Oh grief! Life has passed and time has flown by
In the darkness of shame, weakness and laziness.
And people found the way to salvation
And they go slowly towards high goals.
Who, if not a student, should save their time?! Time management is the duty of every believer, and for the seeker of knowledge, it is the main concern and the basis of success in his life of learning. And if he manages to use his time correctly and saves it, he will succeed and achieve his goal, and if not, then he will fail and not succeed.
The seeker of knowledge is a merchant, and his capital is time. But the merchant who squanders his capital right and left is stupid and unlucky. Therefore, he should think about what he spends his time on? And let everyone ask himself for every minute, for every second.
Basic principles of time management
The first duty of the seeker of knowledge is to respect his time and use it rationally. Our predecessors, may Allah be pleased with them, treated their time most carefully, for they knew its price better than others. Al-Hasan al-Basri said: "I found people who save their time more than you save your dirhams and dinars!"
Therefore, the predecessors tried in every possible way to spend their time in the study of knowledge. ‘Umar ibn “Abdul” Aziz said: “Indeed, day and night every time they take something valuable from you, so work day and night!”
They said: "Time is like a sword: if you do not overcome it, it will overcome you." They always tried to become better, so that today would be better than yesterday, and tomorrow better than today.
Every day, every hour, every moment, they strived to acquire useful knowledge, to do a good deed, to overcome their passions or to benefit someone, so that their labors would not be in vain and would not turn out to be vain and in vain. They considered it a manifestation of ingratitude and irreverence to spend time without any benefit for themselves and others, if they did not increase their knowledge, did not strengthen their faith, and did not do good deeds. Ibn Mas "ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said:" I do not regret anything like the day when the sun went down, life became shorter, and the things I did on that day did not become better.
The seeker of knowledge should save his time, devoting every moment of it to something that will benefit him or teach him something that is needed, try to increase his knowledge every day.
The words of one of the predecessors are transmitted: “If a day comes when I cannot increase my knowledge in order to win the mercy of Allah, then there is no blessing for me that the sun has risen on this day.”
Let every moment for the seeker of knowledge be more precious than any jewels, if people cherish every hour, then the student must cherish every second, every moment. If people compete in accumulating and accumulating wealth, then he should try to be ahead of the times by accumulating useful knowledge. How great is the difference between the accumulation of wealth and the accumulation of knowledge! In a word, if a student manages to fully use his time, he will succeed on the path to knowledge, and may Allah help him!
The student should always endeavor to draw up a detailed plan for his studies and a plan for the memorization of his lessons, and strictly adhere to it.
Time is priceless, because life cannot be reversed. It has its distinctive features, which we need to know well, and based on this, learn how to use it correctly. Here are some of them:
1. Time is fleeting.
2. The time that has already passed cannot be returned or replaced by anything.
3. Time is the most valuable thing a person has. Therefore, the student should not waste his precious time on useless activities, do not abuse what is lawful in terms of eating, drinking, talking, etc.
It is not fitting for one whom Allah has rewarded with knowledge and intelligence to waste his time in disobedience to Allah, to spend it in amusements and idleness. A prudent person will not wish for such a thing for himself, and from this a prudent person will resort to Allah ... Prudence, once again, prudence is necessary for a person in order to understand the full value of his life and spend it only in obedience to Allah Almighty. And will he not wish to make the book his friend, which he will not exchange for any of the people who are ready to become his interlocutor? And this is a huge benefit that reasonable and pure-hearted people know about.
The most serious obstacle for a person, preventing him from enjoying the present moment and today, is delaying and postponing his good deeds. And this continues until the word “I will” almost becomes his motto and way of life.
A man from the tribe "Abd al-Qais was told: "Give us good advice." He replied: "Beware of the word "I will."
The student must fill his day with useful knowledge, good deeds and not put it off until tomorrow, lest his present slip away from him and turn into an irrevocable past. He must sow today in order to reap the fruits tomorrow, otherwise he will have to repent when repentance will no longer help ...
Imam al-Hasan al-Basri said: “Beware of postponing things for later, because you live today, not tomorrow. And if you live to see tomorrow, then spend it the same way as today, and if not, then you won’t have to regret what you missed today.
The seeker of knowledge must take advantage of the days of his youth and its golden times. Wisdom says: "Study time - from the cradle to the grave." It is believed that the most excellent time for studying is the flowering of youth, the time of "suhoor" (dawn time) and the time between two night prayers (i.e. evening and night).
The hadith says:
(لن تزول قدما عبد يوم القيامة حتى يسال عن اربع خصال: عن عمره فيما افناه , وعن شبابه فيما ابلاه, وعن ماله من اين اكتسبه وفيم انفقه وعن علمه ماذا عمل به)
“On the Day of Resurrection, the servant (of Allah) will not budge until he is asked about four things: about his life - how did he spend it? - and about his youth - how did he spend it? and about his wealth - from where did he get it and what did he spend it on? - and about knowing it - how did he use it?
Thus, he will be asked about his whole life in general and about his early years in particular.
