Chapter 14 Chapter Fourteen Tips for Quickly Adding Value to Time

Chapter Fourteen Tips for Quickly Adding Value to Time In the past, the Yellow Emperor gained the power to shepherd and became the ancestor of the five emperors, Xia Yu gained the responsibility of Jian Gun and became the ancestor of the three kings, Duke Huan of Qi gained Guan Zhong and became the elder of the five elders.I live in the mansion of the vassal, and the public is my confidant, so I can clarify the universe and rule the world. ——"Tang Taizong Collection · Reporting to the Changsun Wuji to Sikong Edict" in love with a beautiful girl It is said that in Liu Bei's speech at Soochow International Business College, his prejudice against beautiful women angered many beautiful school girls.After the meeting, the school invited him to dinner. During the banquet, a crush challenged him on the spot, asking him why he had trouble with beauties?Liu Bei hurriedly asked Qiao Guolao who was sitting beside him.Qiao Guolao said that she is the jewel in the palm of Wu Guotai, the chairman of Soochow International Business School, and Sun Shangxiang, the younger sister of Sun Quan.

Liu Bei always thought that the beauties in the Three Kingdoms era were as soft as clear water and soft as cotton, but he didn't expect this beauty to be so heroic, it really moved his heart!While handing over his business card, he said sincerely, "I hope to make friends in the future!" Wu Guotai smiled and said, "Don't you hate beautiful women?" Liu Bei laughed at himself and said: "There are two types of beauties I hate. The first type is those who claim to be beauties but I don't appreciate them, and the second type is those who I admire but I can't get them." Wu Guotai asked: "So, what about the lady?"

Liu Bei replied honestly: "This lady belongs to the third category that I admire, but I don't know if I can get it." Everyone at the table laughed.Sun Shangxiang was also laughing: "So you don't hate beauties, but you hate certain types of beauties." Liu Bei said boldly: "Everyone loves beautiful women, but there must be a reason for hating them." Sun Shangxiang teased him and said: "Three brothers in Taoyuan, Guan Yu has a red face, and Zhang Fei has a black face-you have a thick skin , but can't see the color - why?" Liu Bei replied: "A red face is shyness, a black face is reckless, and a colorless face is hiding scheming."

Sun Shangxiang asked, "What scheme is hidden?" Liu Bei said: "How to chase you." The people at the table laughed again, saying that Liu Bei was very funny. Then, Wu Guotai warned him jokingly: "My daughter has a bad temper. Do you have the guts to find such a sassy girlfriend?" Liu Bei looked foolish, and replied: "I want to express my wish with a line of lyrics - love what I love, no complaints and no regrets." What made Liu Bei feel painful was that no one took his words seriously.But he knows that opportunities always favor active actors, and this romantic encounter needs to be kicked off by himself.But he also deeply knows that he has to face two problems: first, he is over 40 years old, but Ms. Sun is in her youth; But he is just the boss of a sales company attached to Jingzhou Group.Would such a handsome girl wander the rivers and lakes with a middle-aged man who was nearly half a century old?

A competition of advantages between middle-aged men and handsome boys After returning from Soochow International Business College, Liu Bei was always depressed.Counting heroes, in terms of success or failure, now Cao Cao has become the richest man in China, but Liu Bei can't even get a crush. How can we feel so sorry for our respected Uncle Liu Huang? In the blink of an eye, the Spring Festival came, and Liu Biao, Chairman and President of Jingzhou Electric Group Co., Ltd., specially called Liu Bei and invited him to the party.Liu Bei set off from Xinye, but arrived in Jingzhou in just over an hour's drive.

Just in time for the meeting of Jingzhou Group, President Liu Biao was giving a report on "Management is also Productivity".Liu Bei found a corner to sit down and became a respectful audience.Probably because the speaker's theory was too hard, the audience found it difficult to digest, and after a long time, they all deserted.Some are dozing off; some are whispering.Only Liu Bei was the most serious. He neither dozed off nor whispered to each other. He was saddened by his belly that had begun to gain weight, and even his eyes turned red. During dinner, Liu Biao asked him, "You don't look very well, is there something on your mind?"

Liu Bei replied: "I think of those busy days in the past. Although I was very tired and I grew thin, I was tired and happy, and I was thin and energetic. Now I am running this royal company, because of your care, it will never be like that. I'm so exhausted before. It's just that if I continue to be so generous and fat, I'm afraid the ambitions of the year will be wiped out. If a man achieves nothing in his career, it's really sad!" Liu Biao pondered and said: "It seems that your mental outlook is indeed not good. You should adjust your state as soon as possible."

