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8 Tips to save 10 more minutes daily for you
Many friends always complain that time flies too fast without noticed. In fact, there are always minutes or hours can be saved for us. But before introducing how to save time every day, we shall know one principle that is “every little make a nickel“. Here I will list some simple and effective tips on save 10 more minutes every day.
1 make plan
“Fail to plan is plan to fail”. To make a plan for a new day needs not much time, but it will save us more time (10? 20? or more minutes). Sometimes, you even only need to list 1 to 6 important things to do for a day, other things need no considering. In fact, much of our time is wasted on not knowing what the right thing is for next step.
2 Do some exercises
“Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood“. We all know that best body state will bring high efficiency on work, but we tend to forget that exercises will make us come into better body state easily.
3. Create a non-distractions time
Every day, we are affected by many distractions from various sources: phone call, email, IM, visit, unexpected things and so on. We can say that we shall try to train ourselves immune to these distractions, but is it better to create a non-distractions time? Perhaps this time slot is short, for example only one hour. Close the door and phone get offline, etc. I always treasure this time slot and complete the most important things for me.
4. Try to be an early riser
“The early bird catches the worm“. Getting up early means we naturally have a non-distractions time. And at the same time, we have more time then people who get up late, that is to say, we will have more chances.
Many people like to work late to the night, of course, this is ok. But it is reported that keeping early hours is good to health.
5. Group similar tasks
Doing similar tasks back to back is a good idea to save time. It is always a time cost to shift from one task to another, especially when these two tasks have not many similarities.
6. Use a countdown timer
A countdown timer will remind us of time left. I always set 15 minutes as the interval for trifles and 40 more minutes a time for big and important things. Many of us always experience lapse in attention unconsciously, which can be easily eliminated by using countdown timer.
7 Make use of waiting time
We always have to wait for someone or something. The waiting time is also another source for saving time. If prepared well, we can enjoy a new story, a new song, call someone, read some emails or make some decisions and so on.
8. Take time journal
A good time journal is the start of good use of time. Many of us always spend too much time on web surfing, relaxing and so on. Through making time journal, we can find and remove some unnecessary tasks, reduce time spent on non-important things, compare when we can have better efficiency.
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9 famous sayings you should know on simplify
“Simplicity is the outward sign and symbol of depth of thought.” —— Lin Yutang
“Very often, people confuse simple with simplistic. The nuance is lost on most.” —— Clement Mok
“The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed – it is a process of elimination.” —— Elbert Hubbard
“You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.” ——Vernon Howard
“Live simply that others might simply live.” —— Elizabeth Seaton
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” —— Confucius
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak” —— Hans Hofmann
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” —— Leonardo da Vinci
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” —— Albert Einstein
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3 tips to create a more efficient morning time
To many friends especially early risers, morning time is very important and valued. morning time period is also a high efficiency time zone and plays an important role in creating a happy and satisfying day. We are always wanting to have a good day with high productivity, then let us begin from the morning. Here I am honored to share 3 simple steps to boost the efficiency of the morning time.
1 begin a day with a gratitude list
We all know that a good state of mind will bring a high efficiency. In that state, we feel we are powerful, dedicated, confident and god-blessed. Gratitude is one of the most important sources for good mood. In nowadays, we are able to complete our goals or work with much help from many persons. We shall delibe-rately thank them because when we are in a state of gratitude, we are adjusting ourselves focus on the good things which will purify our mind, fill our heart with love and peace. From the view of law of attraction, when we are making gratitude list, we are sending out most powerful positive vibrations and attracting more of the same good things back to us. In my experience, I can always make me feel good from making gratitude list and it is always a good signal to enter high efficiency state.
2 List or review the plan for today
Time always flies without noticed. Successful people are not always those work longer than ordinary people, instead, they have clear goals and dedicated actions, that is to say, they know where they want to go and where they are going. Morning is the start of new day and infinite chances, so if we grasp the time from the beginning, we are in half the battle.
Listing or reviewing plans is a good action in the morning. With this action done, we have decided that we will try to put anything aside except the goal-related things. Little things done to waste time, we are certain to be higher efficient.
3 begin from the MIT(Most Important Things)
If there is still some time left for the morning, we can first begin from the MIT(most important things). We can pick out one MIT and begin working on it. It is possible that we can’t complete it in the morning zone, but it will help us building up confidence on completing MITs and managing time. The more important for us is that we are doing the right thing which directly leads to our success.
There is a saying said that a good start is the half of the success. Grasp the morning time tightly and create a perfect day with satisfying productivity.
Do you have more good ideas to boost morning time? Please present them in the comment and I am looking forward your suggestions.