Be a Man and Do Things Pillow Book

Chapter 55: Be good at time management when doing things (2)
Michael, who was overwhelmed with gratitude, hugged Bill Gates who had been waiting in front of the door. After that, he concentrated on continuing the finishing work of the "excellent" software, and worked overtime to add a very practical The functional simulation shows that it is one step ahead of others.

King Ruide, which has a keen sense of smell, is by no means incompetent. They also realized the significance of the "Macintosh" and developed a special software called "Angel" for it. This is what worries Gates the most. matter.

Microsoft is determined to speed up the development of "Excellence", and successfully launched the "Excellence" series of products before the "Angel".Half a month later, "Excellence" was officially successfully developed. This product far surpassed the "Pioneer" software in many aspects, and it had more complete functions and more perfect effects.Therefore, once the product came out, it immediately achieved great success, and sellers from all over the country came to place orders one after another. For a while, the supply was in short supply.

Since then, Apple's Macintosh computers have been heavily equipped with excellent software.Many see this marriage as a "match made in heaven."However, the "Angel" of Jinruide Company was almost 3 weeks behind the "Excellence".These three weeks have determined the different fates of the two companies.

The subsequent market research report showed that the market share of "Excellence" far exceeded that of "Angel".Leaving competitors behind, Microsoft once again taught the world a wonderful lesson.

In all kinds of business wars, whoever wins the initiative in time will be one step ahead, and will have the initiative to win in action.

Whoever is slow will be eaten.

Life is a competition, and only by running constantly can we not be "eaten" by others in the competition.

Bill Gates said: Fast, accelerated, and variable speeds are the salient features of this information age.This feature can only be truly understood and grasped by everyone who dares to catch up.

In the early days of entrepreneurship, the software "8086" designed and developed by Bill Gates seemed extraordinary.Bill Gates arranged for a software development engineer to be a candidate for a new simulation program.But after a long time, he has not even written the manual.Microsoft's Lane and Oriel had to make their version according to the instructions written by Intel engineers.Intel engineers are currently designing the chip.

In this way, the software goes ahead of the hardware.

It seems unnecessary to do so.But at that stage, there was a feverish work atmosphere inside Microsoft that pushed all employees to work hard.Behind it was a "devil" named Bill Gates, who kept urging, "Hurry up! Hurry up!"

At that time, Bill Gates knew very well that Microsoft was actually doing a speculative adventure in doing so.According to the past practice, the project always waits for the machine to come out, and then the heroes from all walks of life rush to the past. Whoever does it well and quickly will succeed.

Bill Gates knows: On the same starting line, it's hard to say who will be the first.Microsoft's approach this time is to jump the gun.If the new computer cannot be made, even if Microsoft has done nothing.However, if a new type of computer is made, then no one should compete with Microsoft. Microsoft must be number one.

Microsoft's decision has paid off, and it has made money again.

After everything in Albuquerque is done, Microsoft will make a strategic shift.In order to remember the days and nights in Albuquerque forever, the heroes of Microsoft decided to take a group photo on November 1978, 11.

Just this month, Microsoft completed annual sales of 100 million US dollars.More than $135 million, to be precise.With this achievement, they headed for the green grassy place in the northwest.

En route, Bill Gates visited computer manufacturers in Silicon Valley.On one road, he got three speeding tickets from the police, two of which were issued by the same officer on the same day.He came and went too fast.

He uses Microsoft Speed.It is a pity that the police did not understand the meaning of this speed and the true thoughts of this driver.

This is an era of dizzying speed, and only those who can keep up with the speed and are determined to be ahead of time can succeed.Bill Gates' entrepreneurial success proves this.

In daily life, you have to learn to compete with yourself, always go ahead of time, and try to exceed your usual results as much as possible.

First of all, you must develop a sense of fast rhythm, overcome the habit of doing things slowly, and adjust your pace and actions. This can not only improve efficiency, save time, and give people a good impression of style, but also a healthy performance.

Due to the socialization of science and technology, the differences in quality and ability (IQ) between people are getting smaller and smaller.Therefore, the energy emitted by a person depends on its speed.

Whoever is slow will be eaten.For example: in fighting, the fast fights the slow, the military strikes first, and the commercial war has changed from "big fish eat small fish" to "fast fish eat slow fish".

Bill Gates believes that the essence of competition is to do the best thing in the fastest time.The greatest success in life is to achieve the most goals in the shortest time.Quality is a "constant", and after hard work, it can be done so that it is almost equal; and time is always a "variable", there can be many first-class quality, but there is only one fastest champion.Any lead is a lead in time!
We are slow, not because we are not fast, but because our opponent is faster.

The following story of "The Antelope and the Lion" fully illustrates this point.