Liu Bei certainly understands that a high-quality manager must learn to quickly regain his positive attitude.He who does not recover quickly, who dwells too much on misfortune and procrastinates, misses the treasures of fate.Oh, his treasure, that handsome tomboy, was his treasure at first sight! It was late at night, and Liu Bei was still tossing and turning on the bed in the guest house.Since his wife Madam Mi passed away due to illness the year before last, he has spent nearly 800 sleepless nights.He got up, turned on the bedside lamp, and opened the "Jingzhou Times" that day.There is a piece of news in the newspaper, to the effect that "Zhuge Liang, a famous management expert, deciphered the mystery of time, and the concept of time management is shocking."Liu Bei patiently read the full text, and suddenly figured it out: What he wants to solve is actually a matter of time.First of all, assuming that Miss Sun's dream lover is a 28-year-old handsome guy, and Miss Sun hopes to live with him until the age of 70, then what can he give Miss Sun?is the sentimental value of 42 years.What if the pretty guy is replaced by Liu Bei?Only 21 years.On the surface, old couples and young wives do not match well, but people ignore a crucial point, that is: in the same period of time, the value created by each person is different.

Liu Bei did a small calculation and easily proved his hypothesis to be true.He made an assessment of the creativity of a 28-year-old young man, which is worth about 35,000 yuan per year.Based on 244 working days per year and 8 hours per day, the hourly value is 17.93 yuan.Thus, the total static value in 42 years is 6.6 million yuan.Then, he also made a calculation on his own creativity, which is worth about 85,000 yuan per year. The hourly value is 43.54 yuan, and the total static value in 21 years is more than 8 million yuan.In this way, Liu Bei's advantage is obviously better than that of the handsome guy, so he can easily win Miss Sun's heart.

However, is the time value of the pretty guy always only 17.93 yuan/hour?His future is unlimited, he may become a CEO with an annual salary of one million, and his time value will reach 500 yuan/hour!Oh my gosh!Liu Bei's head was borrowed again. Where can I find a trick to increase the value of time quickly?He turned the entire newspaper upside down, but couldn't find any more information. "Create value for time!" What a good opinion this Zhuge Liang expressed, he is really a talent!Liu Bei decided to find him immediately. Prerequisites for rapid time appreciation Liu Bei returned to the company and immediately asked the office clerk Sun Qian to send Zhuge Liang an "Interview Notice".Unexpectedly, there was no movement at all for more than two months after the notice was sent out.Liu Bei thought for a while, and then ordered Mi Zhu to send Zhuge Liang a "Notice of Employment".Unexpectedly, it has been more than a month since the notice was sent out, but there is still no movement at all.Liu Bei was anxious and decided to ask Zhuge Liang to come out of the mountain himself.Finally found Zhuge Liang in the bathroom of Wollongong Management Consulting Company.In history, Liu Bei's third action was called "three visits to thatched cottage".

