多年来我经常面对逼人的截稿日期和堆积如山的写稿任务。早年我曾经被这些未竟事业打倒，总是拖到无可再拖，才熬夜赶稿，赶得几乎没吐血。后来我终于醒悟——反正工作永远是做不完的，与其被工作追着走，不如积极面对：一天不就是24小时吗？我吃饭睡觉不能马虎，剩下的时间里只做能完成的工作量，规定的工作尽早完成比拖延好。早死早投胎嘛。

近年来我所见过好的拉丁老师，共计有两对加一个。我说好的标准主要有两个，一是舞蹈兼具技术性和艺术性，二是目光犀利，讲解深刻。另外作为好的老师，不间断的自我修炼也很重要。因为拉丁舞一直都在发展，技术越来越合理，舞蹈越来越有观赏性，国内舞者和国际一流水平的差距也在缩小。坚持学舞，关注国际动态的老师，他们会找到更好的教学方法，也会在课程中加入新的动作，跟他们学习会觉得很有乐趣。

第一对老师是梁思源和张卓妮。在我的印象里他们是中国最早在黑池拿到名次的舞者。两年前有幸听过梁老师的一节讲习课，对我影响很大。他说伦巴的三个基本要素是降重心(settle)，胯部的摇摆(swing)和转动(rotation)。我认为这样的理解既简单又深刻，比之前国内的老师常讲的转动、律动、移动要科学得多。后来又听过他的学生的课，又纠正了我之前的一个错误观念：“恰恰就是比较快的伦巴”。好多老师都是这样讲的，但这两支舞的跳法其实区别很大，应该作为两支完全不同的舞来跳。

第二对老师是张玉玺和房璐。他们是海宫推荐的两位年轻老师，目前就读于北体大国标舞专业。就我的感觉而言，似乎体大的孩子比舞院的孩子身体能力更强，线条也更饱满，因此更接近国际舞者。同时我觉得这两位年轻老师在教学方面进步很快，不知道是不是跟他们受到海宫谭李两位老师的指导有关。张玉玺有几个入门动作可以让初学者快速找到伦巴移动的感觉，非常简单易行。他们的中级套路很花哨，容易上手，但很难跳好，极大地鼓励了上课者的积极性。他们强调舞蹈的力量和速度感，也是当前拉丁的流行趋势。

第三位老师是范航。他是清华国标队的指导老师，也是国标舞学院的老师。虽然我只上过他的一节课，但他的个人技术和课程编排都非常棒，他的课有机会的话也很值得去听。

梁、张的课通常是学生代授的，他们二位偶尔来讲习，有个名字叫“思卓工作室”。公主坟有一个班，双榆树有一个班。双榆树班目前是每周六/周日16:30 - 18:00，下期课11月22日开始，恰恰/伦巴套路，200元/5次，两班一起报是300元/10次。

张、房的课目前有两处，海宫每周日晚8:00 - 9:30，下期课11月16日开始，初级伦巴。学研每周六13:30 - 16:30，下期课11月22日开始，初级桑巴/中级恰恰，140元/6次。

范航的课目前有两处，清华园浩沙每周六10:00 - 11:30，牛仔初级，400元/8次，本期课9月20日开始。学研每周日晚6:30 - 8:00，拉丁选手班，300元/6次，本期课11月2日开始。

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http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20030823-000001.html

There are many ways to avoid success in life, but the most sure-fire just might be procrastination. Procrastinators sabotage themselves. They put obstacles in their own path. They actually choose paths that hurt their performance.

Why would people do that? I talked to two of the world's leading experts on procrastination: Joseph Ferrari, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at De Paul University in Chicago, and Timothy Pychyl, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Neither one is a procrastinator, and both answered my many questions immediately.

1. Twenty percent of people identify themselves as chronic procrastinators. For them procrastination is a lifestyle, albeit a maladaptive one. And it cuts across all domains of their life. They don't pay bills on time. They miss opportunities for buying tickets to concerts. They don't cash gift certificates or checks. They file income tax returns late. They leave their Christmas shopping until Christmas eve.
1. 百分之二十的人认为自己是长期拖拉的人。对他们来说拖拉是一种生活方式，虽然并不适应它。这种状态充满了他们的生活。他们不能按时付帐单，他们忘了买音乐会的门票，他们直到圣诞前一天才去买礼物……

2. It's not trivial, although as a culture we don't take it seriously as a problem. It represents a profound problem of self-regulation. And there may be more of it in the U.S. than in other countries because we are so nice; we don't call people on their excuses ("my grandmother died last week") even when we don't believe them.
2. 拖拉并非不重要，虽然通常我们不把它当作一个严重问题。它其实是一个自我调节的深奥问题。通常我们都宽容别人拖拉的借口，这也是问题的根源。