Youth is only a part of life, but it is especially valuable, since these are the years of the flowering of vitality and firm determination, as well as a period of human strength in the interval between two periods of weakness: the weakness of infancy and the weakness of old age. Youth is a time of activity ... youth is a quickly leaving guest, and if man of sense fails to use it, then his heart will be torn with grief.
Therefore, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
(اغتنم خمسا قبل خمس, شبابك قبل هرمك, وصحتك قبل سقمك, وغناك قبل فقرك,وفراغك قبل شغلك, وحيا تك قبل موتك)
“Take advantage of five things before the arrival of five others: your youth to old age, your health to illness, your wealth to poverty, your free time to employment, and your life to death.”(Al-Hakim).
Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said: “The Great and Powerful Allah gave his slaves knowledge in their youth, and all goodness lies in youth.” Hafsa bint Sirin said: “Young people! Work hard, because it is only in youth that things are done. And were not the companions of the Messenger of Allah, who believed in him, supported him, helped him and followed the light of the religion sent down to him, most of them young?
And he who fails to take advantage of his youth will repent of his old age. One scientist said to one young man: “Work until the time comes when you can’t do it. I want to do a lot today, but I can’t anymore.” Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Study religion while you're young."
Let the seeker of knowledge read the following words - and let them be an example for him. Ibn al-Jawzi said: “I watched people in high positions and saw that most of them lose a lot during their period of greatness. Some of them in their youth wallow in sin, others neglect the search for knowledge, others indulge in excessive pleasures. But in old age they all repent, when the former sins can no longer be corrected, when the strength has dried up, and the merits are forgotten. Their old age passes in sorrow and sadness. If the elder comes to his senses in his former sins, he will say: “How I regret those sins that I committed!”. And if he doesn’t come to his senses, he will begin to regret those delights that he can no longer return.
And the one who devoted his youth to the search for knowledge, in his old age gratefully reaps the fruits of what he has sown, and enjoys writing down the knowledge that he has collected in books. He not only does not consider that he has lost any bodily benefits, but also enjoys the knowledge he has acquired.
Free time and health
The good that many people neglect, do not properly appreciate and do not thank for it, is health and free time. It is reported from the words of Ibn "Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
(نعمتان مغبون فيهما كثير من الناس الصحة والفراغ)
“Many people are deprived of two favors: health and free time”(Al-Bukhari). This means that many people do not use these blessings to do good deeds, but use them to commit sins. Free time should be understood as being unoccupied with worldly affairs and problems that distract a person from his engagement in the affairs of eternal life.
Free time never remains free, it will inevitably be filled with either good or evil. And whoever cannot captivate his soul with righteous deeds, that soul will be captivated by evil deeds. Happy is he who spends his time in good and righteous deeds, and woe to him who spends his time in bad and vicious deeds.
One righteous person said: “Time free from worldly concerns is a great blessing. And if a person shows ingratitude for the benefit rendered to him by giving free rein to his passions and following his desires, then Allah will violate the well-being of his soul and deprive him of that spiritual purity and peace that he had.
In a word, the seeker of knowledge does not waste his life and does not waste a second of his time on matters not connected with knowledge. As necessary, he allocates time for eating, drinking, sleeping, resting after tiring work, performing his duties in relation to family members, a guest, to earn a living, and also breaks away from studies in case of illness or for other reasons that interfere with studies. Some of the predecessors did not stop their studies, even if it happened to them mild illness or malaise. Knowledge was their medicine, and they continued to study as best they could.
Taking advantage of every opportunity
There are many worldly concerns, and our needs in this life are endless, so the seeker of knowledge needs to resort to some tricks in order to rationally use the time to which we do not attach much importance and lose it for the sake of imaginary politeness or out of habit.
a) While eating, while doing housework, as well as in the car, the student can read prayers and adhkars, listen to recordings of the Koran or sermons.
b) He can repeat the Quran or the lesson he has learned as he walks down the street, following the example of our pious scholars. When al-Khatib al-Baghdadi walked along the road, he always read. One of the predecessors, giving advice to his friends, said: “When you leave me, then disperse: perhaps one of you will read the Koran on the way, and if you all go together, you will start talking to each other.”
c) Wherever the student goes, always take a textbook with him. Praise be to Allah, in our time many books are printed in small format, which greatly facilitates this task. The main thing is that the student should have a desire to take advantage of the time that many people simply lose, even many of those who seek knowledge.
Careful attitude of predecessors to time
The seeker of knowledge should constantly become acquainted with how the predecessors used their time, reflect on their way of life whenever he discovers in himself laziness and negligence. How did Ibn Hajar and other scholars like him manage to achieve what they have achieved and do what they have done? Some will say that they were brilliant people, they were accompanied by the help of Allah, and their life was blessed. And this is certainly true. But is a blessing given to a person for no reason? And is it possible to grieve, following in the footsteps of others, instead of striving to deserve better share and change your fate?
The one who is concerned with how to kill time and spend it in any way with benefit or without benefit will never receive the blessings and help of Allah. And if someone asks him for something important, he will apologize and say that he does not have time. How often people complain about the lack of time and the transience of years, but these are only those who waste their time and ruin their lives. And some even admit that they are killing time, but do not suspect that in fact, they are killing their own lives.
