Do it and you can beat procrastination

Chapter 30 Your Time is Yours: Super Time Management

Chapter 30 Your Time is Yours: Super Time Management (3)
In life, there are too many "thieves" of time. If you are not careful, time will be "stolen".If you want to prevent money and valuables from being stolen by thieves, you must lock the doors and windows. If you want to prevent time from being "stolen", you must start with strict self-discipline.For example, bad habits such as drinking or playing cards cannot be blamed on the entanglement of drinking buddies or poker buddies. You should first blame your lack of willpower, lack of perseverance, inability to resist the temptation of all bad habits, and waste your precious time.

With the development of the economy and the improvement of living standards, people's living conditions are getting better and better, and the houses are getting more and more spacious. Some people have become addicted to shopping and furniture, and like to compare with others.If the neighbors have it, you should have it; if your neighbor doesn't have it, you should have it too.You have to surpass your neighbors to be stylish, so as not to look shabby.For example, it doesn't matter whether you can play the piano or not, and it doesn't matter whether your child is interested in learning it. If other people can buy it, you should buy it too.All families have to decorate their living rooms and bedrooms magnificently and compete with each other.As a result, you become a slave to these decorations, serving them all day long, which consumes a lot of your daily time.

For example, for beautiful modern furniture and various household appliances, you have to dust the carpet for half an hour, wipe the furniture for half an hour, clean the bedroom for half an hour, clean the bathroom for half an hour, and wash the used cups and dishes for an hour and a half every day. Clean up the kitchen for 1 hour, wash underwear and socks for 1 hour, arrange messy toys and books, and clean the table for 1 hour.This is not counting the time taken for grocery shopping, washing, cooking, cooking, and taking out the garbage. It has already taken 1 and a half hours.There are only 6 hours of spare time every day, and there is one and a half hours left to watch TV news, browse the newspapers you subscribe to, and how much free time you can spend on studying.

In short, the purpose of a simple life is not to let today's "consumption time" account for too much, and not to be tired of life.If you don't want to be slaves, you have to live a simple life and experience a life of learning.

· Giving up is also a time-saving strategy

The management and use of time also requires you to learn the strategy of giving up.Giving up means partial negation, which requires not only wisdom, but also courage.You have to understand the meaning of giving up.

First of all, you must be clear about your ability and situation, and know that you "have to" give up.After you give up, stop thinking about it and focus all your energy on the current matter.Secondly, it is clear that giving up is the best choice. Although it will cause a certain loss, this loss will be doubled in the future.Successful people are those who retreat and advance secretly, and they are all people who know when to give up.Mr. Wu, a tycoon in Hong Kong's securities industry, was just a small employee of a company in Hong Kong in his early years.He accidentally discovered that Africans like to wear jingling jewelry, so he immediately borrowed several thousand yuan and went to Africa alone to do jewelry business.After several years of hard work, the business has become more and more prosperous.And there are more and more Hong Kong businessmen rushing to Africa to do business, and the competition in the jewelry industry is becoming more and more fierce.Faced with this situation, Mr. Wu voluntarily gave up his jewelry business in Africa and opened up another market.

Mr. Wu's renunciation is just right, because with the increasingly fierce competition in the African market, business is bound to become more and more difficult. Instead of fighting to the death, it is better to give up as soon as possible to protect yourself.

One of the great benefits of this waiver is that it eliminates unnecessary competition.Competition always exists, some must be faced, but some are unnecessary, and unnecessary competition should be avoided as much as possible.It's good to be aggressive, but remember that Rome wasn't built in a day.Times have their ups and downs, and when you encounter a good momentum, you can run faster; when you encounter a bad momentum, if you still rush forward recklessly, you will inevitably fall and bleed.At this time, it is necessary to understand the truth of knowing how to advance and how to retreat.You have to understand that giving up is to get better, and retreating at this time is to advance at that time.American psychoanalytic psychologist Judith Wirst pointed out in his book "Necessary Loss": "Loss is the price you pay for life."This kind of giving up does not mean that you give up everything that you have spent a lot of time and energy building before, but for the purpose of using tomorrow more efficiently.

Take a step back, and the sky is brighter.Learn to give up, don't you want to see a better tomorrow?

· Abandon useless false names

As the saying goes, "People are afraid of being famous, but pigs are afraid of being strong." Whether you are an artist or a scientist, as soon as you become famous in any profession, you will be surrounded by various "honors", and even various "black hats" will fly out of thin air to put on your head. superior.At gatherings, there are at least seven or eight titles on the business cards presented to each other by friends. If one side cannot be printed, they are printed on the reverse side. If both sides cannot be printed, the business cards are made into folded ones.This is also the so-called "Matthew Effect" of "winner takes all".However, this is a huge waste of time when it comes to time management.

