Chapter 14 Does what I do now bring me closer to my goal(1)

In our work and life, we have seen many such people. Although they have the idea of ​​doing a great job and making brilliant achievements, they never see action. They just talk about these ideas and make progress every day. .So, to avoid becoming a talker, we must act now.The first thing to do is to turn our ultimate goal into a clear and specific goal, turn it into a practical and feasible goal, and take thorough action towards this goal immediately. When you have rich experience in life, mature thoughts, and basically finalized your ultimate goal, you should get out of the state of exploring life values ​​when you were young as soon as possible, and move towards your ultimate goal step by step.But the realization of any big goal is based on small stages. If you want to realize your ideas, you have to arrange the life in front of you and set up more specific actions according to your thoughts. The goal.The principle of setting these specific goals is "Is what I am doing now bringing me closer to the goal".

The American management guru Drucker said: "If you can't manage time, you can't manage anything!" Therefore, under the guidance of your ultimate goal, you must list your goals for the next stage. This stage can be 10 years or It is 6 months.Maybe after this period of time, your life stage will reach another level, such as you graduated from college, maybe you reached the pinnacle of your career in a company, and so on. Your goals must not be vague.You can't shout slogans such as "I just want to enjoy life and overcome low self-esteem". You have to write down specific goals, for example, after graduating from college, you must be admitted to a graduate student, and you must own your own car before the age of 30. How much do you want to accomplish? Text manuscripts and so on.The short-term plans you have listed may be very helpful to the realization of your ultimate goal. Now that you have written them down, they should not be regarded as fantasy.

In order not to make the goals listed by ourselves empty talk, we have prepared some questions. I hope you can refer to them when making plans, ask yourself from time to time, and think clearly about all your ideas. (1) Is the set of long-term, medium-term and short-term goals I set clear and feasible? (2) Do I have a clear idea of ​​what I want to do next week? (3) Before the start of a working day, have I considered the working order of the day? (4) Am I prioritizing actions based on the importance of facts rather than urgency? (5) Am I focusing on the goal instead of the process, and am I using performance instead of activity as the basis for self-assessment?

(6) Am I able to do important things during my most productive hours? (7) Can I do something today to achieve my long-term, medium-term or short-term goals? (8) Do I reserve a small amount of time each day to plan and think about issues related to my work? (9) Am I making good use of my commute time? (10) Am I intentionally reducing my midday meal to avoid dozing off in the afternoon? (11) Have I made loose arrangements for my work and rest time so that I have time to deal with sudden crises and accidents? (12) Am I trying to delegate work to others? (13) Am I delegating both challenging and routine tasks to others?

(14) Am I delegating work to others according to the principle of "commensurate power and responsibility"? (15) Am I trying to prevent subordinates from "anti-delegating" tasks that they find difficult or impatient? (16) Am I effectively using the assistance of my subordinates so that I can manage my time more easily, and at the same time avoid being the source of wasting subordinates' time? (17) Am I taking steps to prevent useless materials and publications from sitting on my desk and taking up my time? (18) When I communicate with clients, can I try to deal with things by phone or in person, and only use written communication when it is unavoidable?

(19) Except in exceptional circumstances, do I try to forget get off work after work? (20) If I need to work overtime and I can freely choose the overtime hours, would I rather go to work earlier than to leave later? (21) Can I push myself to make small decisions quickly? (22) Am I making decisions as soon as I obtain key information? (23) Am I always alert and take preventive measures for work or mental crises that often occur? (24) Do I often set deadlines for myself and others to complete work? (25) Is it OK for me to say no to any routine work or activities that are not beneficial lately?

(26) Do I carry some documents and materials in my pocket or school bag, such as when I am in line, in the waiting room, on the train, or take it out for processing during my free time on the plane? (27) When I face many problems that need to be solved, do I apply the "80/20 principle" (that is, the Pareto principle, which refers to only focusing on 20% of the important problems and not 80% of the unimportant ones? plagued by problems) to deal with it? (28) Am I truly in control of my time?Do I act according to myself rather than circumstances or according to other people's priorities?

(29) Am I trying to do one thing well at a time? (30) Am I actively trying to avoid common distractions (eg, visitors, meetings, phone calls, etc.) so that they do not constantly get in the way of my day-to-day work? (31) Can I always face the reality and think about what needs to be done now, instead of always thinking about the successes and failures of the past, or worrying about the unpredictable changes in the future? (32) Can I always keep in mind the saying "time is money"? (33) Can I spare some time to train subordinates, or consider helping them find training opportunities?

(34) Should I try to gather the phone calls I made together as much as possible?Do you prepare relevant information before making a call, instead of remembering what to say, but often forgetting the most important thing? (35) Am I proficient in computer systems that are helpful for document processing?