I am very willing to share these high-efficiency tips with you.
Editor’s note: This article is from WeChat public account “Noteman” (ID: Notesman), author Kevin Kruse. Authorized to reprint.
Hello everyone, before sharing, please take a look at the different life conditions of me and me now 20 years ago.
Twenty years ago, I was “busy crazy” every day: go out at 5 in the morning, work until midnight – have a cup of coffee in the car and eat a cream roll for breakfast; lunch does not eat; dinner is gorging solve.
It was like the alcoholic dependence on the wine during that time. I drank too much Red Bull drink.
One time, after refueling the car, I forgot to take the fuel pipe down and almost blow up the gas station. That time was terrible and shameful.
Now, I am a father with three children: coaching their homework every day and trying to participate in their activities at school. I can not only handle the work, but also go on vacation.
The key is that I don’t feel nervous, anxious, overloaded or guilty. You must be aware of the secrets of my transformation. These methods are actually from my investigation of the time management methods of thousands of experts in various industries. I am very willing to share these high-efficiency secrets with you.
Secret 1, the power of the number “1440”, time is your most precious and scarce resource.
In my office, people often ask me a question that I feel cold on my back when I hear it: “Can I delay you for a minute?”
So I found out that I spent the whole day spending time on others until I printed a big “1440” on a piece of paper. I explained to others: This is what I used to remind me to cherish the time, only 1440 minutes a day.
I didn’t expect that there were fewer and fewer people who delayed me for a minute, and I also heard that when others were doing their own important things or rejecting irrelevant meetings, they would say “only 1440 minutes a day”.
Yes, in order to improve efficiency and manage time, the most important thing is not the skill, but the need to change the mindset.
I encourage you to try this too, draw a big 1440 on a piece of paper, stick it on the office door, under the TV, on the computer screen… no matter where it is posted, as long as it reminds you that time is limited.
Tip 2: Prioritize things, identify your most important tasks, and put them in front of other things.
Peter Drucker said: “Efficiency is doing things right, and effectiveness is doing the right thing.” But the premise is that you need to know what is your most important task, whatThis kind of activity allows you to get the leverage of the target.
Whether your focus is on health, wealth or relationships, you first need to set precise and quantifiable goals, such as “saving $5,000 by the end of the year” and “ten pounds for ten weeks.” If you don’t confirm your goals, you can choose a few areas of interest.
After confirming your goals or tasks, you need to put him in your plan and put it on the agenda as soon as possible.
Professor Dan Ereli, Professor of Research Psychology and Behavioral Economics, suggests that for the vast majority of people, the most efficient and action-conscious of the two hours of total wake-up.
If we grasp these precious times, then most people will become more successful in pursuing what we really want.
Secretary 3, Do things according to the schedule and not according to the list of tasks
There are problems with the task list:
The list of tasks lists a large number of projects, and it is easy for people to choose quick and simple tasks instead of important tasks in many tasks;
The task list makes it easy for you to do urgent but not important things;
The list of tasks creates stress and we are exhausted.
Florida research shows that the Cagenic memory effect (a conscious or unconscious mind is caused by an unfinished task) can be overcome simply by making a plan to complete the task, rather than actually completing the task. itself.
If you use a calendar instead of a task list to manage your life:
Specially arranging a large amount of time to do something important to you is the so-called “closed time” or “boxing time”;
Important things should be arranged as early as possible in the day to help avoid being disrupted by other temporary matters;
Do not abolish your goals and reschedule execution if necessary;
Like treating you and your doctor, the best way to treat your “closed timeline” is to automatically reject requests that are not in the plan.
Schedule time in the schedule and do nothing, this can be left to the time of your own thinking, or left to projects that are not completed as planned.
Tips 4, Farewell, Procrastination
When you realize that you want to defeat yourself in the future—the one you can’t trust, procrastination can be overcome.
Procrastination refers to those important but notInteresting tasks are postponed to make relatively simpler and more enjoyable tasks, such as looking at emails, brushing Twitter, Facebook, food, and TV, all of which are great ways to delay.
Procrastination is often not because you are lazy, but because you lack sufficient motivation; you underestimate the power of future emotions when setting goals or task lists;
Are we still used to save if we are used to delay?
One of the procrastinations: time travel
A lot of times, you presume your goals and think that you will do it in the future. This kind of problem is called “inconsistent time” by psychologists.
In fact, all of us are faced with “time bias”. When the real moment comes, you will live forever in the moment, you will choose to eat sweets, watch TV, watch videos… We always underestimate the self-discipline in the moment. The difficulty of the matter.
