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No matter what, if you find that you continue to be in a passive state, then you have to stop and think how passive to active. I do not like is a very passive person, so, for any passive state, I have to "inversion of control", tried every way to become active.
I have always said, time is life's most valuable asset, and today I come to talk about the topic of time management with you.
About time management, was at the time working for foreign companies, a highly specialized training, I have summed up their own way at work. Time management is very important, because time flies so fast, so fast that you can not stand a little bit, but seemingly busy year in which we seem to have not done too many things, especially so that he can grow thing.
So there is a saying, God is fair, giving everyone the same amount of time, while others can make good use of their time, some people do not make good use of their time. Over time, the gap between man and man is getting bigger.
Before (time geeks column) articles and you said before, I can still find a lot of time in the intensity of the work situation to learn and improve themselves, mainly large extent desire to learn. Today, I want to talk to you, in addition to his passion for something, and how are we to manage their time.
But, in truth, in the timing, I grew up in a relatively good today relative to the environment, to name a few examples.
That's not a smart phone, do not work in real-time chat tool. Now, many companies will have a number of group chat, everyone can send the information to all people, regardless of whether this matter is relevant to you. But this information did not like the message according to the message header polymerization, or by setting the automatic classification rules ...... So you work in a chaotic environment of information, but also continue to be disturbed, constantly being interrupted.
That time, people come to me to a meeting, we need to give me an invitation to the meeting, and when the Conference invitation, will find my free time on the calendar to set the meeting. So, I can arrange a lot of work on my calendar and share it through email (Outlook or Gmail have this function). In this way, people will not consciously I have scheduled time to come to me.
Today, I see a lot of companies contact us directly on the micro letter. If you reply to slow, direct phone call back, call you directly go to the meeting. Unlike in my day, the boss gave temporary staff meetings also ask employees do not have time, but now the work environment without even asking, direct one, you come here.
That time, the work is very plan arrangements. Remember, when working at Reuters, managers say, if you work 70 percent of the time can be spent on project development, be very efficient, in general, the normal value is about 50%. In the Amazon, when each meeting will be meeting to discuss the matter of printing out 10 minutes before everyone was reading the document, and then direct the discussion, the meeting basically remained at about half an hour.
This may benefit foreign right, top to bottom all know that time management is very important, therefore, from management to executive level will do a good job trying to help programmers focus on development work. Include as much as possible is not in session, will not open long, requirements and design are to demonstrate a long time before deciding to do it or not, the project management will help you take your time to handle the additional work is also included, will put you in learning into account for calculating the time spent. Therefore, the time can be effectively managed and arranged on the entire organization. Nothing like today's domestic Internet companies.
So, I used to manage your time is relatively easy, however, and now people are really working environment is not conducive to management. However, I would like to talk about how to manage your time, hope to help you.
Active Management
No matter what, if you find that you continue to be in a passive state, then you have to stop and think how passive to active. Because the work in a passive way, you are impossible to do a good job, no matter what. I do not like is a very passive person, so, for any passive state, I have to "inversion of control", tried every way to become active.
If you find that your time is always interrupted by someone else, then you have to tell you what time period I do, please do not bother me. I used to see a foreigner in a foreign country in their own station hung a banner that read, "is trying to write the code, do not interrupt ......" And when I was working in the Amazon, Amazon also allows employees want not to the company but can work from home (work from home) when immersed in work. I sometimes fear of being interrupted in Ali's time, so I will go to another building to find an empty station work.
Today, I think you can do it, you can tell in advance everyone in the group, I was a few to a few points to do a thing without a break, the group does not see any micro-channel or nails during this chat will not take any phone, please do not bother me. But also learn about the foreigners I've ever seen, do not bother me a banner to hang in their own station. Mute flesh out all the bother.
In addition, it can be modeled previously set work schedule in Outlook way, your work schedule can be pre-set to a shared calendar, and then share with everyone, so that we understand your schedule. In this way, you can let your colleagues and bosses can have a Puer in advance, but will not want to interrupt you will interrupt you.
You can even ask your colleagues, the important thing, not to micro letter, but to send a message, because there is a great probability of micro-channel can not see. As a result, you no longer have a lot of information in a chat big man meat of data mining, and to find information about you.
Information management is really very important, as well classify information, it is convenient retrieval, allowing you to process the information through their own priorities. And now it seems, the only messages to be able to better fulfill (e-mail can help you through polymerization message header, you can set up rules to automate a lot of the mail classification, can also help you set up automated responses).
In other words, you have to actively manage is not your time, but managing your colleagues, your management information.
Learn to say "no."