The height of aspirations and the greatness of goals encourage a person to value time, since this is his life. And if what one strives for is dear, then it is easy to part with what one sacrifices along the way. Yes, our predecessors were extremely frugal with time and tried not to miss a single second without using it to acquire knowledge. They even regretted the time they spent eating. Al-Khalil said: "The most painful time for me is the time when I eat."
It is reported that Salim ibn Ayyub ar-Razi followed his every breath and never spent time without use: he either copied books, or taught something, or read ... One day he went to his home, and when he returned, he said : “On the way, I read one juz (1/30 part of the Koran)” ... Once his pencil became dull and while he put it in order, he moved his lips. And it was possible to understand what he was reading even when he was just sharpening a pencil, even here not wanting to waste time in vain.
Ibn "Akil said:" I try in every possible way to reduce the time for eating, that I even prefer to eat a cake and drink it with water, because I need to chew it less, and I have more time to read or write down something useful, what else He also said: "I never spend a single minute of my life without use. Even when my tongue is no longer able to learn and discuss anything, and my eyes to read, I think, straining my thoughts, lying down and resting "When I get up, it always comes to my mind what to write. And in my eighty years I feel a greater thirst for knowledge than when I was twenty."
The seeker of knowledge needs a precise and thoughtful system, which he must strictly follow in order to make the most of his time. After all, disorder, carelessness and spontaneity are the biggest enemies of the seeker of knowledge. And no one needs the distribution of their time as much as students, because they have a huge burden of care, and it even seems to them that there are more things to do than they have time to do.
And the seeker of knowledge should allocate his time between obligatory and other matters so that one does not interfere with the other, insignificant matters do not interfere with important ones, important ones with the most important, and those unconditioned by time - limited in time. Urgent tasks should be done first, and non-urgent tasks after. What is limited in time should always be done on time.
1. Drawing up a detailed plan
The student should always endeavor to draw up a detailed plan for his studies and a plan for the memorization of his lessons, and strictly adhere to it. And it does not matter if from time to time he will make changes to it in accordance with new requirements.
In studies, as well as in trade and military campaigns, a person should draw up a plan of work. A student who sets a clear schedule for his day and then sets to work relieves himself of many worries and acquires a significant boost of energy and diligence. In fact, the plan that a person makes for himself and carries out from day to day soon becomes a common and simple thing for him. In other words, when we need to solve several issues, then most likely we will not cope with some of them, because one issue prevents the solution of another, and the solution of each of them prevents us from completely surrendering to the solution of any one of them. Thus, we uselessly pass from one question to another immediately after we have briefly considered it, casually putting aside the solution of each of them ...
A specific place allotted for classes is no less important than a specific time for this. Have the student have a personal desk and chair for intellectual work only. And after a while this place will symbolize a lesson for him.
Many believe that the secret of success lies in a person's accustoming himself to discipline and constant work. One of the great doctors, William Osler, asked a group of students the following question: "How can you make the most efficient use of your talents with the least amount of effort?" Then he himself answered the question: “I can do this by cultivating the spirit of discipline in myself. I say "education" because it will be quite difficult for many of you to accustom yourself to it. There are people who, from birth, have received a mentality predisposed to discipline. But at the same time, there are people with a different mindset who must declare a long war on themselves in order to eradicate the innate predisposition to disorder and carelessness in business ...
This appeal is dedicated in particular to the young, since they are still at the beginning of their life path and the future of each of them depends on the habits that they develop in themselves during this delicate period of life. It is quite easy to observe the usual system in any business, but to introduce it into the routine of your Everyday life not easy. The student should determine for each part of his day an obligatory task to be engaged in at that time, and by exercise and practice develop the ability to concentrate.
As for the detailed presentation of the individual items of the daily routine, everyone determines them for himself. First of all, it is necessary to determine the amount of time that the student is going to devote to studying, but let him not make too “ideal” plans. It will be better if he evaluates his mental abilities in a balanced and fair way, without overestimating himself and not belittling his capabilities. Then you should choose for yourself the time during the day when he would prefer to engage in mental work, being sure that regularly and daily at this time he will have the opportunity to do so. It is also important to choose different times during the day for your studies. This is not bad, provided that the student makes it a habit to consistently study at this time.
In addition, the student needs to determine how much time to devote to each subject and schedule classes in accordance with the time frame. Of course, he will not be able to determine in advance exactly how long it will take him to study each subject or when he expects to start the next lesson, because educational process can't stay that tough. But still, it is better if every day he roughly determines how much time it will take him to do one or another lesson, and draws up a schedule on the basis of which he will build his classes. Thus, the student will get rid of the question of which lesson to start with, and stop worrying about the things that he had to do.
But most students don't know how to manage their time. In fact, knowing in detail how to manage one's time is today's first significant step for students towards a lifestyle based on the most efficient daily schedule...
It is very important to think about the reasons for wasting your time and think carefully about how you can make up for every lost minute.
2. Compliance with the daily routine
The seeker of knowledge should not put off until tomorrow what he has to do today. After all, tomorrow he will have other business and duties that will not allow him to do yesterday's business.