In order to overcome the inconsistency of time, we must fight ourselves in the future, and we must formulate various programs to overcome ourselves in the future.
In the future, I will say to me during my exercise: “Too busy, can’t exercise every day.” Now I am the first thing in the morning to beat him, and I am defeating him. I will wear my sportswear when I am in bed. I will not go to the mail until the end of the exercise.
Procrastination Buster II: Pain and Pleasure
For the difficult task you always delay, think about why you want to do it, or even think about it in your mind:
“How fun can I get to do this?”
“What kind of pain would you feel if I didn’t do it?”
For example, in order to adhere to yoga, flexibility training and running, I put my feelings of pain and pleasure in my mind every day. “I want to look good in myself. I need to define myself through the abdominal muscles. I I believe that cardiovascular and cerebrovascular exercise can promote healthy minds. I don’t want to relax my beer belly. I don’t want to be like a loser, a dead house, no energy at all…”
Procrastination Buster III: Reliable Companions
A sports psychologist told me that the first key to predicting whether a person can persist in an exercise is to see if he is doing it with others.
This person can be a learning partner in the school, or a good friend who always supervises you and is responsible for you. This method works because when IWhen you break the promise of others, you will feel worse.
Procrastination Buster 4: Rewards and Punishments
One of my friends told her that only if she paid the credit card money can reward herself for buying a pair of expensive shoes, you can also promise to your friends that you will be given $100 when you are not able to achieve the goal, or No matter how much money, as long as it can make you feel bad, when you have not completed your goal, they can deduct money or donate to charity.
Procrastination: Five to the ideal self:
In many cases, we evade the task because we have not yet portrayed a person who I want to work for. We can imagine the ideal of our future. An unusual but effective strategy is to talk to ourselves (speak loudly or Speak quietly in my head), think of yourself as the ideal one –
“I am a healthy dieter, I am a jogger, I am the number one sales representative in the company, I am a neat person, I am a bestselling author, I am an entrepreneur… …”
Speak to yourself to establish your own value. If you are a healthy dieter, you will definitely pack a salad instead of a pizza at the airport.
Procrastination: Sixth: Don’t be perfect.
When we start doing something, we can set a goal that is not so perfect.
If the three-kilometer jog lets you delay, you put on your sportswear and go around the street. This is good enough.
May, when you do this, you will continue to run. Once you agree that imperfections are ok, you will have a stronger motivation to complete it.
Secrets 、5, There will always be more things to do, We have to accept this reality
The Republican political strategist Carl Rove has one thing. In 2005, President Bush asked him what his New Year’s resolution was. He said he plans to read a book every week. Three days later, when the President saw him, he said, “I saw the second book. Where did you read it?”
The book then became a game between them. At the end of the year, he defeated the president, 110 copies of 95 books. His trophy looks a lot like the prize for the youth bowling final.
The president said that he would lose because he was too busy as a president of a country. Think about it, how can a country’s leaders find time to read 95 books?
Real successful people don’t endlessly spend their time in order to complete the items on the to-do list. They will consider urgent and important things, arrange time for everything, stop when they are enough, and won’t There is no end to it.
Things are always endless. When you want to be responsible for everything, have you ever thought that you are actually trying to pursue perfection?
It is dangerous to attach our own values to what others think of us. You need to master the way to give up some things, because you always have more things to do.
Writer Jessica Turner said in her book:
You will never have time to do what you love. It’s just a matter of priority—reflecting how you spend your day and then investing time into what you value. If there are things that really matter to you, you will find ways to incorporate them into your life.
Secretary 6, Virgin Efficiency Law, always bring a notebook
When Richard Branson was asked what was the most important item for him, he replied:
It may sound ridiculous, but I always put a small notebook in my backpack. When I was traveling, I first thought of bringing this notebook with me. Without this page, I would never have been able to expand the Virgin Group to the present size.
It is said that once he thought of an idea about business, he had no laptop at hand, so he wrote his thoughts on his passport.
One of the most prominent business philosophers in the United States, the self-made millionaire Jimmy Ron said that we have three treasures that need to be reserved for future generations:
The first is your photo.
The second is your book collection.
The third is your log, the thoughts, ideas, and the messages you carefully collected.
He believes that if you really want to become a rich, powerful, sophisticated, healthy, influential, well-educated and unique individual, then remember a log.
Many creative target seekers use Moleskine notebooks. This high quality leather is produced in Italy and costs between $9 and $25.
A study by psychologists at the University of California showed that using a notebook is better than an electronic device such as a computer. Using a notebook to record is a higher score than a person using a computer because collecting notes requires hearing, cognitive processes, and Recall the joint participation of a series of processes.