Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth
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Personal Development for Smart People
Habits and Authority
Remember that y o u ' r e the commander-in-chief of your life. You must decide w h i c h habits you'll keep and w h i c h you'll a b a n d o n . C o n - duct personal experiments to discover w h i c h habits produce the best results for y o u . W h i c h habits increase your effectiveness? W h i c h ones get in your w a y ? Here's a list of 66 habits that can help boost your personal effective- ness. Scan these items to see if any of them appeal to y o u . Then use 30-day trials and/or stair-stepping to make the changes y o u desire. 1. Daily g o a l s . Set targets for each day in advance. Decide w h a t you'll do; then do it. W i t h o u t a clear focus, it's too easy to succumb to distractions. 2. W o r s t first. To defeat procrastination, learn to tackle your most unpleasant task first thing in the morning instead of delaying it until later. This small victory will set the tone for a very productive day. 3. P e a k t i m e s . Identify your peak cycles of productivity, and schedule your most important tasks for those times. W o r k on minor tasks during your nonpeak times. 149 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SMART PEOPLE 4. N o - c o m m z o n e s . Allocate uninterruptible blocks of time for solo work w h e r e y o u must concentrate. Schedule light, interruptible tasks for your open-communication periods and more challenging projects for your c o m m u n i - cation-blackout periods. 5. M i n i - m i l e s t o n e s . W h e n y o u begin a task, identify the target y o u must reach before y o u can stop working. For example, w h e n writing a book, y o u could decide not to get up until y o u ' v e written at least 1,000 words. Hit your target no matter w h a t . 6. T i m e b o x i n g . G i v e yourself a fixed time period—30 min- utes works well—to make a dent in a task. D o n ' t worry about h o w far y o u get. Just put in the time. 7. B a t c h i n g . Batch similar tasks such as phone calls or er- rands together, and knock t h e m out in a single session. 8. Early b i r d . G e t up early in the morning, perhaps at 5 A.M., and go straight to work on your most important task. You can often get more d o n e before 8 A.M. than most people do in a full day. 9. P y r a m i d . S p e n d 15 to 30 minutes doing easy tasks to w a r m up. Then tackle your most difficult project for several hours. Finally, end with another 15 to 30 minutes of easy tasks to transition out of work m o d e . 10. T e m p o . Deliberately pick up the pace and try to m o v e a little faster than usual. Walk faster. Read faster. Type faster. . . . G o h o m e sooner. 1 1 . N e a t freak. Reduce stress by cultivating a relaxing, clutter-free h o m e and office. 150 Habits 12. A g e n d a s . Provide clear written agendas to meeting Download 1.6 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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