I do not put off tomorrow, succumbing to laziness,
What can I do today
Because tomorrow is the day of the one who is weak and in action
Can't do exactly anything.
If the day passes, then the student will take with him everything that was that day. And if he postpones his business today, then tomorrow he will have to complete the work in two days.
Omar ibn "Abdul" Aziz was told: "Delay it until tomorrow." To which he replied: “It’s hard for me to cope with the affairs of one day, but what will happen if two days of work pile up on me ?!” If the seeker of knowledge always fulfills the duties and deeds that he has set for the day, he will gain peace and fully complete his work.
3. Business should be started early in the morning
In the hadith of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) it is said:
(اللهم بارك لامتي فى بكورها)
“O Allah! Bless my ummah in their affairs, which they begin in the early morning!”. Ibn Omar, commenting on the words "they start early in the morning", said: "they come early to study and to the mosque in order to take a seat in the front row."
The first part of the day is a blessed time for the traveler, when he travels great distances. But many seekers of knowledge today miss this opportunity to receive the blessing promised to them after the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) uttered the words of prayer (du "a)! Moreover, some of them wake up a few minutes before sunrise, hastily perform morning prayer, then again continue to sleep, as if they had not heard such a hadith!
4. A small deed steadily done is better than a big but fickle one.
The hadith says:
(احب الاعمال الى الله تعالى ادومها وان قل)
“Allah loves most of all those deeds that are done with the greatest constancy, even if they are few.”(Al-Bukhari and Muslim).
Imam an-Nawawi said: “This hadeeth encourages constancy in deeds, and it also says that a small but steadily done deed is better than a significant but impermanent one ... A small deed that is constantly done brings much more benefit than significant but not permanent.
Therefore, the student needs to allocate his time, both day and night, in accordance with his abilities and conditions, and specifically allocate some part of the time for a certain business, which he will steadily engage in daily, for example, read a certain amount of dhikr and salavat. Allocate the other part of the time for other activities, for example, for the study of religious sciences.
5. Solitude
The seeker of knowledge should sometimes give preference to solitude, because nothing reminds one of eternal life like loneliness ... And a person, walking around the market for some time, under the impression of what he sees, forgets what he knows. Solitude, on the other hand, allows a person to calm the soul, gather strength, think about the consequences and stock up on everything necessary for this.
If we look at those who were able to take advantage of the short moments of their lives and achieve such results and fruits of their labor, which causes surprise and amazement, we will see that they were friends only with hardworking, diligent, outstanding and smart people who valued their time as much as they valued their lives, because time is life.
And friendship with such outstanding, diligent and cherishing every minute and second people had a serious impact on the activities of such famous people like Imam Ibn Jarir at-Tabari, Ibn "Akil al-Hanbali, Ibn" Asakir ad-Dimashki, Ibn al-Qayyim, Ibn an-Nafis, al-Mizzi, al-Dhahabi, Ibn Hajar and other scholars like them who left behind a colossal, invaluable legacy.
Imam Ibn "Akil al-Hanbali said:" In my youth, Allah in every possible way protected me from sins and limited all my love to love of knowledge and its owners. I never communicated with lovers of fun and was friends only with the same students as myself " The one who is devoted to knowledge, who is accompanied by the help of Allah and who strives for the sublime, you can only see in the company of meritorious, diligent, wise, intelligent and knowledgeable people. him to become like them, or at least like them.
Friendship with such people will teach the seeker of knowledge to be ahead of time, and friendship with bad people will teach him to lose it fruitlessly. Abdullah ibn Mas "ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "A person is judged by his friend, because he takes as his friend only his like." And may Allah save us from friendship with bad people.
6. Mental rest and peace
The seeker of knowledge spends all his time studying, but from time to time he needs rest so that later he will not be forced to interrupt all his studies. After all, the human soul does not tolerate monotony. Abdallah ibn Mas "ud said: "Truly, the human soul has aspiration and enthusiasm. But it is also characterized by lethargy and lack of interest. Get down to business when the soul is striving, and let it rest when interest is lost."
Time should be distributed in such a way that there is also time for rest, because after a long work, the soul of a person begins to feel disgust for it, and gets tired just like the body gets tired. "Ali said: "... and it is not proper for a Muslim to burden himself so much that it takes away his strength and prevents him from continuing what he was doing."
At the same time, the student should not overburden himself, so that he does not have a feeling of fatigue and disgust. And, perhaps, he will hate studying and will no longer be able to overcome himself. Let him be moderate in such matters. Every person knows himself better.
However, the rest of the seeker of knowledge is different from the rest of other people, because at any time he tries to acquire some benefit:
a) some predecessors used breaks during the lessons in which they recited hadith to pronounce the words of remembrance of the Great and Mighty Allah (dhikr). Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, talking about the rules of conduct of a muhaddith (a person telling hadith; an expert and transmitter of hadith), said: “When he stops telling hadith during the Majlis, while resting, he pronounces the words of remembrance of Allah Almighty. So did many the greatest people from the predecessors.
b) If a student is tired of studying one subject, then he should take up the study of another, because this is better than stopping classes altogether. You can move from one form of occupation to another in order to change the type of activity.
