Suppose you get off work at 5: 30. If the arrangement is reasonable, you can start your "No Disturbance Time" at 6: 30 at the earliest and 7: 00 at the latest. You can sleep at 1 1 at night, and you can use it for at least 4 hours. This time can be used to do anything you want, such as study, part-time job, exercise and so on. According to the above arrangement, you can calculate for yourself how much more time you have than others each year. In fact, it is not difficult to achieve this state. That's what I did.

First of all, we should integrate the fragmented time into large blocks of time. Mainly from two aspects: living and eating.

If you rent a house (even if you have a room), try to be close to the place where you work, which can save a lot of time and energy. Think about it. After working during the day, I am as tired as a dog. If you squeeze for an hour or two after work, you will become a dead dog when you get home, and you will have no energy to do other things at all.

You said you could use the time on the road? Yes, but because of driving or crowded cars, the efficiency will be much lower and the forms will be limited (basically only listening). These times are fragmented and can be used, but they are only suitable for obtaining information.

So, if the rented house is far away from the company, don't save the rent and move. In order to save the time spent on transportation, I changed my house. The rent has doubled, the area is much smaller and the environment is much worse, but believe me, it's all worth it.

In terms of food, if the ability improvement does not include cooking, it is better to solve it outside. Usually, as long as you choose a restaurant with fast service and guaranteed hygiene, it will take half an hour at most. Many friends are very resistant to this and think it is bad for your health. I agree. So we have to find a better restaurant instead of eating fast food all day. Take Guangzhou as an example. 50 yuan near Tianhe City can already have a good meal, and its hygiene, environment and taste are guaranteed.

Of course, eating out can never catch up with eating at home. Now there are many recipes suitable for singles on the Internet, many of which are quick and delicious. Friends who are interested in cooking can try them.

Besides these two aspects, there are other ways to save time, not just spare time. For example, instead of spending a lot of time downloading e-books, it is better to place an order directly online, but this is just a fast food; For example, instead of chatting with friends on WeChat, it is better to make a phone call and ask questions immediately, which is kind and convenient. Speaking of which, you may have found that these means are nothing more than exchanging money for time. We do this because the value of time is much greater than we think. If the money is gone, we can make it again. If time is gone, it is really gone. From this point of view, we can think that "self-improvement" is essentially an investment behavior, the cost is these "bought time"+"money spent on buying time"+"efforts made to improve ourselves", and the return is the income obtained from work in the future, which is very cost-effective in the long run. Time is money, which is absolutely correct. If you are interested, you might as well calculate how much money you lose every day.

In addition, when we have time, we should try to focus on what is really meaningful, otherwise, we will make the hard-won chunks of time become fragmented again. From the past experience, in the current environment, the network is an important reason for time fragmentation. Many people hope to solve this problem by disconnecting the internet, but it is often difficult to achieve. Moreover, in the Internet age, there is no need to put yourself in a completely closed environment. In fact, what we need is not to leave the network, but to cultivate the ability not to be distracted by the network (or other affairs). You know, the network can help us improve efficiency, but it is only a tool to improve efficiency. Frankly speaking, I really can't think of any self-improvement projects that must be carried out under the network environment. Even when I was studying network technology, I solved it by building a virtual network in a virtual machine (well, the fact is that I can't afford Cisco equipment to do experiments), so those remarks that "I need to study online" are all excuses! I suggest you experience a life without network control. You will find that after only a few days of adaptation, the information anxiety will gradually disappear, and we are in the mood to think about the philosophy of life and the future of the universe.

Next, let's discuss the question of "what to promote".

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Second, what aspects need to be improved?

"Self-improvement" is actually a very "self-improvement" thing. There is no difference between good and bad and right and wrong, only differences in personality. We should combine our own actual situation, analyze the problems existing in our work and life, and look forward to the future development direction, so as to have a general idea. In terms of universality, I suggest that we consider it from the following directions.

Health: This is the most easily overlooked thing when people are young, but it is actually the most important thing. Don't you see that countless middle-aged uncles are regretting this? If someone refuses to accept it, I ask, "Can you afford it?"