3. Procrastination is not a problem of time management or of planning. Procrastinators are not different in their ability to estimate time, although they are more optimistic than others. "Telling someone who procrastinates to buy a weekly planner is like telling someone with chronic depression to just cheer up," insists Dr. Ferrari.
3. 拖拉并不是时间管理或者计划方面的问题。拖拉并不因个人对时间的估计能力而不同，虽然这些人会更乐观一些。Ferrari 博士强调说：“要一个拖拉的人做一个有计划的人，就像让一个长期消沉的人马上振奋起来一样。”

4. Procrastinators are made not born. Procrastination is learned in the family milieu, but not directly. It is one response to an authoritarian parenting style. Having a harsh, controlling father keeps children from developing the ability to regulate themselves, from internalizing their own intentions and then learning to act on them. Procrastination can even be a form of rebellion, one of the few forms available under such circumstances. What's more, under those household conditions, procrastinators turn more to friends than to parents for support, and their friends may reinforce procrastination because they tend to be tolerant of their excuses.
4. 拖拉不是天生的。它是从周围的人学来的，但并不直接。它可能来自强权的家教，拖拉甚至可能是一种反抗的形式。这种家庭环境下，朋友对拖拉者的宽容会助长这种习惯。

5. Procrastination predicts higher levels of consumption of alcohol among those people who drink. Procrastinators drink more than they intend to—a manifestation of generalized problems in self-regulation. That is over and above the effect of avoidant coping styles that underlie procrastination and lead to disengagement via substance abuse.
5. 拖拉的饮酒者会有更高的酒精需求量。拖拉的人会喝的更多，这是自我调节有问题的表现。

6. Procrastinators tell lies to themselves. Such as, "I'll feel more like doing this tomorrow." Or "I work best under pressure." But in fact they do not get the urge the next day or work best under pressure. In addition, they protect their sense of self by saying "this isn't important." Another big lie procrastinators indulge is that time pressure makes them more creative. Unfortunately they do not turn out to be more creative; they only feel that way. They squander their resources.
6. 拖拉的人对自己撒谎。比如“我更想明天做这件事”，或者“有压力我才能做好”，但实际上并非如此。拖拉者的另一个谎言是时间压力会让他们更有创造力，其实这只是他们的感觉而已，他们是在挥霍时间。

7. Procrastinators actively look for distractions, particularly ones that don't take a lot of commitment on their part. Checking e-mail is almost perfect for this purpose. They distract themselves as a way of regulating their emotions such as fear of failure.
7. 拖拉的人不断找消遣的事儿，特别是自己不需要承诺什么。查看电子邮件就是绝佳的目标，这样的事情成为他们调节情绪（比如害怕失败）的一个途径。

8. There's more than one flavor of procrastination. People procrastinate for different reasons. Dr. Ferrari identifies three basic types of procrastinators:
8. 拖拉并非一模一样。拖拉的人有不同的原因，Ferrari 博士定义了三种基本的拖拉者：

   * arousal types, or thrill-seekers, who wait to the last minute for the euphoric rush. 
   * 鼓励型，或者说找刺激型，他们盼着最后几分钟忙碌带来的快感

   * avoiders, who may be avoiding fear of failure or even fear of success, but in either case are very concerned with what others think of them; they would rather have others think they lack effort than ability. 
   * 逃避型，他们回避失败的恐惧，甚至害怕成功，但实际上他们非常关心别人怎么看自己，他们更希望别人觉得他不够努力而不是能力不足。

   * decisional procrastinators, who cannot make a decision. Not making a decision absolves procrastinators of responsibility for the outcome of events. 
   * 决心型，他们没法下决心。不下决心就可以回避对应对事情的拖拉。

9. There are big costs to procrastination. Health is one. Just over the course of a single academic term, procrastinating college students had such evidence of compromised immune systems as more colds and flu, more gastrointestinal problems. And they had insomnia. In addition, procrastination has a high cost to others as well as oneself; it shifts the burden of responsibilities onto others, who become resentful. Procrastination destroys teamwork in the workplace and private relationships.
9. 拖拉带来的损失巨大。健康是其中之一，研究表明拖拉的人更容易患病。拖拉也影响人的情绪，也会破坏团队协作和人际关系。

10. Procrastinators can change their behavior—but doing so consumes a lot of psychic energy. And it doesn't necessarily mean one feels transformed internally. It can be done with highly structured cognitive behavioral therapy.
10. 拖拉的人可以改变自己的行为，但会耗费很多精神力量。而且这并不意味着他能感受到内在的转变。这个问题可以通过高度规范的认知行为治疗来解决。