There are also some people who do not have many part-time "titles" in society, but join many societies or associations due to personal interests or mobilization introductions from friends.Today this society has a meeting, and tomorrow that association has activities.The first few activities felt fresh, and I could make many new friends, get some new information, and gain something.But after a long time, I found that the participants were all old faces, and the topics discussed were either commonplace or some hearsay social news.The activities of some societies are either impetuous and boring gatherings or dull and dull discussions.If you join such a social group, not only will you gain nothing, but you will also have to bear the responsibilities and obligations of many members, which is a waste of time and energy.

Therefore, if such associations are not for their own work needs, they must join; or they do not have a strong interest in them, and participating in activities will not yield much, in order to save time and energy, it is better to quit as soon as possible.

· Do not abuse time management

There are some people who abuse or misuse the concept of time management, and make the same schedule, but only use it as a shield, and regard the means of time management as the purpose of time management. This is actually an abuse of time management.

1. A person who does not follow a plan

Some people often do not consider the existing actual situation when determining working hours, because they think, "Isn't it a reverse of time management to allow a slight 'delay' in time?" "Shouldn't we set a goal that is slightly beyond our ability?" , so that we can develop our own potential?" Working hours should go all out to achieve the goal, but it should not form too much pressure, otherwise it is easy to produce fear of difficulties, and before the horoscope is written, first find out for yourself if you have not reached the goal. Excuse.However, the plan is well arranged, but it is often interrupted by some accidents. People often say: "I often make time plans, but I never implement them according to the plan, because it is impossible." After several failures, many people will not "Waste" time again, make time plans, so that you let yourself go, you will be bored when you are free, and you will have no skills when you are busy.

In fact, the feasible way to solve this problem is to add at least 10% "error" time to the established standard time. The most important function of "error" time is to prevent you from feeling that the pressure of time is coming to you wave after wave, that is, to put moderate pressure on yourself.Another important function of the tolerance time is to reserve maneuvering time to buffer emergencies. Once you arrange the schedule too tightly and too rigidly, you will inevitably run into trouble when unexpected things interfere. Moving the whole body is naturally a wrong step and a wrong step.

2. People who are too rigid
Some people value form over substance.Here are some specific examples: Some people always get up at the same time every day, even though they sometimes need more rest; Some people always eat at the same time every day, even though they sometimes don't feel hungry at that time.Some people always stick to fixed hours and do not want to change slightly.For example, when some people get off work, although the next bus will have no seats, they always squeeze into the overcrowded bus in front.

Some people always act on time and ignore everything else.For example, a long-distance call of more than 3 minutes can cause some people to feel extremely anxious, although the increased talk time can save days of traveling or replace lengthy meetings.

In short, these people pay attention to efficiency on the surface, and they can be called "efficiency experts". The immutable time limit made everyone feel uneasy.In fact, he was misusing his time management skills.

3. People who work long hours

Some people can be called workaholics.They can't rest for a minute and a second. They think that being busy is fulfillment and achievement. They often work for 12 hours or even 18 hours.This kind of person thinks that stopping and introspecting is a waste of time and meaningless, and extreme emphasis on efficiency may result in no results because of finding the wrong target, and other adverse effects.

The following adverse effects are worth noting:

(8) Once the daily working time exceeds 48 hours, the work efficiency will drop rapidly.If the results of these studies are to be believed, it is best not to exceed 6 hours per week (calculated on the basis of [-] working days).

(8) Working long hours is enough to make people develop the habit of procrastination.You should learn the "Parkinson's Law" proposed by Parkinson so that you don't procrastinate, that is, if the time available to complete the work is 8 hours, the work will be completed within 10 hours; if the time available to complete the work is increased to 10 hours, the same job will be done in [-] hours.

([-]) Working long hours may lead to failure of work.Management scholar Joseph Crews once studied the success or failure of some managers in their careers. He found that the difference between successful managers and failed managers is that the latter are willing to sacrifice their families for work at any time.That is, managers who neglect their families and overemphasize their work will end up with poor jobs.The adverse consequences of long hours of work have attracted the attention of some companies. Some companies will force employees to take regular vacations and limit the number of times and hours of overtime.

