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如何有效地进行时间管理，是每个人的职场必修课。时间管理本身不在于时间，而是在于如何善用及分配自己的时间。每个人一天的时间都是相同的，成功人士能够巧妙利用琐碎时间、合理安排工作计划而拥有更高的效率。如何将一天的时间超过二十四小时？EF英孚教育职场发展部的Annie导师用三个简单而有效的方法，帮你做好时间管理,做一个高效的人。

 

 1) Set up reasonable work goals, and give priority to important and urgent items. People who have good time management skills will make a to-do list in regards to their workload every day and set priorities based on four focused principles: important & urgent events; important, but not urgent events; unimportant, but urgent events, and finally, unimportant, and not urgent events. Finishing your tasks according to this principle can help you improve your work efficiency.

 

合理定制工作目标，优先处理重要紧急的事情。善于管理时间的人会把每天要做的事情列个清单，确定优先次序:（1）重要紧急、（2）重要不紧急、（3）紧急不重要、（4）不重要不紧急，以此按照事情的重要和紧急程度来安排时间完成，有效提高了办事效率。

 

 Example：Ava is the secretary to a foreign company’s president. Even though she has a heavy workload and a lot of complex things to deal with every day, she can easily cope with them and finish them in an orderly manner. The reason for this is that she will clear her mind every morning before she starts work. She will then spend 10 minutes to make a schedule and label various tasks in order of importance. She gives priority to important and urgent projects, which also have closer deadlines. This habit helps Ava to complete tasks effectively with high quality. She will soon be promoted to Office Manager.

 

例如：Ava是一家外企的董事长秘书，工作多且繁琐，但她都能够轻松应对有条理地完成，原因在于她每天早上开始工作前都会首先理清思路，然后花10分钟制定一份工作计划，将各项任务按照重要紧急程度归类，优先处理重要紧急且截止日期较近的项目，这一习惯帮助Ava高效、有质量地处理各项任务，她也很快会被提升为首席秘书长。

 

2)Apply the Pareto Principle, which is also called Principle of Least Effort. You regard it as a reminder that you put 80% of your effort to deal with the 20% of things that you consider most important. Only 20% of things need you to spend most of your time and effort to finish, which can lead you to the path of success. We all have limited time and energy. Therefore, you should give more focus to the right things that give the biggest return.

 

二八原则又叫最省力法则：你应当将它作为一个提示器，每天提醒你将主要80%的精力放在最重要20%的事情上。只有20%的事情，才是你最应该花费时间和精力去努力完成的，它们也是你成功的最重要部分；每个人的时间和精力都是有限的，所以不仅仅是工作，而应做到的是在正确的事情上巧工作。

 

Example: Jake is a sales person in a foreign company. Every month, he would sort tables, contact important customers and analyse sales report for the department at his own initiative. After half a year, he accumulated a lot of customer information and discovered that most of the departmental revenue came from 20% of the customers. Slowly, Jake began to spend most of his energy on the 20% of customers who had the most potential. He then became the sales champion every month. He could take his extra time he now has to conduct new staff orientation. Now he has become a favourable manager candidate of the company.

 

例如：Jake是某外企销售，他每个月都会整理、联络其重要客户并且主动分析部门销售报表，半年时间下来，他积累了大量的重要客户并掌握了大部分的收益都来自于20%的客户。慢慢地，Jake会将自己的主要精力集中于最具有潜力的20%客户上，每个月的销售冠军非他莫属；他还可以抽出时间给部门新来的同事进行培训，成为公司重点培养的销售经理候选人。

 

3) Change your working habits and arrange your time according to your own habits and working pace. Most people always use their intuition to improve things that are usually thought of as being inefficient. Therefore, it is important to record what is the best condition both of your mental and physical status. Arrange the most important work schedule in this period of time, so that you get twice the result with half the effort.

 

改变个人的工作习惯，并根据个人的不同习惯和节奏安排时间。很多人在做事情时常常会运用自己熟悉直觉的方法去做，但通常并不是自己最有效的方法。因此，记录自己脑力体力状态最佳时期就显得尤为重要，把最紧要的事情安排在这个时间，在精力充沛的情况下专心工作就会事半功倍。

 

Example: Alex was highly efficient in his work. He didn’t only need to write an internet series for his blog, but also had time to accompany his family and go exercise. Many people asked him for advice about time management. He taught people to use their short spare time to organize their thoughts. It was good to work when you were in a good mood because a clear mind and quick thinking could help improve work efficiency. If Alex felt tired or felt unable to concentrate on his work, he would take the opportunity to relax through activities such as going to Gym or accompanying his family out. Then he would get back to work with a better mindset.

 

例如：Alex工作起来效率很高，既要赶写大V博客网络连载，又可以抽出时间去健身陪家人出游。很多人向他请教时间管理的秘诀，他教大家用零碎时间去整理自己的思路，趁着自己精神好的时候埋头工作，头脑清醒，思维敏捷，效率自然就随之而提高；如果感觉疲劳或者力不从心时，Alex就会适当放松自己，换一个频道去健健身，陪家人打打球，然后以最佳状态重新回到工作中。

 

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