As one joke goes, “Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today. Postpone until the day after tomorrow and you’ll have two free days.» In every joke, as you know, there is some wisdom!
This is not a u.e.ika «bad advice», but a real find for those who are familiar with the following:
- Starting a business is a real punishment. Plus, a lot of other important urgent matters appear: sort out the desktop, call your mother, scroll through Instagram …
- Many things are put off forever. It seems that it needs to be done, but it’s not urgent, it can be done tomorrow, next week, in a month, and then it will be forgotten. By the way, unplanned visits to doctors or spontaneous repairs happen so often, because at one time something was postponed.
- If you still managed to start a business, then it becomes so “favorite” that parting with it in the process of doing it is delayed by a suddenly increased appetite and, in general, enthusiasm for any other activities and the development of multitasking in yourself.
- But in fact, you are a superhero, Deadline Man, and you have a super-ability to complete such tasks in an incredibly short time. While others write a diploma for three months, you heroically create it in three nights. While colleagues are preparing a presentation all day (8 hours of the working day — seriously ?!), it’s easy for you to do it an hour before meeting with a client …
As always, vicious circle! What to do? The most important task is to stop fighting. This will not mean that you have become weak and deflated. To stop fighting means to accept and make friends. The main share of the forces in this approach to doing things goes to the struggle with one’s conscience, responsibility and an inner voice that reproachfully knocks on the temple “you need to do it, do it, stop browsing the Internet …”
I will share with you the secrets of how to gain time, stop worrying about procrastination and become more efficient.
1. As the content of the beginner’s guide says, get started. Do you know how cunning parents feed their little children? Teeth speak in the truest sense of the word! “Eat one more spoonful, and that’s it,” and then another spoonful for dad, for uncle, for the cat — this is how the plate is empty. Make a promise to yourself to work on an important task for a little while, start with 15 minutes and gradually increase the time. Only 15 minutes of work without distractions. You look, and time has already passed three times more, and things have moved. The heart is light and the conscience is clear!
2. Itching for work to drink tea — drink! And at the same time arrange a competition, who is faster: the job will be done or the cup will be empty? One cup — one block of tasks.
3. Used to postponing things indefinitely — postpone as far as possible, but exactly until the time that you are ready to live with this problem.
A common example is refueling a car. The icon lights up, and we estimate that the car will drive about another 100 kilometers, think of the right gas station for ourselves, and as soon as we see it, we stop by to refuel. Once you walk along the highway with a canister, you will continue to develop foresight and foresight in yourself.
4. In this case, make a bet. You can’t keep your word to yourself — promise another, preferably not the most pleasant person for you. If you don’t do it within the specified time, you give him a decent amount.
5. And my favorite, for Deadline-men. If you really are able to perform any tasks in a short time — use it to your health!
Scientists have found that in a shorter time frame, a person is able to more effectively perform the same actions that he used to spend more time on. So in one experiment, employees reduced the working day from eight hours to six. Productivity remained the same, and time began to leave less. Therefore, if you know the deadline for the project, make it closer to the deadline. First, instead of scolding yourself for not doing anything, your head will be busy mentally preparing and thinking through the details of how best to do it. And secondly, you will save time for other tasks, instead of wasting it trying to get started.
Turn your lesser strengths into unique abilities and you will discover new possibilities!
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