Find the critical problem where solving a problem takes a long time every time the problem occurs.

A Critical Problem Takes up Too Much Time If a problem can be solved quickly, people either solve it the moment it appears or they set aside some time to do the work in a batch later, without feeling like it’s a waste of time. If that is the case, the problem is not really critical. Only when you need to spend considerable time and effort each time you solve the problem will it be impossible to “just” deal with it. “Doing it later” also turns into a chore, as it may take hours or days to deal with a long queue of deferred problems. A critical problem will feel like an unwelcome chore: important, yet tiresome.


Translation:

找出那个每次解决问题都需要花费大量时间的关键问题。

一个关键问题会占用过多时间。如果一个问题可以快速解决,人们要么在它出现时立刻解决,要么会预留一些时间稍后集中处理,而不会觉得这是浪费时间。如果是这种情况,那么这个问题就不是真正关键的。只有当你每次解决这个问题都需要花费相当多的时间和精力时,你才无法“简单地”处理它。“稍后处理”也会变成一项负担,因为你可能需要花费数小时甚至数天来处理积压已久的问题队列。一个关键问题会让人感觉像是一项不受欢迎的差事:它很重要,但又令人筋疲力尽。