作者：Rick Hoppmann

我想通过此文为更多独立开发者介绍提高工作效率的方法，本文所有引用内容来自Chris Bailey，他历时一整年研究了关于工作效率的问题，并身体力行地进行了实践。我用自己的语言将其发布的博文整理成以下要点：

1.每周工作不超过40小时

“在一项工作效率试验中，我有一个月时间每周工作90小时，在一周工作90小时与一周才工作20小时的方式之间来回切换。实际上我发现自己在每周工作90小时和每周20小时之间做的事情差不多，原因很简单：当我限制自己在某一任务上的投入时间时，就会迫使自己在更少的时间内投入更多精力，这样我就能够在自己所限制的时间内完成任务。而当我在更长的工作周中投入更多时间时，我就会出现拖延症，浪费更多的时间。”

“问题在于即使人们加班加点未必真的更有效率，只是他们觉得更有效率了。”

“工作太拼命可能会让你的效率大打折扣，因为这样做会剥夺你的两项最宝贵的资源：时间和精力。”

“虽然你的工作效率可能一开始会上升，但时间久了，因为你一直都没有离开工作，你的效率就因为你不断增长的疲倦和压力而暴跌，即便你一开始并没有注意到这一点。它还会因为你没有退一步，从更高的角度来看待工作而让你遭受损失。”

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2.适当休息

“休息可以让你离开工作，恢复精力，想出更好的主题，放慢脚步，反思自己的工作，最终会让你更有效率。”

3.获得充足的睡眠

“增加睡眠：集中，专注，制定决定的能力，创意，社交技能，健康。”

“减少睡眠：心情突变，压力，愤怒，冲动，酗酒和嗜烟等坏习惯。”

4.在开启大项目之前找到资金保障

如果你预算不足，并且要在紧凑的时间安排下完成游戏，你可能就会忽略上述建议。为了获得资金保障，你在此之前就要创造过多个小规模的项目，这也可以让你获得更多经验，并最终创造出自己梦想中的大项目。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，拒绝任何不保留版权的转载，如需转载请联系：游戏邦）

Productivity Tips For Indies

by Rick Hoppmann

That’s why I want to introduce more Indie developers to the knowledge productivity.

All the quotes below are from Chris Bailey , who spent a whole year solely reading about productivity and doing productivity experiments on his own. He released his posts under a Creative Commons license, encouraging people to repost them.
You can read more of his learnings here: http://ayearofproductivity.com

I compiled a list of his most relevant texts and completed it with my own words.

1. Work No More Than 40 Hours A Week

“As a productivity experiment I worked 90-hour weeks for a month, alternating between working 90 hours one week and then 20 hours the next. I actually found that I got about as much work done in both my 90-hour and 20-hour weeks, for a simple reason: when I limited how much time I spent on a task, I forced myself to exert more energy over less time so I could get the task done in what limited time I had. When I threw more time at my work in my longer weeks, I tended to procrastinate more, work on lower-leverage activities, and waste more time.”

“The problem is that even though people aren’t actually more productive when they work overtime, they feel more productive.”

“Working too much or too hard completely shatters your productivity because doing so robs you of two of your most valuable resources: your time, and your energy.”

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“Though your productivity may spike up at first, over time, as you don’t step away from your work, your productivity takes a nosedive as you become increasingly fatigued and stressed, even though you might not notice it at first. It also costs you because you can’t take a step back from your work to see it from a higher, more elevated perspective.”

2. Take Regular Breaks

“Breaks let you step back from your work, recharge, come up with better ideas, slow down, reflect on your work, and ultimately make you a lot more productive. Take them.”

3. Get Enough Sleep

“Sleep increases: Concentration, attention, decision making skills, creativity, social skills, health.

Sleep decreases: Mood changes, stress, anger, impulsiveness, and bad habits like drinking and smoking.”

4. Seek Financial Security Before You Start Big Projects

If you’re running low on budget and have to finish your game till a tight deadline, you’ll be likely to ignore the advice given above. To get financial security you can create multiple projects with a low scale before, which also provide you with more experience , when finally creating the big project of your dreams.（source：gamasutra）