Chapter 32 6.d Increase income and reduce expenditure

In the process of managing any profit-making organization, everyone knows the importance of "increasing revenue and reducing expenditure".In real life, it is interesting that entrepreneurs often pay more attention to "open source" in their entrepreneurial process--and often succeed because of this; while subsequent entrepreneurs often regard "throttling expenditure" as their main work content-- Because "open source" may not be their specialty.A truly successful person, when paying attention to "open source", will cut expenditure reasonably instead of stinging every penny; and when paying attention to "throttling expenditure", will not forget the importance of "open source".

In fact, in terms of time management, one of the most effective "open source" methods is to "try to do two things at the same time" as mentioned earlier - but you must carefully choose which things can be done at the same time.And now it is necessary to talk about "throttling". First, don't blindly try to reduce sleep time. According to statistics, newborn babies need to sleep for 20 hours a day; before the age of three, they need to sleep for 14-15 hours a day; before the age of six, they need to sleep for more than 12 hours a day; During the time period, about 8 hours of sleep is basically enough; and adults generally believe that they should sleep 6 to 7 hours a day to be the healthiest.Of course, some people suffer from insomnia very early on, and they sleep very little, but it's obviously unhealthy because of it.

I have met several people who are naturally sleep deprived and they told me that 4 to 5 hours of sleep per day is enough.They are really lucky, compared to most people, feel like a few extra hours a day for no reason.One of my energetic colleagues told me that he only needs to sleep 4 hours a day, but I have to sleep more than 8 hours a day in total.In this way, after one year has passed, he has 1460 hours more than me, which is about 70 days!When I went home and finished the calculation secretly, I stared at the two numbers on the calculator for a long time in a daze. 1460 hours, how many things can be done!

However, I quickly decided that I couldn't cut my sleep time.Because there is a difference between people, just like there is a difference between cars and cars.Some cars consume more fuel, while others consume less fuel.For example, a person who needs 8 hours of sleep a day has more than twice the "fuel consumption" than a person who needs 4 hours of sleep a day.The problem is that what kind of car I am doesn't seem to be my choice.It's like "We didn't say yes when the girl gave birth to us!" So, when I found out that I was a gas-guzzling car, then I had to accept that fact.

However, there are ways to deal with it.I'm always happy when I finally find a solution to a seemingly "unsolvable" problem.I cut my nighttime sleep down to 4 hours.Then, around 12 noon, find a time to find a suitable place to take a nap for 30 minutes.Then around 6 p.m., find a time and place to take a 30-minute nap.In this way, I actually cut 3 hours of sleep time and turned out to be equally energetic. A little trick is to drink a small cup of coffee before taking a nap, and then quickly fall asleep.That way, when you wake up 30 minutes later, that clear-headed feeling is amazing.Nap on time and wake up on time requires exercise.It took me almost two months to learn this skill.And the advice about coffee doesn't apply to everyone.Because I know some people who drink even a little coffee and it can even lead to poor quality sleep for days on end.

Second, try not to reduce the time spent communicating with family members and relatives. Family is the most important thing.Because eventually one day you will find that the only one who will support you even in extreme situations is definitely and usually only your family-whether your family is good or bad in your own opinion.Sometimes, you may not like your family members or relatives very much, but have you ever thought that it may be your own fault?Even if you didn't cause it yourself, then if you think about it seriously, have you not taken active actions to improve it?Remember, blood ties are pretty much the only ties we can't undo.

The advancement of transportation has made the members of many families discretely distributed in a sense.Your parents may be in Shanghai, your sister's family is in Guangzhou, but you live alone in Beijing.At times like this, you need to know that your family will be very happy even if you make a phone call to say hello once in a while—in many cases, what you say may not matter at all.And the process of making a phone call can be carried out while waiting for a bus or queuing up at a bank.As I said earlier, learn to do two things at the same time. My suggestion is that you should carry a notebook with you and record every time you call them in this notebook-especially those family members or relatives that you don't communicate with very often.If you talk to your father or mother on the phone every day, there is no need to record it.However, if one day you suddenly realize that you haven't called your mother in a long time, you should at least write down the current day and figure out how to deal with it.When you find that you are doing nothing - for example, on the train, you have finished reading the novel you brought but found that there is still 30 minutes away, then you should take out this book and see if you should call someone Say hello on the phone?

If you happen to have a vacation and go back to your hometown to spend some time with your parents, then just adjusting your behavior pattern may bring you amazing results.For example, you have to turn off your phone while having dinner with your parents, but you can sit on the sofa and watch TV with them while writing your blog on your laptop.As another example, you can go out partying with friends until late and then come home or even spend the night out, but be sure to tell them that you may be late before dark-even though you are an adult, it is Because you are an adult you know that you have to do everything you can to keep your family from worrying about you.

Finally, it's best not to give up your social time. Surviving in this society, there are indeed some people who can be completely alone, completely independent of anyone else, and very happy.One example that comes to mind right away is the famous American author Steven King.But there is a premise for him to do this, that is, he is a genius, and he is also a hard-working genius, so his remuneration has already brought him inexhaustible income, and his eccentricity makes him unable to understand it when communicating with others. any fun.So, he had no choice but to buy himself a castle and shut himself in.

I believe that most people in this world are very ordinary like me.Ordinary people will need help from others one day; even if they don't need help, they need comfort occasionally; even if they don't even need comfort, they may need company occasionally.Whether others are accompanying you, comforting you, or helping you, they are all spending their own time, and you cannot force them at any time unless they are willing.But why do people willingly spend time on you? You have to learn to keep helping those around you.There are many ways to help people around you, and among them, you will find that the most valuable and valued one is not monetary help.Here are a few things to keep in mind when you're deciding whether to offer someone money.First of all, you may not really be able to provide financial help yourself; second, the person who needs financial help may not realize that what he needs most may not be money; third, your financial help may bring negative effects-- Because there may be no return; in the end, the person who resents you for not helping you financially may not really appreciate you in the end even if you did help.

You want to do everything you can to use your own resources to help the deserving people.You must try to take the time to answer in detail the classmates who came to ask you the solution to a difficult problem-as long as you know the correct solution yourself, because knowledge will often allow both parties in the exchange to discover new meanings during the transfer process.If your friend from out of town calls and asks you to go to the bookstore to buy a book and send it to him, you must do it as soon as possible. Of course, you must also tell him that there may be some delays.When people around you ask for help, what you have to do is try to find a way to help them. If you really can't help them, you have to tell him immediately that you really can't do it. If you take the initiative to help others, they will often appreciate you even more.The most basic way to offer help is to share.If you find out that a Dell monitor is on sale, you might as well call a few people around you who you know might like the product and tell them the news.If you find or think that the American drama "Rome" is so wonderful, just like me, you can engrave a few copies and put them in your bag; then I don't know when you will mention it when you are having dinner with your friends. You can tell them in their surprise that you have two copies here, and whoever pays today will give them away!Yes, in a country with strict copyright protection, you probably shouldn't do it (copy), but, you can certainly find other things to surprise and appreciate your friends. Finally, you have to understand one thing: When you decide whether to help others, you should consider whether he is worthy of help or not. In the same way, when you need help from others, they will also judge like this consciously or unconsciously .So, you should take out a piece of paper now, write down the characteristics of people who are worthy of your help, and see if you meet these characteristics?If not, should we think of ways to improve it?Also, don't feel like great people don't need your help.You will find that good people tend to get more help.why?Because all people will know subconsciously that helping outstanding people may bring more rewards to themselves.So, believe me, if you want to improve your social quality, you'd better spend more time and energy to make yourself better-even if it's only in one aspect.