Chapter 120 I also come to talk about time

In the fifth issue of "Shanxi Youth" this year, there is a good article titled "How Revolutionary Mentors Cherish Time". I think everyone can read it again. An old Chinese saying goes, "An inch of time is worth an inch of gold, and an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time."There is also a saying in the Western capitalist world, which is "time is money".In our socialist motherland, which demands the rapid completion of the general tasks of the new period, we say: "Time is power, time is victory." Now we Chinese people, especially young people, are trying hard to regain more than ten years of time that was misused and wasted during the rampant period of the "Gang of Four". This is an extremely gratifying phenomenon.We must know that time must not only be taken, but outsmarted.How to arrange time is a great knowledge!

From the perspective of collective activities, first we must abide by the time.Keeping on time is a good habit in industrial society.In an industrial society, that is, a mechanized society, one activity follows another.When the button is pressed, all the machines, big and small, start to run together.If a small gear stops, it will affect the overall situation, causing uncontrollable chaos and irreparable losses.Therefore, if we want to complete the four modernizations, that is, the various tasks of mechanization, we must develop a good habit of keeping time. However, we often postpone the meeting now because there are not enough people to arrive at the meeting.After having this kind of experience, the person presiding over the meeting came up with a way to advance the notification time for the meeting by half an hour.Generally, people who are not punctual know that you have already estimated the time of being late, and they are late as usual, while those who are strict with time have wasted half an hour in vain!Therefore, the person who presides over a meeting or study must make a reasonable estimate of the time and place of the meeting...and the places of residence of the participants, traffic conditions...etc. Strictly keep time.If there are too many meetings that strictly keep time, people's habit of not keeping time will change.

In terms of personal activities, it is much more flexible. Our great mentor, Chairman Mao, is the best use of time. The old man told us: My poems are all hummed on horseback.Chairman Mao hummed dozens of his majestic and beautiful poems during the years of war, on the way of marching, while riding the bridle or speeding up the whip!I have also seen many young men and women who are very good at using their time to "seek needles". For example, some drivers, when they stop and wait for someone, they don't get together to play poker, but sit in the car and read newspapers and books. Just watch it for an hour or two. Once this time accumulates, it will grow considerably.Each of us has our own environment and conditions for using time. It depends on whether we will carefully plan, arrange reasonably, and make full use of it, so that we are not only good at work, but also good at studying and resting. Good people who can complete the general tasks of the new era at high speed.June 8, 1978 (This article was originally published in "Shanxi Youth" No. 7, 1978.)