The soul that is tired is not capable of anything,
And you change its state from one to another.
c) Every time a student feels a surge of energy, he should study the lessons. And the study of stories, biographies and stories from the life of predecessors, reading wise sayings and poems can be postponed for another time, when he feels tired in himself, and you should choose useful verses, such as verses praising our beloved Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him ), poetic collections of Divan ash-Shafi" and Divan Abu al-" Atahiya and other poets who glorified abstinence and detachment (zuhd).
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Effective use time is certainly one of the most important elements of success. If you know how to use time fully and rationally, then only this is enough to say that you have reached considerable heights in self-development.
In order not to overwork and work fully, it is necessary to allocate time for rest, since over time a person’s performance decreases. You need to reward yourself for a job well done and set aside a break for yourself. And it is not at all necessary to sit back during the rest - it also needs to be spent with benefit. You can replace mental work with physical activity, devote time to working on yourself, read interesting book or articles on self-development.
Create your own personalized time management system and include the techniques that work best for you. The methods are described below. Success will come when you use this system consistently.
1. Don't rely on memory. Write down your tasks and unload your brain.
2. Make a list of priorities. This will help you concentrate on the main thing and will not allow you to waste time on trifles and secondary tasks.
3. At the end of each week, set aside timeI to plan for next week. Is not Lost time, it will pay off handsomely in increased productivity.
4. Don't expect to remember an interesting thoughtb Always have a notepad handy to write down your ideas. Alternatively, wear a voice recorder.
5. If the requirements of the other person do not match with your goals, say no. This needs to be learned.
6. Before you take action– think, but not too long. A little thought will save you from rash acts and waste of time.
7. Make time in their plans for self-improvement.
8. Be aware of what you are doing. You need to understand what you are spending your time on. Your deeds should move you towards your goal.
9. Incorporate into your custom system time management techniques that are most effective for you and use this system constantly.
10. Assess yourself for bad habits. They take up your time. Make a list of these habits and eliminate them one by one. The most efficient substitution bad habit- useful.
11. Do not do their work for others, to appear better. So, you will spend time that you could use for your own promotion.
12. Keep a journal where you can record your progress towards your goals. Complete and review this journal regularly to make sure you are moving in the right direction.
13. Not every problem can be solvedA in the best possible way. You don't have to become a perfectionist and, for example, rewrite a business letter 20 times to achieve Leo Tolstoy's style.
14. Don't overload yourself the number of tasks. If you have urgent matters and important tasks that will take up all your time, then secondary tasks can be postponed until a more favorable time.
15. Don't be fooled by efficiency. You can efficiently perform a task that is not this moment priority. In this case, it cannot be said that you are using your time effectively.
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Time is the most important resource in life and everyone spends it in their own way. But success in life largely depends on the ability to allocate your time. Many great people did not scatter their time and even limited their sleep. Do not go to such extremes and deprive yourself of domestic pleasures. Many of us do not know where to start to properly allocate our time.
In fact, this question is of interest not only to us, but also to scientists. After studying the lives of great people, scientists came to the conclusion that for the correct distribution of your time, you must follow some rules:
- Write down all the tasks in order of their importance. For example, first all the important things, then urgent ones, then those that do not require special urgency. The list can be analyzed throughout the day, after completing a task, cross it out or put a tick next to it, you can indicate the time in which you completed it.
- The first thing to be taken is the most important things. Indeed, the most urgent and important things require more commitment from us and we spend more time and effort on them. Whereas not very important things occupy about 80% of our lives, which can turn into a monotonous bunch of boring things. This will lead you to the feeling that you have been working in vain and have not completed significant tasks.
- If you are busy with one thing, then do not move on to another without solving the first. Moreover, it is more important according to the list you have compiled. By switching your thoughts to another matter, you lose the logic of the first one, and in order to delve into it, you will again need time. Because of this, we begin to get nervous, make mistakes. And work can suffer because of it.
- When deciding important issues if possible, don't get distracted. Ask you not to be disturbed, turn off your phone, go to a free office or conference room where no one will disturb you. As practice shows, solitude helps to solve important matters.
- Many questions can be clarified by phone or using the Internet. Don't waste your time traveling if possible.
- Try to keep your desk clean. We simply do not need most of the documents and papers on the table, but they lie and distract our attention. If there are important documents, put them aside and decide in a calm environment. Moreover, the employees around you always pay attention to your table.
- Always write down all the information, do not rely on your memory. Before traveling to business partners. Call and ask for all the necessary information. First of all, you need to go to those places where large quantity important matters. Always keep a pen and diary with you, now you can use a netbook or communicator. After solving an important task, rest for a short period of time, feel the pleasure of your success, this will give you new strength for new things.
Don't think that your way of working is the best, constantly look for ways to improve your time management, analyze your failures and actions. And success will be on your side.
We run to and from work, snack on the go and lack sleep. At the same time, we chronically do not have time to do everything that we consider necessary. But, if we carefully analyze, our time will be quite enough to realize all our desires: learn a foreign language, lose weight or open our own online store. Even taking into account the 8-hour sleep, good nutrition and the road to work. After all, successful people, entrepreneurs, music and movie stars have exactly the same amount of time as we do. Then why are there so few of these people? Let's find out!