Liu Bei called this "Mr. Wolonggang" "Mr. Wolong" and said, "Please help me." "It's good that you can realize that time is valuable and can appreciate. Similarly, my time is also valuable." Zhuge Liang told him directly: "My fee is 500 yuan per hour. You want to consult what?" "I want to ask, how to increase the value of time quickly?" Liu Bei said honestly. "How to quickly increase the value of time is a systematic method." Zhuge Liang said slowly, "The first step, you should clarify your goal." "A clear goal?" Liu Bei was stunned. "Yes." Zhuge Liang said affirmatively, "Clear goals, feasible methods, and time plans, the three elements must be specific." Liu Bei asked, "Then what if we can't achieve it?" Zhuge Liang stared at Liu Bei and said very seriously: "The goal must be believed by someone, otherwise it is not a goal and becomes a joke. You have to understand: if you set goals for employees, you must make them believe; if you set goals for yourself , you have to convince yourself.” "Goal? My goal is," Liu Bei said with some embarrassment, "my goal is to win Miss Sun Shangxiang's love. But I don't have much time for the rest of my life, so I can't compare with young people. So I think, If I want to win Miss Sun Shangxiang's love, the only way is to increase the value of my time." As for the time plan?Liu Bei said he hopes to realize this wish before the Spring Festival next year. "Whether you have money or not, marry a wife to celebrate the New Year!" He explained with infinite longing. Zhuge Liang said mockingly: "If it is designed in this way, then your time will not increase in value very much, and there is no need to find someone to help you." Liu Bei was anxious: "No. No. No! I hope I increase in time value by a factor of 100 or more.” Zhuge Liang said: "However, if the value of a man's existence is only to win the favor of beautiful women, his time cannot be worth a lot of money. Otherwise, your goal is wrong, because the goal a person pursues is to determine the value of time." the first condition." Liu Bei asked strangely: "According to your explanation, if I must obtain high-value time benefits, how should I set goals?" Zhuge Liang said: "Generally speaking, if a person works for the benefit of the society, his time value is high; if a person works for his own benefit, his time value is low. As a professional manager in China, you should Take the revitalization of the national industry as our mission. Only by using this image of a tough guy with iron shoulders to shoulder morals can it be possible to create a personal brand of 'the sun is the hottest, and life is renewed', and it is possible to realize a high level of time value!" Liu Bei asked: "Then, I don't want Miss Sun?" Zhuge Liang said: "At that time, it will not be easy for Miss Sun to say that she doesn't love you!" Liu Bei suddenly realized: "I understand what you mean. In other words, men conquer women by conquering the world, and women conquer the world by conquering men." A strategic conception to rapidly add value to time Zhuge Liang said: "You are very smart, and you are much better than your partner Liu Biao. That guy has an elm head, which made me still 'plow the fields' instead of 'follow the nobles'." '. So I will definitely help you and make the consulting fee you pay comfortable." Liu Beijian: "You mean, I am a nobleman?" Zhuge Liang said: "I mean, whoever is willing to pay me a consulting fee can become a noble person." Liu Bei asked, "Then what should I do?" Zhuge Liang said: "To increase the value of time quickly, in layman's terms, is to make a lot of money in a short period of time. The only way to achieve this goal is to seize the opportunity and seize the city and land. The reason why Cao Cao became the richest man in China is that It's because you captured Yuan Shao's Hebei Group. Now, you can also try to take Jingzhou Electric Group Company as your own!" "Sir, you really revealed the secret with one word!" Liu Bei suddenly realized, and continued to ask in a state of surprise and anxiety: "Tell me, how can you get the Jingzhou Group with assets of more than 5 billion?" "If you have a goal, then you have to have a good strategic idea." Zhuge Liang said, "Let me tell you a "Story of the Camel and the Tent", which may inspire you—" In the windy and sandy Tai Sha O, camels are looking for a warm home.Then it finally found a tent, but the tent belonged to someone else - very similar to your experience, isn't it? At first, the camel begged and said, Master, my head is frozen, let me stick my head in and get warm! The master took pity on it and agreed.After a while, the camel said again, Master, my shoulders are numb from the cold, let me come in a little more!The master took pity on it and agreed again.Then, the camel kept asking, trying to put the whole body in. The owner was a little hesitant. On the one hand, he was afraid of the camel's thick nostrils; on the other hand, the wind and sand outside were so strong that he seemed to need such a partner to resist the cold and danger with him.So, he turned his back somewhat helplessly, to make more seats for the camels.When the camel recovered completely and could control the tent, it said impatiently, "Master, this tent is so small that it is difficult for me to turn around. Just get out!" Zhuge Liang said: "Nowadays, the market competition is getting more and more fierce, and Cao Cao is like the chilling wind and sand. Why don't you use this camel strategy to get yourself hundreds of millions of assets out of nothing? As long as you want, after you get the Jingzhou Group , you can also use the same method to obtain Yizhou Group. Then, you can judge the situation and compete with Cao Cao for the throne of