A Little at a Time
Guidance for Reciting
Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time；a man of talent tries to use it.
There is an important trick in this time-using formula：you must get into your work quickly. If you have but five minutes for writing，you can't afford to waste four chewing your pencil. You must make your mental preparations beforehand，and concentrate on your task almost instantly when the time comes. Fortunately，rapid concentration is easier than most of us realize.
I confess I have never learned how to let go easily at the end of the five or ten minutes. But life can be counted on to supply interruptions. Carl Walter has had a tremendous influence on my life. To him I owe the discovery that even very short periods of time adds up to all useful hours I need，if I plunge in without delay.
Notes
1.formula [5fC：mjulE] n. 公式，配方，规则；婴儿食品
2.get into 进入特殊状态；投入
3.chew [tFu：] v. 咀嚼，嚼碎，细想
4.beforehand [bi5fC：hAnd] ad. 预先，事先
5.let go 停止思考
6.tremendous [tri5mendEs] a. 巨大的，惊人的
7.plunge [plQndV] v. 投入，跳进，使……陷入