Successful people always devote a lot of time to time management
Do we need something that we do not have time for?
The very first question that a novice time manager should answer is: “Am I doing what I want?”.
Often, almost always, a person modern world doing something completely different to him. There are two main reasons. The first is the parents, they certainly knew “better” what their child should become when he grows up. As a result, such a person himself does not know what he really wants, he has never even thought about it! For his desires and goals, he takes the dreams of his parents.
The second reason is when a person consciously decides for himself who he wants to be based not on his real desires, but on those imposed by television and public opinion. We are taught to be rich, successful, famous. We compare ourselves to artificially created Hollywood ideals: specially selected people, plus specially crafted to appear in the best light. The boy is told that he must become rich: successful. The girl, what does she owe for such a "boy".
When you achieve goals that are not your own, you have to do everything on willpower. Contrary to the stereotypes imposed on us, it is impossible to strain willpower for a long time and a lot - a person burns out. Of course, sometimes you can and even need to strain it, but not much. There are rare people who were born very strong-willed; as a rule, they are set as an example for us. Moreover, they are presented not as isolated cases, exceptions, but as the norm of life - this is exactly what every person should be.
Since the tension of willpower is a very energy-consuming process, the body seeks to minimize it, or, if this is not possible, to delay the task as much as possible (suddenly something happens and the task will no longer need to be completed). There is such a phenomenon as procrastination - delaying the start of a business, even with clear planning.
As a result, when striving for goals that are not your own, something is very difficult, because you have to constantly fight with yourself. If at the same time you also use techniques, then the struggle with yourself becomes structured and, most importantly, begins to take up all your working, and sometimes free, time. Naturally, life just turns into torture.
A thick diary and a large cardboard bookmark
The main tool of a successful time manager is a diary. A solid leather-bound notebook sets you in a working mood by its very appearance. With it, you can plan your day more consciously and save yourself from forgetting important things.
But, do you know how to keep a diary correctly? “As I usually conduct it, it’s right,” the reader will think. Indeed, almost all people use the organizer in the only way known to them: they schedule all the tasks for the day and tightly tie each task to a specific time. But ask yourself, do you always have time to do everything planned for the day? Does confusion interfere in your life and break your plans? The questions are, of course, rhetorical. As Buddhists like to say: "If you want to make the gods laugh, tell them your plans." Life brings us many surprises and surprises, and many of them are at work.
As a result, being distracted by urgent and unforeseen matters, we do not fulfill everything that we planned. And this is depressing for us. Chewing on unfinished tasks can even lead to feelings of guilt. All this robs us of energy, which is sometimes lacking in our accelerated life.
IN effective time management You need to plan hard not all your time, but part of it. The remaining time should be devoted to spontaneously arising urgent matters.Experts have found that it is most effective to plan from 60 to 70% of your time. It is desirable that the breaks between the planned cases are evenly spaced. Such a loose arrangement will also help you out if the meeting or meeting drags on. They will simply take the time allotted for sudden events and will not climb into other tightly planned cases.
Behind the daily routine, you can lose your goals. Meanwhile, without long-term, strategic goals effective time management impossible. What is the point of clearly distributing all your affairs and living according to a schedule day by day and year by year, if this does not bring you closer to your main goals: wealth, success, financial freedom. In order not to forget why you once started all this, you need to keep in mind your long term goals. But how to do this if the brain is constantly busy with routine? The paper diary gives us a unique opportunity! We can make a big bookmark out of heavy cardboard on which we can write our real goals. Based on the modern understanding of the psychology of goals, it is recommended to set about 7 goals, but not more than 9.
It is better to make a bookmark immediately good, strong, so that it does not fray and creates a feeling of solidity. A carelessly made bookmark can even psychologically level your goals. In addition, such a “device” will help you immediately open the diary today.
Action Reward
As we already know, sometimes you still need to strain your willpower. However, for its manifestation to be productive, it is best to use the technique of intermediate joy. This technique also allows you to get things done more often and not give up halfway through. TPR is one of the key parts effective time management and lies in the fact that after doing some work you reward yourself with something.
How can we reward ourselves:
- Eat or.
- Play a computer game.
- Buy a funny thing.
- Read your favorite entertainment sites.
- Pursue your hobby.
TPR should be applied like this: “If I successfully make a presentation, then in the evening I will fence myself off in the room, lock myself up from everyone at home and play my favorite game.” That is, the reward itself should be total. It should be noted that it is necessary to reward yourself adequately to the resolved issue. If you have sorted out things on your desk, then leaving for a month is not productive. But even for the conclusion of a multi-million dollar contract, one pie will obviously not be enough. It should be noted that this technique should be used occasionally, even if the work did not expend your willpower.
How to Prepare for New Jobs
It's time to talk about rest. Many people misunderstand it. Rest is not a replacement for work, but a way to set your body up for a more productive new job!