On the African prairie, one morning, just as the dawn broke through the night sky, an antelope suddenly woke up from its sleep.

"Run!" he thought, "if you are slow, you may be eaten by a lion!"

So, he got up and ran, galloping towards the sun.

Just as the antelope woke up, a lion woke up too.

"Run," thought the Lion, "if you're slow, you might starve to death!"

So, he got up and ran, also running towards the sun.

Treating time management as a game will pay off enormously.

It can make dull work interesting and lively.Even the most stimulating jobs have their share of tedium.

Competing against yourself can trigger psychological "overflow" behavior.It's an inner change where time seems to be so little, but your results are a lot.

Improve the quality of your work.To achieve your own goals should be like a good hurdler, faster, better, but also required not to knock down the fence.

Take your time and use it.

The reason why a person is successful, time management is a very important key factor, if we want to be successful, we must make our time management better, to manage time well, the most important thing is to do a result-oriented target management.

First of all, what is your current psychological concept of time? You must have a strong desire to do things well and manage time well; and decide to achieve the goal of good time management; time management is a skill, and there is a certain gap between concept and behavior. The gap must be practiced frequently in order to develop good habits; persist until it is used freely.

Only by managing time well can we achieve our ideals, build our self-image, and further enhance our self-worth.If everyone can save 2 hours a day, at least 10 hours a week, and 500 hours a year, productivity can be increased by more than 25%.Everyone has 24 hours a day, and the productivity of successful people per unit of time is obviously higher than that of ordinary people.

You have to make it clear that if you want to achieve something, you must be goal-oriented, and then you can do it well. Grasp the present, focus on today, and grasp every minute and every second.If you want to be a master at work, there are two keys. The first is work performance. You must have the ability to complete the work, rather than just emphasizing whether you work hard. The second is to pay attention to results. Everything must be result-oriented. produce results.Good time management can make people more satisfied, happier, earn more wealth, and have higher self-worth.

Now take a look at how your time is being spent.

The purpose of recording your time is to know how your time is spent.To do this, time consumption is recorded.To master the time with the best energy to do the most important things.The time of best energy varies from person to person.Everyone should master their own life rules, concentrate their most energetic time, and concentrate on dealing with the most energy-intensive and most important tasks. Otherwise, the most effective time is often cut into useless or inefficient piecemeal time .Trying to find unproductive time begins by identifying what you don't have to do and what you do are wasted effort.If you find this kind of thing, you should stop the work immediately; or if it is clear that the work should be done by others, including the work that does not need to be done by you, or if someone else does it more suitable than you, then hand it over to others.Secondly, check whether you have wasted other people's time, and if so, you should stop immediately.Eliminate wasted time, because time is a constant after all, and human energy is always limited.

Analyzing where your time is being spent is the first step in time management.To give an example, Hewlett-Packard President Lewis Platt divides his time well.He spends 20% of his time communicating with customers, 35% of his time in meetings, 10% of his time on the phone, and 5% of his time looking at official documents.The rest of his time is spent on activities that are not directly related to the company but are indirectly beneficial to the company, such as joint technology development projects in the industry and advisory committees convened by the president on trade negotiations.Of course, leave some free time each day to deal with what happens, such as being interviewed by the press.This is the best arrangement he has come up with after careful research and discussions with his time management consultant.

Do you have signs of poor time management?See if you have any of these questions:
(1) Are you working on many work projects at the same time, but can't seem to complete them all?
(2) Are you unable to concentrate on what you should do now because you worry about other things?
(3) Would you be particularly annoyed if work was interrupted?
(4) Do you come home exhausted every night but feel like you haven't done anything?

(5) Do you feel that you never have much time to do sports or leisure, or even just play casually?
If you answered "yes" to two of these questions, you've got a problem with your time management.

Effective personal time management requires the establishment of purpose in life.First go to "face" and "discover" where the goal of your life is, and ask yourself: "Why are you busy?" "What do you want to achieve? What do you want to accomplish?" Asking yourself these questions is not very comfortable. But it is quite inspiring to my own life.Next, you should ask yourself to "ask for everything to be completed", and the unfinished work will come back to your desk the next day, requiring you to revise and update, so the work has to be done again.

Do you understand the following principles of time management?
First, set work and life goals, prioritize them, and execute accordingly.

Second, make a list of things to do every day.

Third, stop and think about what you can do now to make the most efficient use of your time, and do it now.

Fourth, do not do meaningless things.

Fifth, strive to complete things.

Sixth, act immediately without waiting or delaying.

Great way to set a goal.

