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Think about a question first: Have you ever spent a lot of time doing something, but the results are not proportional to the time spent?

Today, I shares two short stories with you:

In a company, a supervisor is complaining to the boss: "Why do you spend 2 to 3 times more time than others when you assign a subordinate to do something?"

The boss said to the supervisor: "What do you say when you hand over the matter, say to me once?"

The supervisor said: "I told him to do the details in detail, and then asked him to implement it."

So the boss said: "The next time you hand over the office, you will be sure to give him a deadline to give it a try . The time given can be very tight and does not matter. "

Sure enough, after the deadline, the execution efficiency of the subordinates is 2 to 3 times higher, and even a very tight time is put forward, and the subordinates can find a way to complete it quickly.

The key to their problem is that if there is no time limit, there will always be plenty of time for the progress , so slowly drag, arrange other things forward, or spend time on other chores.

Talk about another story

A few days ago, I talked to a friend who started my own business how to improve my work efficiency.

She summed up her management method over the years:

"I limit myself to working only 3 hours a day."

This sentence is very easy at first glance. It seems that it does not require much work. In fact, the things that should be done have not decreased.

But by giving yourself time constraints, you will force yourself to distinguish the importance of things, analyze the value of each job , focus on important things and priorities, and do things that are not good at outsourcing and can be done through the time of buying others, and finally let higher efficiency.

From the above two examples, you can learn 2 things:

1. "Restriction" will bring "efficiency"

Most people don't like rules or restrictions, and hope that it's best not to be freely controlled by anyone.

But contrary to many people’s perceptions, "restrictions" can actually bring tremendous strength and value.

Whether it's a time limit or a resource limitation, because there are limits, we will be creative and think about ways to improve.

There used to be a Ted speech about how people work when they are procrastinating. The key solution is to add time constraints and force the brain to return to rational operation through restrictions.

I have a focus on finishing a book, read: Learn how delays occur.

2. "No limit" is usually equal to "stop thinking"

When time or resources are not limited, we will never be creative when solving problems, or even waste natural resources at your fingertips.

If a meeting is scheduled within 30 minutes, all participants will focus on the agenda and focus. If there is no limit on the meeting time, the subject will often be diverged and the discussion will have no goals.

If you plan the monthly living expenses, you will think about how to use it more efficiently in terms of expenditure. If you don't plan, you will probably have shopping impulses if you feel that the bank has the money to pay for it.

Many high-level managers, when arranging their own time, will cut the work into meetings for one hour or even half an hour, so that he must force himself to think about how to achieve each goal in a limited time.

I have to add it here,

Many people think that waste is a bad thing, but it is not necessarilyIf it is a waste of cheap resources, but can be exchanged for other precious resources, it is a good thing.

For example, waste cheap power, switch to computer computing power or bright lighting, or waste cheap oil, and switch to fast traffic mobility. Even if it is a waste of time, it is not a bad thing if it is something that is valuable to your life.

On the other hand, if it is simply unrestricted waste, for example, what can be done in 2 hours can be completed in 5 hours, it is just inefficient.

In short, the restriction does not mean that you limit the number of sheets of toilet paper used each time you go to the toilet, nor do you want to turn off the lights to save energy, but to give resources to your goals.

"Restrictions generate power and freedom leads to death." - Da Vinci

"A person who cannot restrain himself cannot be called a free person." - Pythagoras

Finally, I will help you quickly summarize:

1. If you feel that you are not efficient, try to add some restrictions to yourself.

2. Once there is no limit, people will stop thinking

3. Waste is not necessarily a bad thing, the key is whether there is more benefit behind waste.

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