s daytime. Those bright lights send a message to our brains that prevents certain chemicals from being released, causing us to have a much harder time going to sleep. So, if you want a good night’s rest, stash your phone in another room.
哈佛大学睡眠医学教授 Charles Czeisler 表示，手机屏幕所产生的亮光，会扰乱我们身体自然入睡的节奏，并会诱使我们身体认为现在是白天。这些亮光会向我们大脑传递这样的信息，阻止某些特定的化学物质的释放，导致我们难以入睡。所以，如果你想好好休息一晚，就把你的手机藏在另外一个房间。

3.Take a walk

3. 散散步

One study revealed that walking can increase creativity. When you’re walking, your mind isn’t working as vigorously, which “opens up the free flow of ideas." So if you’ve got a tough problem you haven’t been able to solve, maybe a nice, night time stroll is all you need to find the perfect, creative solution.
一项研究表明，走路可以提升创造力。当你在走路时，你的思维并不会很活跃，这个“打开了思想的自由流动”。所以如果你有一个棘手的问题暂时无法解决，可能只需要一个轻松的晚上散步，就能帮你找到完美的，充满创造力的解决方案。

4. Meditate

4. 冥想

There’s often times a stigma surrounding meditation, and there has always been a debate as to whether mediation is actually helpful. But when a 2014 study took a look at over 19,000 cases involving mediation, the results were clear. Meditation was found to help reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and pain. So regardless of one’s view of mediation, you can’t argue with the results.
冥想往往会带来耻辱，然后关于冥想是否真的有帮助一直存在争议。但是2014年的一项研究，考察了19000个关于冥想的案例，结果就比较清晰了。冥想被发现对减轻压力，焦虑，抑郁和痛苦均有帮助。所以不管一个人对冥想的意见怎样，对于这个结果你不能提出争议。

5. Get Creative

5. 发挥创意

What’s even more surprising is that there’s a study that actually shows night time can be the perfect time for creativity, even if you’re tired from a long day. A study from Albion College revealed that tasks requiring creative insight was consistently better during their nonoptimal times of day.
令人惊讶的是，一项研究表明晚上是发挥创造力最好的时间，即便在经过一天后你已经感觉很疲倦。Albion 学院一项研究表明，在人们一天中的非最佳时间，需要创造性洞察力的任务总是表现的更好。

So if you’re a morning person (raises hand), then your most creative ideas will come right before bed. Researchers believe this is true because your mind is less restrained at night. Your ability to make logical connections worsens, but it works in your favor because you’re able to make connections you wouldn’t have been able to otherwise.
所以如果你是一个早起的人（举手），那么你最有创造力的时候是睡前。研究者相信晚上你的思维限制更少，你创建逻辑连接的能力变差了，但这点对你有利，因为你其他方便创建连接的能力变强了。

6. Plan The Next Day

6. 准备下一天的计划

The students with better time management skills, had higher college GPA’s then their peers who had higher SAT scores. Basically, time management played a bigger role in their academic success than actual scholastic aptitude.
那些拥有更好时间管理技能的学生，会比他们拥有更高SAT成绩的同伴，拥有更高大学平均分数成绩。基本上，时间管理比实际的学术技能对他们的学术成功更有用。