Do it and you can beat procrastination

Chapter 20
People who are clear, down-to-earth, and know how to make full use of each day will never have too many illusions about the unknown life in the future. They know that only by cherishing today's life can life become empty and meaningless joy of life.Only by grasping every "today" can your life have no regrets.Only by fulfilling every "today" can we improve work efficiency.How to take control of your work?Only by working hard to make things clear day by day can the work be completed satisfactorily, even ahead of schedule.

Handle affairs in an orderly manner
A well-known businessman listed "doing things without organization" as an important reason for the failure of many companies.People who work disorganized and want to do a good job at the same time will always feel that there are not enough people under their hands.

They believe that as long as there are many people, things can be done well.In fact, what they lack is not more people, but more organized and efficient work.Due to improper handling, unplanned work, and lack of organization, a lot of employee energy was wasted, but it was thankless and ultimately achieved nothing.

People who are not organized and have no order in doing things will not achieve anything no matter what kind of career they do.And a well-organized and orderly person, even if his talents are mediocre, often has considerable achievements in his career.

For any matter, from the stage of planning to realization, there is always a so-called timing, which means that it needs some time to let it "mature" naturally.No matter how correct the plan is, always calmly wait for other more suitable opportunities to come.

If you are too impatient and unwilling to wait, you will often encounter destructive obstacles.So, no matter what, you have to be patient.

·Two types of people commonly seen in the office
An entrepreneur once talked about two types of people he encountered.There is a class of quick-tempered people who, whenever you meet them, act like they are in a hurry.If asked to talk to them, they can only give them a few seconds. If the time is longer, they will reach out and check their watch again, implying that they are pressed for time.Although their company's business is very large, the cost is even greater.The main reason is that they are messy and disorderly in their work arrangements.As a result, their affairs are a mess and their desks are nothing more than a garbage dump.They are often very busy and never have time to organize their things. Even if they have time, they don't know how to organize and arrange them.

There is another class of people who are just the opposite of the above-mentioned class of people.They never appear to be busy, they do things very calmly, always very calm and peaceful.No matter what difficulties others have to discuss with them, they are always polite.In their company, all employees work hard in silence, everything is arranged in an orderly manner, and various affairs are arranged just right.They tidy up their desks every night, answer important letters immediately, and keep them in order.Therefore, despite the large scale of their operations, others can never see the slightest panic from their appearance.They handle everything clearly, and their organized and orderly style affects their entire company employees.As a result, each of their employees is also very orderly in doing things, full of vitality.

You work in an orderly manner and handle affairs in an orderly manner. You will never waste time in the office, and your work efficiency will be extremely high.From this point of view, you must have plenty of time, and your career must be carried out according to the predetermined plan.

The chef uses the pan to fry the fish and turns the fish body from time to time, which will make the fish meat crumble and look unpalatable; on the contrary, if only one side is fried without turning it, it will stick to the bottom of the pan or burnt.The best way is to shake the pot at the right time, or turn it gently with a shovel, and wait for the fish to be fully fried before starting the pot.

Not just cooking requires secrets, but everything else.When the preparations are done and the actual work is done, only modest corrections need to be made, and the rest should be allowed to flow in order.

Human abilities are limited and cannot go beyond certain limits. If we can do as much careful research on the preparation work as possible, we can exert greater abilities.

Only those who do things in an orderly and organized way will be successful.And those who are confused and do things without order and organization, success will always pass them by.

· Be proactive

The elders often say: "You have to work harder when you are young, or you will regret it when you are old." Whether it is the attitude of doing things today or the philosophy of life that prepares for a rainy day, as long as you still have the ability and physical strength today, you can We must grasp the best state and timing, and try our best to exert our abilities.

When tackling a job, there are always chores that need to be taken care of.Over time, it is easy to be content with just dealing with these daily routines, being content with the status quo and not thinking about making progress.This is due to human inertia.In fact, this is not the case in the animal kingdom.