Learning to rest properly is very important, this is one of the secrets effective time management. We know the best option since school: after every 45 minutes of work, 15 minutes of rest. We know, but we do not apply ... In these 15 minutes, it is best to change seats. If you are sitting, then be sure to get up and walk around, talk about other topics not related to work.
If you work at the office at the computer, then the best option is a physical education minute. And the same one that was made in the Soviet Union. Pay special attention to exercises on the spine. Ideally, if your office has a horizontal bar where you can hang for at least 10 seconds. But lunch, on the contrary, is best devoted to discussing work issues, but those that are pleasant to you. Preferably non-urgent, so as not to wag your nerves additionally.
In the evening it is better not to watch TV, because this is the most counter-productive form of relaxation. The best option is to engage in a common family hobby, if possible, then in the air.
With such a vacation as Internet surfing, you need to understand that our brain can only “eat” a certain amount of information, so if you overload it with unnecessary data, even from the entertainment sector, this can significantly reduce your working abilities and even lead to headaches .
If you borrow time from sleep and sleep less than 8 hours, then this is bad. If you sleep 5, 4 or even two hours a day, then, as a rule, we grab this regimen for a maximum of a couple of years, then the retribution inevitably comes in the form of a sharp decrease in efficiency.
Therefore, you need to take at least 8 hours to sleep, but use it productively. Before diving into the realm of Morpheus, give yourself a task to solve some creative questions. You'll be surprised how often you wake up the next morning with solutions, or find them throughout the day.
time eaters
Time Eaters are the most dangerous enemies effective time management.We talked to a friend on the phone for 3 minutes, spent 10 minutes on VKontakte, talked to an annoying colleague for 5 minutes… and now a day has passed! And we, as usual, did not have time to do everything we wanted. Learn to identify and then avoid time wasters. These include:
- Vkontakte and other social networks.
- Talk about nothing.
- Internet surfing.
- Polite conversations.
- Answering phone calls you don't need.
- Thought chewing gum.
- “Not our” affairs, things that we, for one reason or another, are forced to do at work, but which do not relate to our immediate duties.
A moment of philosophy...
It is useful sometimes to do this philosophical exercise: imagine your entire life from birth to death in the form of a ruler or a circle. It is recommended to take the total life expectancy of 80 years. Paint over the years already lived, as well as some of the years in old age (5-10), because in these years it is no longer possible to work productively.
Sometimes it is even recommended to paint over a third or more of the remaining time, because we spend a third of the time sleeping, traffic jams. You can see how much "left" time you have. Exercise is VERY mind-clearing. You begin to live more consciously.
Video on how to use your time properly
The ability to use time correctly is a prerequisite for any success.
We are accustomed to believe that time is inexorably and incessantly moving forward. However, the aphorism of 1500 years ago says that there is no time, only we move. This statement may seem unusual, even strange. Indeed, how can you say that there is no time. After all, each of us has either a watch on the wrist that shows the time, or a smartphone, which, for greater accuracy, is completely synchronized over the network. There are a lot of dials around, and a radio with a TV, not to mention a computer, will not let us forget about the time. Well, in the end, you can look at the sun, its sunrise, movement through the sky, sunset. How can you say that there is no time.
But, in fact, the idea that time flows around us can still be absurd. One hundred years ago, Albert Einstein's theory of relativity destroyed the concept of time as a universal constant. The great scientist believed that there is no way to define events in such a way that they can be designated as occurring simultaneously.
You can also remember the words from the song: there is only a moment, between the past and the future - a moment is nothing. In other words, the present does not exist, it does not exist. The future is constantly flowing into the past. In the present, in this moment, in this nothingness, time is located, or rather the illusion of the existence of time.
That is, time is just a clock. That is, for a person, time is tangible. Only we move - biological organisms, for which time, of course, exists. And not only exists, but also acts as the main measure of life. For a person, every year lived, every five years of existence leave traces in the body (even every hour makes itself felt). Finally, it can be argued that time is the measure of every living organism. It measures the stages of its development from birth to maturity, from maturity to old age, up to its disappearance. At the same time, the life expectancy of a person relative to the age of the Universe is less than an atom compared to a large star. Therefore, according to the feelings of a person, time exists, and very little of it is allotted to all of us.
What does it mean to fully live life? This means making full use of the time given to us, that is, learning how to save it so that it is enough for a wide variety of important activities:
- for study and work
- for self-education
- for recreation and sports
- for relationships, friendship, starting a family and raising children
- for leisure and entertainment
How much time do you really use wisely?
With an average life expectancy of 72 years, a person spends 22 years sleeping, 10 years working and 6 years eating. Adding these three numbers, you will see that they are just over half of the 72's. And what happened to the rest - 34 years? It already depends on the person himself, on what he will spend them. This is how the life of every normal person is valued. You may be surprised how much time you have at your disposal! But during the same time one person can do a lot in life, and the other - almost nothing. For example, Norbert Wiener, the founder of cybernetics, devoted all his free hours to his idea. And then, when his genius was praised in society, he denied it and said that if someone else devoted all his evenings, Saturdays and Sundays to labor the way he did, he could achieve the same. If someone for 50 years (from 22 to 72) beats the buckets only two hours a day, for a year (365 days) it will be 730 hours, for 50 years - 36 thousand 500 hours, that is, more than 4 years. Incredible, isn't it? If we want to develop our abilities, the inclinations of our own personality, we need to learn how to use our time as usefully and productively as possible. Are you making full use of your time? It is not enough to say "I think so" here. It must be determined objectively. Try to keep a time schedule for a period. By writing down absolutely everything that you spend time on every day, you can adjust your own lifestyle and learn how to properly manage your time.