4. Make plans but don't act

Some people especially like to write schedules, and they always spend most of their time writing, modifying, searching, and rewriting schedules. "Anything that is forewarned will stand, and if it is not forewarned, it will fail" is their mantra.They always spend a lot of time considering all possibilities, calculating every detail, making sure every step is foolproof before doing something, and then rehearsing it again before implementing it. These people feel that planning in their minds is more fun and relaxing than actually doing it. much.If the things that have been planned today are not carried out, then it is just right to make a better plan tomorrow, and comfort myself: "The boat will go straight when it reaches the bridge", resulting in many good opportunities being missed.

Battle procrastination skills: make good use of piecemeal time

People in modern society are getting more and more busy, and their time is divided into smaller and smaller pieces.This virtually makes time pass faster relatively.For example, waiting for a bus, waiting for a plane, being late for an appointment, traveling, traffic jams... These situations all have to "wait", and "waiting" itself is a waste of time.It would be a pity if these hours were not put to good use.

It is a simple truth that small investment can also get rich.However, few people have noticed that if you accumulate fragmented time and use it effectively, it will not only be interesting, but also give you unexpected gains!

1. Reading
American efficiency research expert Dr. M.J. Laieri advocates the "25-minute reading method".After research, he found that the time limit for people's attention to last is 25 minutes. He believed that reading only 25 minutes a day is the most effective way of learning.

How many books can you read if you spend 25 minutes a day on reading?If you use the speed reading method, no matter who you are, you can read 25 pages in 20 minutes.If you stick to it, you can read 1 pages a month, that is, you can read 600 books with 2 pages and 300 books with 3 pages.

1个月读2本书,1年就是24本书;1个月读3本书,1年就是36本书。要是你能在1年内读这么多的自己专业范围内的书,你会比同专业其他人掌握的知识多得多。

2. Write a card or write a letter
In today's fully networked age, how touching it is to receive someone else's handwritten "authentic work"!If you put a few cards or a few pieces of letter paper in your carry-on bag, you can give your family, relatives and friends an unexpected surprise in just 3 minutes, because handwritten ones must be more emotional than computer-printed ones, which will cost the least and be the most The effect of being able to communicate emotions, why not do it?
3. Call

Taking advantage of the spare time, I took out the address book and sent greetings to old friends whom I haven’t seen for many years. Thinking of the touch of being “remembered” by the other party, even a long-distance call is worth it.

4. Settle accounts
Many families keep accounts for expenses, and housewives keep small accounts in their pockets at all times.Using the fragmentary time of waiting for the bus, you can make a summary of the account book, which can save a lot of effort and keep track of the family's expenses at any time.

5. Check the memo
People who often have appointments must seize some free time and check the memo, so as not to forget some small things or appointments carelessly.At the same time, you can also figure out when you can go on vacation with your family.This way you don't have to spend any more time doing these things.

6. Reflect
Everyone knows the importance of introspection. It can make you understand yourself, society, and others better, and it can make you smarter.Do more introspection, and there will be fewer mistakes.

However, modern people seem to regard introspection as a separate important matter, which must be reflected at a specific time and on a specific occasion.Maybe use normal business hours.

In fact, it may be more effective and timely to reflect on what just happened in the spare few minutes after being busy.

7. Audio-visual leisure
Use the spare few minutes or 10 minutes for audio-visual leisure, and there may be some unexpected gains.Listening to TED talks, light music or reading magazines can not only relax your body and mind, but also make you feel in a good mood and increase your knowledge.

There are books and periodicals that can be read for free in many public places to pass the time.

Adjust time points
Due to biological reasons, people's life frequency is almost the same, so when you are doing something routine, there will be thousands of people all over the world doing it at the same time as you.Even the birth of life can also find companions. Within a second, dozens of babies will be born all over the world.

Therefore, your time schedule is not much different from most people's schedule.When you are going on a business trip, most of the people sitting in the same car with you are on business trips; when you are going home by car, others are also rushing home; Busy with the same thing... If you understand the beauty of the time difference, you can better arrange your own affairs, thereby improving your work efficiency, so that your work efficiency will not be affected by too many people.

· Arrive at the company 1 hour early
Generally speaking, the working hours of the company are after 8 o'clock. Whenever you walk into the office, you will start a busy day.Answer the phone, have a meeting, read a file, make a plan, etc., whether you are ready or not, and whether you have other things to deal with, you have to focus on everything.

Perhaps, on your way to the office, you were stuck in traffic and kept running into red lights.In such an anxious situation, you finally get to the office, and before you can catch your breath, you have to go to work.

If you can cleverly use the time difference and arrive at the office an hour earlier, then everything is another situation.

(End of this chapter)

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