01 Please treat time like a friend
There is no pause button on the timeline, so it won't stop and wait for anyone. Only one action of time is the loss of time. If you don't look for it, it will slip away quietly and make you regret it, but even so, there are still a lot of people who turn a blind eye to it, always thinking that I still have a lot of time to do something, but in the end I can't do anything.
There are feelings between people, similarly, there are feelings between people and time. If you get along with it for a long time, you will become very good friends. Only when we become friends with time will we realize its value and know its magic.
When we were young, we always like to think about our future, what kind of school we go to, what kind of work we do, and what kind of people we become, but when we grow up, we find that there is a big gap between reality and what we want. So have you ever wondered why we don't get what we want and why we don't become what we want to be?
It was not until more than 20 years later that we realized that it was all because of time, because we never treated it as sincerely and patiently as a friend. For example, it's as if you want to lose weight and exercise by running, but you give up after a week and feel like you don't see any effect. Nothing you do will have an immediate effect. There are no shortcuts except long-term patience, and time will not allow you to be opportunistic.
02 paper and pen are the best tools
There are some things in this chapter that I have been doing for a long time, so there are many experiences themselves, but I can't find a suitable language description in my mouth. The author says it more clearly here, and when I read it, I feel very happy and resonate.
The best tool to record time, pen and paper. This point is too incisive. I have used PIM software, post-it notes, smartphones, etc., on my computer to record bits and pieces of information. In the end, I didn't stick to it, and when the computer was turned on, I had to wait at least 1 minute. Maybe the idea flashed by, and I didn't want to remember it.
Although PDA is becoming more and more advanced, it is still very inconvenient. Instead, it is a ballpoint pen and a notepad, which is comfortable and convenient to use. In high school, English teachers always like to say in class: good memory is not as good as bad writing, no matter how good memory will increase with the increase of brain capacity, the continuation of time will blur or confuse some clear things.
But when you write down what you have done, it will be extremely clear, no matter how long you want to see it, you can always remember when I did what I did. The tools to fight laziness, stop forgetting, and persist in change are pen and paper.
03 record your time
What I want to talk about most in this chapter is the record of time spent, as well as the "event-time" log. This is almost the most effective method in my opinion. If this item is added to the morning diary, it may be even more powerful, because you already know what you are going to do, and how can you feel idle when you have a full schedule for the whole day?
Drucker also mentioned this method in his book. When I first saw this method, I was surprised to find that I browsed Weibo for more than two hours a day for a while. I have always been a person who doesn't like reading boring news on the Internet. because it doesn't do much to improve people's minds. When I found this in my time expense log book, the situation changed, no matter what reason I found for myself, and since then, I have been more aware of this time.
Time management is like financial management, know how to use time, only know how to plan time, time is not saved, it is planned. Through the "event-time log" recording, we can accurately perceive time and enrich our memories; more importantly, we can adjust our sense of time and when estimating any workload, it is easier to identify "truly realistic and feasible goals".
When you record your daily time spending, you can cultivate your sense of achievement on the one hand and avoid forgiving yourself easily on the other. Before going to bed every night, look at your notebook and recall that you must feel very secure and fulfilled in your heart after doing a lot of things today, and you will go to sleep in a good mood.
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