the richest man in China! At that time, do you think, will Miss Sun Shangxiang wink at you and fall in love with you? How about a hug?" Liu Bei heard it like a dream at first, and then woke up like a dream, and said with admiration: "According to the enlightenment of Mr., taking the world is like picking something out of a bag, let alone taking (marrying) a woman!" Zhuge Liang said: "Now, you can take out your pocket and pay the consulting fee first." Liu Bei touched his pocket and said awkwardly: "I have no money now. How about, when I become the richest man in China, I will return it to you a hundred times and a thousand times?" Zhuge Liang asked disappointedly: "So, I can only help you earn money before you can give me money, right?" Liu Bei nodded with a simple and honest look. Management skills that add value to time quickly "In order to help you become the richest man in China, I have to teach you a trick." Zhuge Liang pondered for a long time, then raised his head and said to Liu Bei, "With a goal and a strategic concept, you still need to know how to realize this strategy." Liu Bei thought I thought, fortunately I didn't pay, otherwise the second half wouldn't be able to come out.So, he asked: "How to realize this strategic vision?" Zhuge Liang said: "It is a huge project to realize this strategic vision, and you need to deal with a lot of affairs, so you also need to master the necessary time management skills." Liu Bei nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes, I always Being tossed around by some trivial matters, I often look at one end and forget about the other.” Zhuge Liang suddenly called the book boy loudly and told him to prepare stones, gravel, fine sand, water and a large iron bucket.Liu Bei asked strangely, "What do you want these things for?" Zhuge Liang smiled mysteriously: "Shanren has its own magical effects - tell me, what time management methods have you adopted?" Liu Bei said: "I have mastered a very good time management skill, which is authorization. I have Mi Zhu, Sun Qian, Wu Guanyu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun by my side. They can share a lot of work for me. However, a lot of affairs Sex work is growing like weeds, and work performance still cannot be improved. It turned out that I was only a headless chicken, and through authorization, I became a group of headless chickens.” Zhuge Liang said: "Skills related to time management can be roughly divided into three levels: high, medium and low. Low-level management skills focus on using notes and memos to allocate time and energy on their own when busy. Middle-level management skills emphasize action. Calendar and schedule, reflecting the importance of planning in time management. High-level management skills pay attention to the classification and processing of affairs, and prioritize solutions according to priority. Among these three levels, due to the workload and professional requirements of the work , there is an authorization issue.” Liu Bei said: "In this way, I am still a low-level time manager who only uses sticky notes. But how can I master high-level time management skills?" At this time, the book boy had prepared stones, gravel, fine sand, water and a large iron bucket.Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "The high-level time management skills are in this big iron bucket." The Mystery Inside the Big Iron Bucket Zhuge Liang said: "The maximum capacity of this iron bucket symbolizes the maximum workload of a person within a period of time. Gravels symbolize both important and urgent affairs, stones symbolize important but not urgent affairs, and fine stones symbolize important but not urgent affairs. Sand symbolizes urgent but unimportant affairs, and water symbolizes neither important nor urgent affairs.” He said while drawing a classification table for Liu Bei. urgent not urgent important A (gravel type office work) crisis urgent question Planning with Deadline Pressure B (work of the stone type) discover new opportunities planning Improve productivity build a partnership nip in the bud unimportant C (the work of the fine sand type) reception of unexpected guests Handling of certain letters, documents, telephone calls attendance at certain meetings Certain necessary but unimportant meetings and activities D (water type office work) some optional chores some unnecessary entertainment fun activity "What kind of affairs do you usually focus on?" Zhuge Liang asked. Liu Bei replied without hesitation: "Of course it is Class A." Zhuge Liang continued to ask: "So, what about B-type affairs?" Liu Bei said: "I also know that B-type affairs are very important, but I just don't have time to take care of them." Zhuge Liang asked: "Is it like this?" He filled the iron bucket with gravel, and then the stone couldn't hold it anymore. "That's right." Liu Bei nodded. Zhuge Liang asked again: "What if we change the way of loading?" He put the stones into the iron bucket one by one.When there was no more room for a stone in the iron bucket, he stopped and asked, "Is it possible that there is no more room for the iron bucket now?" "Yes." Liu Bei replied. "Really?" Zhuge Liang asked.Afterwards, he unhurriedly grabbed a handful of gravel, placed it on the surface of the iron bucket full of stones, then shook it slowly, and then grabbed another handful of gravel... After a while, the small bucket of gravel Put it all in an iron bucket. "Could it be that there is no more room for anything in the iron bucket now?" Zhuge Liang asked again. "It's... okay." With the previous experience, Liu Bei became more cautious. "That's right!" Zhuge Liang said while slowly pouring fine sand on the surface of the iron bucket.He shook the bucket