In continuation,
How can I get maximum return from my day?
2. Divide your daily time plan into major
and minor
Things
that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least-Johann
Wolfgang Von Goethe
It is very important for you to be
able to separate what is urgent from what is important. Start working on your
major task early in the day. Some minor things can wait and even be delegated.
One of the secrets of the successful people is that they get the major work
done by themselves and delegate the minor ones. For you to be able to manage
your time well you need to know the act of leverage. Leverage means doing more
with less. Stephen Covey the author of seven
habits for highly effective people described this as “doing first thing first” .You have to know that you can not do all
things. Prioritize your work in the order of their importance. It is advisable
to work on things based on the order of their importance. Don’t focus all your
energy in things that others can do for you. When you get the major done, you have achieved
a lot.
In my findings, I have discovered
that one of the reasons why many people failed is that they get their lives
busy doing the wrong thing. Imagine
somebody gets to office in the morning and the first task he performed was to
spend 1-2 hrs with his friend to discuss yesterday’s football match. Yes, there
is a need to discuss the match but that is minor, it can wait till lunch time or
closing hour.
Imagine someone in higher
institution that focuses his attention on electives courses and failed to major
in core courses; you don’t need anyone to tell you that such candidate is
doomed to fail. It is also applicable in life. If your energy is wasted on
things that matter least, you can be sure that you can’t go far in life.
How will I know what matter most or least? You know that by
checking returns or reward each activity will bring for you. You can also know
it by looking at their long time prospective
With respect to faithful workers
in the civil service, one of the reasons why most of them worked and retired
like that without impact is because most of them don’t really put down their
time. They spent the chunk of time chatting with their co-workers and did all
manners during office hour. I remember the words of Jesus Christ that said, he
that is not faithful in another man’s business, who will commit to him his own.
I am speaking to you if you are working under an organization or you are a
government worker, you need to give your best to that organization for them to
move to the next level. They may not notice you but God who is the lifter of
men will notice you in due time. There is one stupid adage we heard over time
when we were growing up; they said government work is not the work you do and
sweat over. That is why most of them remained a mediocre. Start your day by
working on important things in your life. Don’t spend most of your time working
on unimportant things in life. You can even delegate most of the minor work or
things and get yourself busy with the important. In life, we do more by doing
less. The more things you have to do, the divided your attention will be and
the less you achieve.
Changing lives by changing people perspective
Oluwaseyi Olawusi
Tomorrow we shall be talking on GENERAL TIME WASTER
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