Seven Words of time management (turn)

1.

"Process switching is expensive, avoiding multitasking and keeping a single process. "

Do not do multiple things at the same time, the results may not be done well, but also dragged long hours of work.

is a multi-task state and a single-process state comparison, you can see that the multi-tasking state will take more time.

2.

"Research shows that focus and work efficiently for up to 4 hours per day. "

The amount of time a person can focus is limited. In general, effective work lasts only four hours, and the rest of the time is inefficient.

The left side is the time allocation for most people every day, and if you can make sure that you work efficiently for 4 hours, then you can completely turn to the right time allocation.

3.

"Prioritize tasks and don't take ' urgency ' as ' important '. "

Your time is limited and it is impossible to do everything. The most important thing should be done first. (Recommended to read "What is the important thing?") 》）

A useful technique is to divide all tasks into four quadrants in terms of "importance" and "urgency" two dimensions. The first quadrant has the highest priority and the fourth quadrant is the lowest.

4.

"After getting up, don't check the mail and. "

The morning is the most energetic, consumed in the mail and it is too bad, should be used to do more important things. Also, the message represents a high priority for others, not equal to your priority. Who does your time belong to? yourself, or someone who wrote to you? (recommended to read why can't I receive mail after I get up?) 》）

5.

"Avoid meetings, because the most time-wasting thing known to man is a meeting." "

The bigger the company, the more unable to avoid the meeting. But at least don't attend a meeting that has nothing to do with you. Standing in a meeting may be a good way to shorten the meeting time.

6.

"4 o'clock in the morning get up, at noon, you finish the task of the day." "

4 o'clock in the morning get up and start working, you will find a lot more time every day. One Japanese wrote a book, "Get Up Four o'clock", that is to say this point.

7.

"You won't do anything when you're free, and you won't do it when you are free." "

There is no procrastination in the world, just don't want to do it. If possible, you should give up as soon as possible what you do not intend to do. And those who do not have the time will do, is you should go all out of life direction.

Transferred from Ruan Master's blog http://www.ruanyifeng.com/blog/2016/05/time-management.html

Seven Words of time management (turn)