The importance of durable tasks. I remember the last few months before getting my master's degree. I had to write my graduation paper and as a diligent student working on a big project, I kept postponing it. This is how it went. Every morning, I looked at my list and the first task was write a graduation paper. What followed was an interior dialogue in which my responsible self said, I work on it today.
But my emotional self grinned. I postponed it for the evening because I wanted to work on my other important tasks, so I could free to up my time to work on it in the evening. In the evening. Oh, well, there's no more time I work on it tomorrow. The problem, we all make plans, we plan to fulfill our dreams to finish our project to participate in different events and also get some well deserved relaxation. But how many of these do we actually do?
We can work on many of them because you We don't consider them important enough, we can work on the others because we haven't saved enough time for them. In a lot of cases, we simply weren't capable of motivating ourselves and acting. Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher considering considered the founding father of Tao is said 1000 mile journey begins with the first step. But how can you make that first step if you plan if your plan is vague and defined, if you're not certain you truly want to make that trip. Regardless of your working style, you still use some way of writing down your tasks and meetings, but you don't write them down in a motivating and doable form. Don't believe me?
What would you choose a write graduation paper, be write introduction for graduation paper, or a right speech or be brainstorm ideas for the speech? Hey, I want to learn how to dance or be Look for that for a dancing class by Tuesday. Having noticed how in all cases B sounds easier to do than a, wouldn't it be great if from now on all your tasks were as easy to do as those in the B category, the solution? To create a motivating and doable task list, remember the following five principles. One, ask yourself, why is it truly necessary that I do this task? If you feel you're avoiding that task, as you ask yourself?
Is it a task that I have to finish now? What happens if I don't work on it? Does it have anything to do with any of my goals? Is it really important? Could I use my time or otherwise? In this moment, knowledge of the domain motivates you.
If you're aware of the importance of the task and how easy it will be to do it. You'll be motivated to start if one of The two criteria presented above is not checked. Procrastination kicks in. By asking yourself these questions you can establish both consciously and unconsciously, the importance of the task. point four will clarify the second criterion, how simple and clear the task is to assign tasks to others. Sometimes people are afraid to do this.
They're either perfectionist and prefer to do their work as only they know how. Or they don't trust others and are forced to work on it themselves. Take responsibility for your task, assign tasks to others as often as you can. Most of the time when you show others you trust them by assigning tasks to them. This trust will come back to you in other forms. If you can assign a task to someone else so that you can work on a more important one.
Do it without a cetacean. You cannot and don't have to work on the project by yourself. Learn to trust others and build Relationships by assigning tasks. Three, only worry about the next step of your plan. Don't write on your to do list all 10 things that you have to be done to complete a project to constantly look at the 10 tasks that must be done, and that you're certain you can do today is demoralizing. Simply write the first thing that you can do and write the rest of the tasks on another list that you can track when needed.
Basically, you have one list small list with only the next the next tasks for each project. And then you're you have a repository list with all the other tasks for divide big projects into tasks that can be done in no more than an hour. Why? So there is no chance you're interrupted from doing what you planned. When you have to do a task that can be finished quickly. You fool your brain into thinking it did its job, even if the project is ample and takes months to finish.
Remember the example I gave you before A speech or B, brainstorm ideas for the speech. A is an abstract, intangible task, whereas in the case of B, the task is clearly doable. Five, rephrase them into something that is doable. A task named Jane doesn't help you in the list. It doesn't tell you what to do. On the contrary, it gets you out of your focused state and makes you wonder about what you meant.
When you write down a task. Always use verbs do call work finish, for example, called Jane to wish her a happy birthday. The result? phrasing your tasks in this manner stimulates you to act. Your list will be filled with tasks that are clear and that you can do now, not tasks that are abstract or imprecise. The benefits if you were if you write vague things in your to do list, you will not be motivated to work on them.
Our brain cannot work on abstract things. And when we work on things that we can start or move We are under the impression that it's beyond our powers. Some of us tend to focus on complex techniques to manage time. They learn a technique, it turns out, it doesn't work for them, and they try to learn another one. They continue in this way until they're buried in organizing systems, forgetting about what they have to do. Others have a very strategic strategic way of thinking.
They have a vision in their mind, but they don't know how to implement it. They are the ones who are lost in the big picture and can get their feet back on the ground. The solution is not complex, as in any field, you need the foundation. Do you want to achieve every goal you set for yourself? Follow these five steps. One, have a clear reason in mind to assign tasks to others if possible, three, be ready for the first step four.
Make sure it can be done in an hour, five phrases so that it sounds doable. Ready, Set Go.