"Big fish eat small fish" is the law of nature, but scientists have reached the opposite conclusion through a special experiment.In this experiment, one of the most ferocious sharks and a group of tropical fish were placed in the same pool, and then separated by reinforced glass. Initially, the sharks kept hitting the invisible glass every day.But it was in vain, it still couldn't swim to the opposite side.

And the experimenters put some crucian carp in the pond every day, so the shark is not short of prey, but it still wants to swim to the opposite side and try the delicious food, and it still keeps hitting the glass every day. I tried my best every time, but every time I always got scars, my body was broken and bleeding several times, and it lasted for a while. Whenever there was a crack in the glass, the experimenter immediately added a thicker piece of glass.

Later, the shark stopped hitting the glass, and didn't care about the colorful tropical fish, as if they were just moving murals on the wall. It began to wait for the crucian carp that would appear every day, and then used its agile instinct to hunt , as if returning to the sea.

At the final stage of the experiment, the experimenter took the glass away, but the shark did not respond, and continued to swim in a fixed area every day. Not only did it turn a blind eye to the tropical fish, but it immediately gave up when the crucian carp fled to the tropical fish. chase.At the end of the experiment, the experimenters ridiculed it as the most cowardly fish in the sea.

Many people's psychology is like that shark, and there is an invisible "glass" in their hearts - inertia.These inertias make you forget to move on, thinking that as long as you keep doing things in the old way, everything will be fine. This has already made you dare not go beyond the threshold, and make you dare not boldly express your new ideas, or in the face of setbacks. Take the attitude of "once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of well ropes".If you want to succeed in your career, you must constantly "break" the "glass" in your heart, constantly struggle with inertia, take active actions, surpass invisible obstacles, and continue to make progress in your work.

There is actually only one small difference between the successful and the less successful: the successful do it, and the unsuccessful keep hesitating.

Successful people don't think: "What will happen if I do that?" They think: "Why don't I do it?" Manfred von Richard, the famous "Red Baron", was the first Best fighter pilot of WWI, but he would have been a cavalryman.One day, he thought, "Why don't I fly an airplane?" He thought, and he did.His career change experience was unsuccessful at first.He crashed several planes during training, and his superiors almost fired him, a cavalryman who thought he could fly a plane.But he never doubted himself.Once he was healed, he boarded another plane and began training until he mastered all the techniques.Criticism and opinions from others did not affect his self-confidence, and he devoted himself to his flying career.

Fighting and procrastinating: Decisive choice at critical moments
Life is a process of choice. Everyone's choice is different, so they have different lives.A choice is a life.Faced with the choice, you must be decisive and resolute, because after the choice, there will be no chance to start from scratch.

Whether to choose a rich life, or choose a different life, or choose to let yourself experience different things and become more mature, it should be up to you to decide.You should cherish every choice, because you only have one life, let your life belong to you, instead of living under the choices of others!There will be many choices in life, but each choice has only one chance.So you have to cherish every opportunity to choose, and choose decisively when you see the right time.

Don't be indecisive during the selection process, because this will make you miss the best opportunity; be brave and decisive when choosing.In addition, you must control your emotions and have good self-control.The choice needs wisdom, the choice of wisdom can seize the opportunity without delay, the choice of wisdom is to choose the road to success.

Selection is a deceptively simple but delicate art.A person's life is a process of continuous selection.What is reflected in the choice is a person's wisdom and maturity.

So, how should you make the right choice?
1. Decisive and decisive, there are trade-offs

When you are faced with multiple options and need to make a decision, you should correctly analyze the various situations and make a timely choice on the basis of fully weighing the pros and cons.Hesitation will only delay the opportunity and lose the opportunity.

2. Foresight, wise choice

The so-called forethought includes two meanings: one is to consider the social benefits of the choice results when a choice must be made; the other is to consider the economic benefits of the choice result when a choice must be made.After doing enough ideological work, make a decisive choice, and you must not lose the best time because of procrastination.

3. Consider the situation and choose according to your ability
When faced with a choice, you must clearly know what you need and which ones are most suitable for you.