Skills required for the current position: It is always the most important to do what is in front of you first. Salespeople learn how to communicate, and project managers learn project management.

Skills needed for promotion: If you don't know, then observe what your immediate supervisor will do. If you think he doesn't know anything, keep watching.

Skills reserved for future development: plan a day earlier and you will be more relaxed. Do more accumulation for the future and wait for the day of accumulation. For example, if you want to start a business in the future, you need to understand and practice knowledge and skills in management, manpower, finance, communication, industry and so on. Of course, the earlier you start these preparations, the better.

Basic skills that can be used anytime, anywhere: These skills are excellent, and no matter where you go or what you do, they will not be too bad. Such as communication, office software, way of thinking, logic, learning ability and so on.

The above classification is for reference, and the priority is from high to low. Let's take a look at the specific implementation method.

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Third, how to improve

Very simple, it is six words: "Learn more, do more and think more".

Learn more

We have been learning since we were born, but many people have lost the will to learn when they are adults, and they have stopped at a certain level forever, and they can never see the wider world, so those who are willing to continue learning and will learn at the same time are undoubtedly happy. There are many ways to learn, and there are two most effective ones. One is to consult others, and the other is to study.

Consulting others is the most direct way. You can constantly question, think and learn in the process of communication. This is the most efficient way to learn. Colleagues, teachers, bosses, peers and all those who are better than us can be the targets of consultation. The experience value of communicating with cattle people is the same as that of opening and hanging, so if there is such an opportunity, everyone must make good use of it.

One advantage of reading is that the scope is particularly wide. The process of reading is also a process of exchanging ideas with the author. Although the efficiency is not as high as speaking, the advantage is that there are many people who can communicate. Just open a few books and you can communicate with masters of different times, races, viewpoints and fields at the same time. Only reading can bring you this experience.

Besides these two kinds, there are many other ways of learning, such as attending classes or reading various articles (refer to Learning Pyramid). In short, everyone can learn as long as they have the heart, and they can learn under any circumstances (so don't make excuses to buy a three-piece set of fruit).

Do more (things)

Through study, we can master a lot of theoretical knowledge, but the combination of theory and practice is valuable. Guiding practice with theory will not only make practice more efficient, but also make theory more profound and thorough. Speaking of improving ability, what should we do? The following tips are for reference:

Do more high-value transactions and abandon those low-value transactions: a simple way to judge the value of a transaction is to look at how much mechanical repetitive labor there is, because the gold content of creative labor is always the highest. Another way is to see if it can directly bring obvious benefits. Generally speaking, the more direct, the higher the gold content of the transaction, and of course the higher the difficulty.

Try to be "lazy" when doing it: theory, a powerful weapon, can help us do things smarter, so don't make silly efforts and use the theoretical knowledge you have learned to improve efficiency.

Do something new: sometimes, it is inevitable that there will be a lot of repetitive work. At this time, you can consider doing something creative, so that you can not only find more ways to solve the problem, but also make yourself not bored.

Doing well: In fact, it is the professionalism emphasized by Kenichi Ohmae. If you can make do with everything, it will be a waste of time and your ability will not be improved.

Think more.

Learning without thinking is useless. Only by thinking more and thinking independently can we effectively apply theory to practice. Thinking is actually very interesting and addictive, especially when you know a lot of thinking methods and use various methods and tools to analyze a problem. At this time, you will not only have a sense of accomplishment in solving problems, but also have a sense of intellectual superiority. Thinking is essentially a means to improve information utilization. When reading a book, everyone receives the same amount of information, but some people forget after reading it. Some people write reading notes, others analyze opinions. Everyone's final harvest must be different. The difference is that the depth of thinking leads to different utilization rates of information.

The topic of thinking is too big to say, and only a few tips can be pieced together here.

Think more about "why" in everything: most practical problems are hidden in a series of "why". As long as the problem is identified, it is usually easy to find a solution.

Think more about the future: if we can think from a historical perspective, it will help us look down on life from a higher place.

Try to output your own thoughts: for example, answer questions, write articles, tell others on Zhihu, and so on. This is the best way to train your thinking ability, otherwise it can only be called a flash of light, and then you will forget it.