My time, my decision-making tools

Time is the same for everyone, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, but different people do different things every day. Some people can do many things every day, there is no delay in learning and relaxation. Some people are busy every day, but they always feel that time is not enough and that they have not finished one of the things to be done. Why? Is it because some people are naturally smart? I personally think this is true. Those people are indeed very smart, but the smart here doesn't mean how high their IQ is, but how they know how to make proper use of time, if you do the right thing at the right time and complete the work efficiently per unit time, they may not quite understand what time management is, but they actually do it in terms of action.

We are not satisfied with our learning efficiency and want to make changes. Therefore, we learn time management and use software to manage our time. However, different people have different opinions on how to choose software. As discussed at this tomato Conference, some people think that the time management software should provide us with enough icons, the data we need to analyze is automatically analyzed. Some people think that the less text the software needs to input, the better. It is better that the computer can automatically complete the analysis, we only need to make some simple choices. Some people think that we should constantly try new software and even use multiple software for data statistics at the same time ......

Because there are different points of view, there is room for improvement. I agree with some of them, the time management software should be as convenient as possible for us to learn, with less input and Automatic Generation of Multi-table data analysis, at the same time, it is good to use two software for different data statistics. However, in this process, we have invested a lot of time, and some things have consumed too much extra effort in the repetitive process?

We really need to think about this problem. There are not many software, but you are doing well. I think it is very important to choose a software that is simple and suitable for you. To meet your own needs, you must first understand what you need the software to do for you, I need software to provide my daily project list, estimated time, actual completion time, and comments. So I chose the tomato learning tool (tomato learning method) to meet my needs, the operation is very simple and the interface is friendly, so I have been using it. The tomato use record (Excel) made by Jing's colleagues is very good. It collects statistics on the data I need and automatically generates icons, which makes it very convenient for me to analyze and mine data, I like and keep using it. Later, I recommended a variety of other software. I also tried some of them. Some of them are complicated, some are similar to the tools I currently use, and there are no outstanding advantages, so I chose to give up after the first few days of the test. It is a good phenomenon to get in touch with new things, but it changes every day. Three days to the east and two days to the west. If there is no target, it will only waste your precious time. In fact, it would be good if we had a discussion at this time. For example, in our tomato lab team, Jing recommended a statistical duration tool "grindstone". after hearing her introduction, I felt very suitable for me, so I started to use it after installation, and indeed solved many problems for me.

OK. What I want to say is that while we are constantly learning and absorbing new things, we must stick to it more appropriately. Many things are not outdated, just like the programming language VB, I used to think that it is a language that has been eliminated. Now XXX is popular, so we only need to learn XXX well. In fact, there is no outdated language, all programming languages are the same, but the syntax is slightly different. Similarly, the guiding ideology of the time management software that assists us in learning is the same, all of which are GTD (Encyclopedia). They only have different implementation methods and slightly different focuses, select the software that best meets your needs. You can use the software with simple operations. Do not use the software today. Try it tomorrow. As a result, a large amount of time is wasted on learning the software, ignoring the true purpose of using the software, the worst thing is that continuous attempts make you feel exhausted, the use of the software is ineffective, but also a waste of time, and finally think that time management is not suitable for me, in this way, the loss is worth the candle!