slowly.After about half a minute, no fine sand can be seen on the surface of the iron bucket. Zhuge Liang asked again: "Is the iron bucket full now?" "Not...not yet." Although Liu Bei replied like this, he really didn't know what to do. "That's right!" Zhuge Liang said excitedly, while slowly pouring water into the iron bucket.After the water in the jug was finished, Zhuge Liang raised his head and asked with a smile, "What does this experiment show?" Inspiration flashed through Liu Bei's mind like lightning, and he said in amazement: "I see. Is this what you call sorting and prioritizing solutions?" "Yes. You are very smart." Zhuge Liang paused and said, "This experiment tells us: If the iron bucket is already filled with gravel, sand and water, then you will have no chance to put the stones into the iron bucket again." However, if you put the rocks in first, there will be a lot of space in the bucket that you didn't expect to hold the rest. Therefore, effective time management requires you to distinguish between what is a rock? Gravel, sand and water? And always put the rocks first." "However," Liu Bei was still a little confused, "How do these four classifications affect the result?" Zhuge Liang said: "People who are busy dealing with gravel-type affairs all day long feel pressure all the time. They are always dealing with crises and cleaning up the mess, so they appear physically and mentally exhausted. People who are more focused on sand-like affairs usually lack self-control and have serious short-term behaviors. He likes to talk and talk, and his interpersonal relationship is superfluous. People who focus on water and other matters have no sense of responsibility, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for them to make a living." Liu Bei continued to ask: "Will the gravel be delayed because of the emphasis on the stone? Because the gravel came urgently after all!" "Do you know how gravel comes from? It is made from broken stones." Zhuge Liang smiled, "People who are more focused on things like stones will have very few gravels. man, his rubble will be endless." Liu Bei nodded thoughtfully. Zhuge Liang continued: "Only a person who focuses on matters such as stones is a truly efficient person. He is good at judging the situation, can grasp the key to the problem, wait for the urgent, make a decisive decision and prevent problems before they happen. Although sometimes There are urgent needs, but they can manage to minimize them. Therefore, such people appear to have vision, ideals, discipline, self-control, life balance and regularity, and can achieve great things." For a woman, please return a man Liu Bei admired Zhuge Liang's "right in the barrel".He said: "I finally understand why I have been defeated repeatedly since I started my business. Although Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun are all well-known heroes in the world, they are a group of highly efficient people doing muddle-headed things. Sustained progress? Although Mi Zhu, Sun Qian, Jian Yong and others are good at internal management, they are not heroes who judge the situation and plan the world. If this continues, it is not a joke to realize the dream of the richest man in China?" He looked at Zhuge Liang and said with infinite sincerity: "At present, although my royal family company is still very small, and it is still a subsidiary of Jingzhou Group, in order to effectively realize the dream of being the richest man in China, I hope that Mr. Wang can come out to help me. I have already I deeply understand that the road to entrepreneurship is long and long, and there must always be an expert like a gentleman to guide me.” Zhuge Liang said, "It's good for me to be a freelancer here in Wollongong. Why do I want to work with you?" Liu Bei said: "If you don't agree, I'm afraid I will never have the money to pay you for consulting fees." Zhuge Liang sighed and said, "I've taught you everything I need to teach you. If you still can't succeed, what can I do?" Liu Bei said: "If I become the richest man in China, my husband will become a world-renowned management consultant. Isn't this my career pursuit? However, if I become a failure case, I am afraid that my husband will never make it to the top." !" Zhuge Liang said in embarrassment; "You came to me today to let you get the woman you love. If I promise you, you will let me leave the woman you love. How can you be so heartless?" Liu Bei asked strangely: "You also have a beloved woman? Is she as beautiful as Sun Shangxiang?" Zhuge Liang asked back: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, what do you think?" Liu Bei was speechless for a long time, and finally had to use his killer copper-cry.He whimpered and said, "In this way, you are a full man who doesn't know how hungry a man is! Since the death of my wife, Mrs. Mi, I haven't hugged a woman for two full years. You see it because you and I are both men." ,give me a hand!" Zhuge Liang thought for a while, comforted Liu Bei and said, "See if I can convince my wife, and then I will agree to help you chase her." The author commented: Everyone on the planet gets the same amount of 24 hours each day starting in the wee hours of the morning.However, from an economic point of view, everyone's time value is different.In other words, the difference between success and failure lies in how you use the 24 hours of the day. Another associated word for the value of time is efficiency.In the business world we live in, efficiency is often viewed as a relationship between money and time costs.This view is very mercenary, but you can find a balance between improving your work performance and enjoying your family life by learning how to manage your time.