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Be an Achiever - Improve your chances of success
Make a start straight away Write these down in your diary or planning book where you can refer to them.
This simple exercise will help you to start your plan. Plan your future Your plans, like your ambitions, will be unique, but there are certain principles that will help you. Take a long-term view. Your ambition might involve years of study. Aim for job satisfaction. Plan each step of your career carefully. You will have to be prepared to manage your time well and allow time to study, to earn more money, to learn more skills and so on. Your choices - if you need more time for these activities ..... 1. Work longer hours 2. Work more efficiently 3. Do only important work. 1. Work longer hours You could set aside an hour or two at the beginning or the end of each day for study or extra work. This way you may get through more work but you may get tired and the quality of your work could suffer. 2. Work more efficiently You can do more work in the time available with strong discipline. You must become something of an efficiency expert watching time, motion and deadlines. Commitments and deadlines do get work done but don't overdo them. 3. Do only important work With this approach, list your activities and set out your priorities. Perhaps you can break your tasks into 'essential', 'necessary' and 'non-essential' jobs.
Forget about the non-essential jobs; do the important tasks. Plans. Give essential tasks priority and set deadlines for their completion. Get rid of those pleasant but non-essential tasks. Concentrate on those more important tasks - your high priority ones. Look for objectives and basic principles Look for basic goals, objectives and principles. Keep things simple. Determine your work load. Make time to take stock of all the jobs you do. Try listing everything you do each day for a week - including interruptions.
Budget your time There is one thing we all have in common - we all have a 24-hour day. It's how we use that time that's important! What do you do when you can't cope with the volume of work? You must set your priorities for your jobs. Make choices and assign one activity ahead of another. Get rid of unnecessary tasks. Budget your time carefully. Today work smarter - not harder! Set your objectives There are two ways of setting priorities: according to urgency or according to importance. Most people set them according to urgency and never start a project until they reach a deadline. They spend most of their time 'putting out fires'. Set your priorities in order of importance. An action plan Take your high-priority, essential jobs and plan what action should be taken, the time required and the dates when they should be completed. Here is a suggested plan:
Hints to help you achieve your objectives and goals: An important point to remember is that by completing one step of a difficult task you encourage yourself to tackle the next step. It doesn't matter what the job is, whether it is preparing a report, writing an extended essay, developing a business plan or making a sculpture. Try it - it works! Always try to make every day a day of achievement. While it is true that students who work hard are usually successful, there are many smart ways to reduce effort and still become an achiever. When do you work best? Identify your peak working hours and use them wisely. Some people are 'early birds'. They get up early and are most creative during the tranquil morning hours. The first few hours at work are peak times for some. Others work best late in the afternoons or in the quiet of the evening. They have been called the' owls', and the early starters, the 'fowls'. Are you an owl or a fowl? It is best to avoid too many interruptions during this period - protect your peak time. Don't become a perfectionist. Never spend more time on a task than it warrants. Being a perfectionist often means becoming a procrastinator. You want a reputation for high standards but don't waste valuable time. Make fast decisions Get into the habit of making decisions quickly. As soon as you have all the necessary facts, act! A successful business person I once knew said to me: "Decision-making is like learning tables in arithmetic. With practice, you develop the ability to make quick decisions. And once you make a decision, forget it. Don't worry whether you have made the right decision; don't come back to it - just go on to the next job." There is no good reason to continually second guess your decisions. You should set yourself deadlines. If you are committed to deadlines and tell other people about them, you are more likely to stop procrastinating and get jobs done.
Win the paper war -You need a simple, effective filing system, a good retrieval system. Don't file useless or 'dead' information. Your main enemies are procrastination, lack of planning, interruptions and lack of concentration. They stop you getting things done. Procrastination
Overcoming procrastination
'Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.' Spanish proverb Time-wasters Look to avoid common time-wasters:
Dealing with time-wasters 1. Mark your time-wasters. 2. Which ones waste the most of your time? Place them in priority order. 3. Take your number one time-waster and see what you can do to overcome it. Then move on to your next-time-waster. Better use of your time not only helps you perform better but also gives you more time to do those things you really want to do.
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