Personal Management-Fourth Generation Time Management

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• Four generations of Time Management Theory
• Second quadrant
• Dare to say "no"
• Let's test it.

Before personal management-target management, do you want to manage time? I talked about the four quadrant diagram of time in "Seven Habits of high-performance people ".ImportantIt also focuses on time management. This article introduces the fourth generation of time management methods, so that you can better understand the fourth generation of time management methods.

Four generations of Time Management Theory

In the field of time management, each generation of theory is developed on the basis of the previous generation, and every development can help us better grasp our lives.

1. First generation: widely usedNotes and service listTo clarify various needs in life. The concept of finite order is not mentioned.
2. Second generation: UseCalendar or calendarTo schedule the appointment, reflecting the time required to submit the plan and arrange future activities in advance. The person who uses this management has some self-control ability, but does not sort tasks by importance, lack of sense of accomplishment, because time is always around the schedule.
3. Third generation: focus on identifying long-term, mid-term, and short-term goals, and then arrange energy and time based on values. This theory advocatesMake reasonable planning for each dayDevelop a clear plan to accomplish the most important goals and tasks. Although this time management method has made great progress, it is found that such "efficient" time allocation and use often fail to meet the expectations, which limits our vision, let's focus only on the daily plan. Many people no longer use this kind of meticulous, restrained time management plan and daily schedule, and use the first and second generation of time management skills.

4. Fourth generation: FocusHow should I manage the time?,How to manage yourself effectively. People's satisfaction usually comes from the satisfaction of expectations and expectations, which are within our sphere of influence. The fourth generation of time management methods focus no longer on specific transactions and time allocation,How to maintain a balance between output and production capacity.

Second quadrant

This is the time management matrix. It also appears in my previous blog. The first quadrant is an important urgent task. Many people think that it should take the most time to solve the problem. However, if you pay too much attention to the first quadrant activity, then the Quadrant scope will become larger and larger, and eventually occupy all your time and energy. I have a deep understanding of this. It was a test result I made two years ago. Most of the time I did not work in the second quadrant, at this time, you will feel a lot of pressure, brilliant efforts, be led by the crisis, busy cleaning up the mess and so on.

Write the title of this sectionSecond quadrantThe purpose is to tell you that the activity in the second quadrant is the core of efficient personal management, because the activity in this scope is not urgent, but it is very important. The investment in the second quadrant will greatly reduce the investment in the first quadrant, so that you will not have the feeling of being chased by things, and the pressure will not be too great. This is the two time management charts I tested last year. I pay more attention to the second quadrant, such as architecture, personnel training, and implementation of agile methods, without the support of good architecture, people, and methods, I think that as long as I stay in the project team, my sense of responsibility will drive me to do the first quadrant work, and I will be busy every day. It is precisely because it seems that it is not very important and urgent to invest in these, now we can better allocate my time, so that the project team can better run.

Dare to say "no"

Take the time to do activities in the second quadrant and take the initiative to come to you. At the beginning, if you want to squeeze out time to do the second quadrant activity, you can only start with the third quadrant activity and the fourth quadrant activity, because you cannot put the important and urgent tasks in the First quadrant aside. When collecting the time, we should not only put the work time, but also put all the available time.

People have limited time and energy. Therefore, you must say "no" to some things. I also briefly said "responsibility is not just a matter of responsibility. We have the courage to say "no" to seemingly pressing things. Even if this pressing thing can help others, if we throw the established principles, this will become an obstacle to success. If your goals are not met, your team's goals will not be met.

Let's test it.

If you are always fighting for fire, you feel that you are idle, and you feel that you are being exploited, you can also use the Franklin covery online assessments website to answer questions and test your time distribution chart. As it said, it is not very accurate, but has reference value.

If the test results differ too much or are not satisfied, do you need to distinguish between your time and company values based on personal values? If so, you have to think about whether your time has been used up. Is there a waste? If you confirm that your time understanding is accurate and you have used the time to achieve the effect, then check whether the environment is not conducive to your time management? If yes, you must first adapt to the environment and then change the environment, or change the environment.

 

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