Be good at choosing, dare to choose, and dare to make decisions, maybe life will be completely different.Many times, the options you encounter are very tempting, but you can't have them at the same time, and you will behave indecision and indecision.However, due to the inability to make a decisive choice, they often want to get everything, but in the end they get nothing.

Sometimes, what you choose seems to be just the way you deal with the problem, but in fact you are also making a choice about your own judgment ability.

In your choice, some options you face may seem attractive, but if they are not suitable for you, then you have to give up decisively.Remember a principle: no matter what kind of choice you make, you must depend on your own conditions and circumstances, be assertive, and don't copy what others say.

Most of the time in life, no matter how carefully you choose, the result will not be perfect, there will always be some shortcomings.But regret itself is a kind of beauty.Now that you have made a choice, don't regret it.As long as it is a choice that suits you, it is a wise, rational and intelligent choice.

Don't put off today's work until tomorrow

Idealists say that yesterday is today, tomorrow is today, today is today, and the day after tomorrow is also today. Every day in the future is a continuation of today, and everyone's life is formed by the accumulation of "now".Without the present, there is no past and future.Although the past self becomes the present self, it may not necessarily last into the future.So, don't neglect the "now" this golden moment of life.In a person's life, he is busy with work, eating, sleeping and other things, so some people cannot work hard and steadily.

Most people are busy from morning to night, busy with work, busy with eating, busy with studying, busy with love, busy with playing, but they don't know what they are doing. They are busy but have no leisure time. The word "busy" comes from "heart" and "death".Some people say they are busy, but they refuse to do everything with all their heart. In the end, their "heart" really "dead", and they become more prone to procrastination.

·Focus on today, live in today

In the dictionary of work, "tomorrow" is a pleasant word, because with tomorrow, there will be hope and vision.Frustrated people use it as the last spiritual pillar, and successful people use it as a milestone for the next goal to be reached.

A well-known business boss, when the reporter asked him to describe the company's prospects, the boss did not talk as expected, but told the reporter confidently: "Of course we must pay attention to tomorrow, but our last The focus is on today, as long as you look at what we are actually doing today and how hard we are doing it, you will know what our tomorrow will be like."

The CEO's answer reveals an intriguing truth: Only those who are good at paying attention to today can have a proud tomorrow. Any high ambition or blind pessimism is a castle in the air, because only the ground under your feet is the most solid.

In the spring of 1871, a young man who was studying in a general medical school became extremely pessimistic in the face of his poor academic performance, difficulties in real life, and unpredictable future. He was worried that he would fail the graduation exam. Worried about how to apply for a job after graduation, how to start a business, how to get along with others, how to avoid some detours, how to avoid some hardships in life, etc., even if he barely passed, etc. Endless worries made him unable to feel the beauty of life .

Boundless troubles bothered him, and he opened a book helplessly.Suddenly, a sentence in the book deeply shocked his heart.From that day on, he became a completely different person. He put away all his troubles and lived the first day happily and fully.Later, he became the most prestigious medical scientist of the era he lived in, founded the world-renowned Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, became a designated chair professor of Oxford University School of Medicine, and was knighted by the British royal family.After his death, people used a long volume of 1466 pages to write his life.

He is William Osler.The sentence he read in the spring of 1871 that changed his life was extremely simple - "The most important thing is not to look at the blurry pictures in the distance, but to do things that are clear at hand."

When he gave a speech at Yale University in 1917, many students asked him what was the secret of his success. He smiled slightly and said four words - "Live today."

Dr. William Osler was right.Everything of yesterday belongs to the past and has become the scenery behind, but everything of tomorrow has not yet come, and it is just an unknown.Smart people will focus on today and do the thing at hand wholeheartedly.

Therefore, you should live every "today" fully and happily, and become the best preparation for "tomorrow". Only by "seizing today" can we talk about being proactive and striving for progress; "seize today" so that we will not be eliminated by the times; "seize today" so that we will not be passive everywhere and be at a loss under the rapidly changing situation.

Beethoven once said something like this: The days you don't learn something useful are wasted.There is nothing more precious and valuable than time, so never put off what you should do today until tomorrow.

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