Time is a negative value
In the course of his life, a person notices that the astronomical year supposedly has a different duration. At the age of 25 it seems like a year, at the age of 7-8 it seems like it lasts for two years. And after 55 years - on the contrary, it seems to be reduced the further, the more.
In childhood, it seems to everyone that there is still a lot of time ahead, but with age, its number decreases and decreases. It is important to remember this from a young age and direct your efforts towards education, advanced training, health care, improvement of mental and mental abilities, study of professional literature and foreign languages- all this (not in one, of course, a year) can be done if you are a good master of your time. At the same time, properly planned time leaves the opportunity to work, and relax, and have fun. In addition, we must remember that when you get married and have children, you will have less time for yourself. And then, perhaps, you will regret more than once that you neglected the opportunities that you had in your youth, because the foundations for the comprehensive development of the individual must be laid from childhood. Without wasting time in your younger years, you can do a lot of things. If you are a schoolboy or student, use the holidays to improve your knowledge of foreign languages, and during school year read books, magazines, newspapers in the language you are learning. The acquired knowledge and experience will make your future life easier. And you will not have to regret the time lost in your youth. It is clear that at the same time you should not shy away from entertainment, the joys of life in the society of peers. You just need to realize the value of time and learn how to properly distribute it.
Free time is a great wealth
Free time is a problem that interests everyone who seeks to develop their personality, to live meaningfully. This is our great wealth. For some, free time is minutes of sweet idleness and laziness, for others it is useful work, time for self-education and social activities, for entertainment and hobbies. At the same time, it is worth distinguishing non-working time and free time. Leisure time is, so to speak, a slice of a loaf of non-working time. And the latter consists of those hours and minutes when we are not at work, that is, of the entire time, except for the working day. This includes, first of all, the time when we sleep, eat, do housework, go to and from work, that is, the troubles associated with ensuring our existence. The rest is the time that is so temptingly called free. It is this that we would like to have as much as possible, and this is due to how much of it from that very whole loaf will be cut off only by the mentioned chores.
Free time can be spent on:
- self-education (reading newspapers, magazines, books, learning)
- social activities (work in public organizations, participation in meetings, etc.)
- active recreation (dancing, walking, vacation, playing musical instruments, sports, photography, drawing, etc.)
- passive recreation (cinema, theater, concerts, radio, television, restaurants, guests)
The distribution of free time, or rather, its use, depends primarily on the qualifications and education of a person.
How to use free time
Each person has his own idea of the most appropriate use of free time, as well as individual opportunities. They depend on the type of his occupation, education, material conditions, on whether a person works in a city or in a village, etc.
But we must remember that a person who spends time in idleness daily loses part of his life. The younger the person, the more of his life time is lost, because in youth time flows much more slowly, in other words, in the same time a young person will do more than an older person. And this is provided that young people have much more free time than older people. If a person does not spend time either on work or on entertainment, therefore, it passes fruitlessly, in vain. No wonder such people are always bored. What to advise them? First of all, it is necessary that they, especially young people, understand that time is an extraordinary value. There are a thousand ways to spend your free time.
First, we need to control whether our time is being wasted. Secondly, once we realize the value of time and find out how much free time we have at our disposal with the help of non-working time, we should think carefully about how to use it best.
Who at least occasionally is not interested in how much time he spent in a week or a month on work (or study), entertainment, daily needs (washing, dressing, eating, etc.), he will never have an idea whether he uses his time, or, conversely, loses it.
If the only entertainment for you is TV or a computer game, then this is sadness. After all, it is better to devote time to something that can bring benefits and bring joy. What exactly it is - everyone determines for himself. Life is not infinite, it is limited in time. And you will never make up for what you lost today. But who said that from this moment you will not begin to live differently?
So, free time is by no means sweet idleness. It contributes to the restoration of our strength, to our comprehensive, harmonious development, and we must use it as our great wealth, which will be possible only when we live fully, diversified, properly armed with humor and good mood. Free time should not be exchanged for everyday little things and running around shopping, doing household chores. Here we need a thoughtful, clear organization. Just remember that in addition to family and work or study, you need to take care of your health, physical fitness, appearance, do not forget about the attitude towards people and communication with them, the ability to live in a team, overcome difficulties, remember about education and self-education, personal hobbies, physical education and sports, cultural entertainment, travel, etc.
Think about how you spend your free time. Anyone who has decided to engage in self-improvement, probably, with these words, will pick up a pencil and paper, a calendar and a watch. Perhaps he will be tempted, and for some period he will control his non-working time, including free time. And if at the same time he is honest with himself, he will definitely find certain reserves of free time that he can use in a new way.