It says how to proactively manage your time. But that just makes you have a chunk of time to focus on work. However, this does not help you solve the problem of lack of time. For example, many companies now always work schedule was very tight, put the needs of today, tomorrow can not wait on the line, which is why today the severity of overtime that time also more serious than I am. I think, now, many companies have no respect for science and objective laws, and if he were to manage pregnant, I think they can not wait to take a 10-month production period shortened to two months.
So, in this case, you have to learn to say "no" or even to learn to say no to the boss something. In fact, this is the ability to "up management".
Previously received foreign training management, that there is a "Never Say No" - Never Say Never. Yes it is, to say "no" would create distance and distrust. So, this is true, never say no. But obviously you can not do, can not say no, it should be how to do it? There's know-how as follows.
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When you are faced with impossible demands, you do not say this demand can not do. In particular, you do not immediately say, you have to think about, so let people think you want to do, but after careful thought, you can not do that, and do it gives you a feel of the program . The trick here is that - given another program you can do, rather than the other programs directly rejected out.
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When you are faced with overly complex needs, you do not say no. You have to ask, why do this? What is the purpose of this is? When complete understanding of the purpose, you can give yourself a plan, or discussed in a cost-effective and each other better solution. You can reply said that the demand for good complex, we can not be the first to do this, do that, it will be more economical to. The trick here is - I do not say that I can not fully satisfy you, but I said I could meet you part.
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When you are faced with not enough time to complete the requirements, you do not say no. Since the other party to pressure you, you still find a way to put the pressure back, or let the other party and to share with you this pressure.
This time, my usual way is to give back to the three options:. A I can work overtime to complete, but I do not guarantee good quality, bug you have to recognize, and afterwards you give me a month's time to repay. b. I can work overtime, but also to ensure the quality, but I could not complete so many needs, you can reduce the number? c. I can do all the quality and quantity requirements, however, you can give me two weeks time?
The trick here is - I can not say no, but I want to conditionally say yes. And I want you to give me the pressure and then turn back to you, it seems to me to select the demand side, in fact, I grasp the initiative.
It is to learn to say "no" approach. Plainly, you have to learn "under a proactive approach to unreasonable thing bargain." Only learned to say "no", you will be able to control your time.
Overtime and meetings
Domestic companies and foreign companies have a very different thing is a lot of overtime and a lot of long meetings. I have seen many domestic companies, whether large or small start-up companies are like this. Honestly, I can understand that things can not understand. On the one hand, I can understand why there are so many meetings and overtime, the main reason is the manager in the management of low-level use only by labor-intensive way to do things.
On the other hand, I can not understand is, overtime and length of the meeting of foreign companies did not look like domestic companies, they do much better than Chinese companies. In domestic companies, bosses desperate to see the team in overtime, will be very happy, and in the foreign company, the boss desperate to see the team in overtime, the team must feel what went wrong, the boss would be more anxiety.
So, for the body is in such environment, we should be how to manage their time, or to gain time to yourself? Honestly, elegant action in a hostile environment, is basically an impossible thing. I have experienced such a thing, I have no good way. However, I can share a few of my practices with you.
For things to work overtime, except as said above, learn how to say "no", but I found a lot of time reasons causing overtime is a vicious circle. In other words, because of overtime to dry out the poor quality of the software, so much the fault line, it takes time to process, but the demand came back, found poor scalability complex code, the slower the more dry, more dry the more rotten, the more dry the more the fault. So, you'll be complaining more and more.
Here, I think, if how to do to be hurt, then two evils choose the light. You have to learn to compare a large project delays harm, damage or large fault line, it is a good first bitter sweet, or good backlog, clever you should be able to make the right judgments.
For the meeting, I think most of today would have opened the wrong. At the meeting throws the problem, or open-ended questions, and then the public that goes, rational woman and she said, either you free play, all kinds of stray wandering, and finally does not have any answers. Meeting, not to discuss the issue, but to discuss the program, not to have a meeting topics, but to have the motion.
Therefore, as a participant, if you find that there is no motion, I went to the sea to say, then you have two options, jumped out to help you manage a reason, or it can be said that, if discussed at the meeting is unclear, or first line under discussion, we have come to review the program. Perhaps some of you can not do that at the meeting, but some will be so dry you are. These can affect you a lot of time to fight.
Well, to sum up. Today I share with you a few main method can gain more time for themselves, such as active management time, learn to say "no", and the face of overtime and lengthy sessions of high intensity, such as how to deal with and resolve. Because I think only time will use the initiative in their own hands in order to make better use of time, to work more efficiently. So, this is a very critical time management thing!