How to succeed? A few simple principles of time management
Questions of self-motivation and time management today are almost the most relevant of all possible. In fact, many people have questions about why someone manages to do everything, and someone – almost nothing, and at the same time gets quite tired. The point, of course, is the wrong time management skills. And in this article we will give you a number of tips that will help make your life significantly easier.
How to start doing everything?
- WORK WITH MOTIVATION. One of the main misconceptions in work and other activities is that you just need to do it. But it's not. You must clearly understand why you are doing this and what it will give you. Thus, with this awareness, you will work many times more efficiently and fit more tasks into one unit of time.
- REST PROPERLY. The second misconception: “If you don't work, then you have a rest." If this myth were true, there would be no jokes that after the weekend we need another weekend, and Monday is the hardest day of the week. It is very important to properly alternate your activities. Combine sedentary work with active rest and vice versa. For example, if you sit at the computer for 90 minutes and are going to “recuperate” by talking on social networks, there will be no effect, you will get tired just as quickly, and the time spent on social networks can be assessed as wasted. The brain simply does not understand how "rest" differs from shock work. The nervous system needs to switch from one activity to another. It is better to do a little physical warm-up after sitting work.
- CHANGE ACTIVITIES EVERY 1.5 HOURS. The first step to success is to break up the working day (whether it takes place in the office or in your own apartment) into two-hour “blocks”. An hour and a half is work, half an hour is a break. The main thing is to switch completely so that the brain does not confuse rest with an additional portion of work. Focus on your own biorhythms when developing such a schedule.
- GET UP EARLY. The sooner you get up, the more you can do, that's a fact.
- TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. Do not forget to eat on time and in a balanced way, drink enough water, sleep at least eight hours a day. Yes, you can also work effectively in “marathons”, but it will take too much time to recover, so it is not advisable to spend the resource in this way.
- DO NOT TRY TO DO MULTIPLE THINGS AT THE SAME TIME. At first glance, it seems that in this way you will have much more time, but in fact it is extremely counterproductive. Other common misconceptions: “To do everything, you need to do everything at once” or “Everything needs to be done perfectly”. What happens to our brain when we try to solve several problems at the same time? Remember what happens to your computer when you download a movie and search for information on the Internet at the same time: they start to “slow down” or “freeze”. Thus, we advise you, on the contrary, to concentrate only on the work that you are currently doing: you will do it better if you do not get distracted.
- DELEGATE. In fact, everything that you can delegate, delegate. This also applies to household chores. Sometimes it is cheaper to hire a housekeeper than to do housework to the detriment of yourself.
- PLAN AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. Make yourself a checklist for the day in the morning or even in the evening. And add things to yourself there that you can really do: otherwise the load of the unfulfilled will significantly demotivate.
- SET DEADLINES. It is important to understand that you do not just need to do one task in the abstract, but do it by a specific time.
- ADEQUATELY EVALUATE YOUR WORKLOAD. Sometimes, in order to do more, you just need to lower the bar a little and not scold yourself for no reason.