Set a goal, set a benchmark, and go all out: For example, when shooting a target, you must have a target before you can hit the target.In the same way, if there is no purpose in life, we will only let the environment affect us, rather than ourselves affecting the environment.According to a Yale University study, only 3 percent of students set goals for themselves, while the rest did not.After a long period of research, it is pointed out that the 3% of the students who set the goal at the beginning achieved far more than the sum of the remaining 97% of the students.

There are several reasons why most people are unwilling to set time and measure goals for themselves: they are afraid that they will feel a failure if they fail to reach them; they think that it is enough to live a good life every day; A sense of accomplishment.In fact, action does not equal achievement, only results are considered achievements, so we must set achievement goals.

Try to set a goal for yourself and achieve it like this:

First, draw up your desired goals;

Second, list the benefits: What are the benefits for you to achieve this goal?For example, if you have a goal of buying a house, list the benefits of buying a house for you;

Third, list the possible obstacles: the obstacles you want to achieve this goal may be insufficient money, insufficient ability, etc., list them one by one, and list the ideas for solving them at the same time;

Fourth, the object of support: Generally speaking, it is difficult to achieve the goal by yourself, so the object of support should also be listed;
Fifth, draw up an action plan: there must be an action plan;
Sixth, set a deadline for achieving the goal.

To achieve the goal, we should do the following aspects.

Eliminate Fear: Instead of worrying about failure, embrace the idea that everyone must have a "goal."

Adhere to the goal: If you don't persist, let the setbacks and blows be at the mercy of you and give up, you will never reach the predetermined goal.

A person who wishes to pursue success must be able to persist and never give up in order to successfully achieve his goals.

Write down your goals: Usually thinking is not enough, you must write down your goals in order to deepen the impression and enter our subconscious mind.

Set priorities: There may be many goals, so be sure to prioritize them.

Make a plan: Make a plan according to the priority of the goals.

Prioritize and prioritize plans.

Schedule a time: do it, do it now.

Remove obstacles, seek cooperation, enrich knowledge, and determine key steps. Human beings are great because of their dreams, dream great dreams, and make them come true.Rewrite your goals every morning and review them every night; do this every day so that it gets to our subconscious mind.

Make an effective plan every day.

There is no football coach who does not explain the arrangement and tactics of the game to the players carefully and carefully before the game.And some plans in advance are not static. As the game progresses, the coach will definitely make some adjustments according to the game situation.But it's important to plan before you start.

You'd better make a plan for your day and week, otherwise you will be forced to allocate your time according to what is put on your desk from time to time, that is to say, you are completely determined by other people's actions. priority and order of severity.This way you will find yourself making a serious mistake every day just coping with the problem.

Make a rough work plan and timetable for your every day, paying special attention to the two or three main tasks that you should complete that day.One of these should be an action that brings you closer to one of your most important goals.On Thursday or Friday, do the same for the following week in this way.

Remember, nothing helps you focus your time on productive activities better than planning ahead.Don't let a busy day at work mess up your planned schedule.

Make a calendar, not just for so-called bosses, everyone can benefit from it.

On the side of the paper or in your notepad, list certain things to do at certain times, such as meetings, appointments, etc.List your "to do" items on the other side of the paper. List everything you plan to accomplish during the day.Then take another look and prioritize.The most important items on the list are marked with a special mark.Therefore, you want to set aside a certain period of time or two to do it.If time permits, try to complete other tasks in order of priority.Don't spend your time evenly, and you should leave enough time to deal with emergencies flexibly, otherwise you will be discouraged because you can't complete the main work due to small losses.

When using the calendar, you should pay attention to a big disadvantage of "to-do items", that is, we usually schedule things according to the urgency of things.It includes items that require immediate attention, some of which are important and some of which are not.But it usually doesn't include things that are important but not urgent, things in your long-term plan that you want to get done but no one is rushing you to, and important improvement projects.

Therefore, when listing your daily "to-do items", you must take some time to review your "goal list" to see if what you are doing now is conducive to the main goal you want to achieve, and whether it is consistent with it .

At the end of each working day, you probably don’t get all the things listed in your “to do list” done, but don’t let that upset you. If you’ve done a few of the main tasks in order of priority, then that’s a is required by time management.

Here's a word of caution, though: If you move a task (which might not be terribly important) from one day's "to-do list" to another day's list, and not just once or twice, it's a sign that you may be delaying the matter.At this time, you have to admit to yourself that you are playing sloppy, so you should stop procrastinating, but immediately figure out a solution and start to do it.

You'd better draw up your work schedule for the next day a few minutes before you leave work every day.If you postpone the work schedule until the next morning, it is easy to do it sloppily, because at that time you will face the pressure of a new day of work.In this case, what is listed on the scheduled work list is often only urgent matters, while important but not necessarily the most urgent matters are omitted.

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