It is said that we were lucky to meet only a few monkeys. If we catch up with the monkeys' breakfast (about 9: 00 a.m.) and dinner (about 6: 00 p.m.), they will come out in droves to "grab the bag" for the simple reason of eating.
It can be seen that the concept of time management naturally exists in human evolutionary genes and further evolves into biological clocks as needed.
Closer to home, chapter 1 of Get Done tells that the concept of time management is constantly innovating with people's needs. From the most primitive biological clock, to the timetable, schedule and priority principle in the industrial age, to the latest state of keeping concentration and efficient work, the more information, the more obvious people's demand for good time management.
Biological clock, timetable, calendar, these are relatively simple not to mention. Today we mainly discuss the last two points, the principle of giving priority to important things and keeping focused and efficient work.
I remember the first time I read Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. I clearly remember the principle of using four quadrants to distinguish the importance of affairs. But for myself at that time, judging the importance of affairs was nothing more than reviewing which subject to take first. It seems that you can review the exam with or without this method!
After taking part in the work, the fledgling child can't distinguish the priority of the work. On the one hand, he is not familiar with the work flow and key points; Secondly, when the level of thinking is not so high, it is nothing more than the leadership, or you still can't figure out why you spent more than half an hour thinking about the importance!
In addition, don't think that everything will be fine just by focusing on important things, and you need to allocate time and energy to deal with trivial things. Life is as big as changing jobs, looking for a house and taking care of the family, and as small as buying toothpaste and paper towels, we need to think about it every day. Anything forgotten or missed will bring inconvenience to our life. If you spend all your time and energy on the most important things, will trivial things drag on?
Xiao Jia and Xiao Yi are two employees in the same department of the same company. Xiao Jia has been in the workplace for more than a year, and Xiao Qing has about three years of work experience. Recently, the company's business has expanded, and the workload assigned to everyone is also increasing.
Faced with the increased tasks and workload, most people's first reaction is to extend their working hours, and Xiao Jia is no exception. In order to do his job well, he spent almost all his time completing his work tasks. Xiao Jia looked at the items crossed out on the work list and took a long breath. However, at the end of the month, when the business was summarized, Jony J opened his mouth to say, only to find that he didn't have any outstanding achievements. I am not idle myself at ordinary times. Xiao Jia is very wronged, but why?
The same is to expand business and increase workload, but Xiao Yi has different methods. She doesn't intend to throw herself into endless work as soon as she comes up. But from the perspective of a bystander, think about what is the most valuable thing to promote the current work. She knows very well that her work energy for this day is limited. Make a list of all the things that need to be dealt with first, and then think about how many things she can handle within her ability. Then the next step is to allocate reasonable time and energy for everything, so that she can start working after comprehensive thinking. When I get off work every day, although I find that there is still unfinished work, it has little impact on my work goals, so I can go home and rest with peace of mind. At the end of the month, I summed up my current performance and the next step. I made it very clear. On the side, Jony J stared at me and nodded frequently. Why does she do the same job so much worse than others?
When you put all your energy into the immediate affairs, you have no energy to think, optimize and recover. Being busy for the sake of being busy will never end. Instead, allocate your time reasonably and let yourself work intelligently on the premise of thinking. Working hours may be less, but the effectiveness of our work is the real purpose of our work!
So, in a word, good time management means being able to work efficiently at any time. Did you do it?