FEATURE
Secret Techniques for Getting Your Job Done Smoothly
The Secrets to Achieving Results: Three Rules for Mastering Time Management
Why
do you work slowly? — The cause lies in the lack of purpose
A
questionnaire survey of 200 businesspeople: They are extremely busy due to the
recent economic recovery coupled with the labor shortage as a result of head-count
reduction
Don’t take all the work upon yourself
Creating a mechanism that can work without you: Accuracy can also be improved
through an effective division of labor
Standardize work processes
Compiling work procedures and practices in a manual and distributing
work to subordinates: Concentrate on meaningful and productive work that generates added
value
Reduce the amount of work
Halving the number of tasks by exercising hypothetical thinking: The speed of
problem-solving increase by several fold
Lead others
Don’t generate “blank” waiting times: Effective
e-mail techniques double the speed of your work
Know your limits
The learned wisdom of a sales representative
who pushed himself to the point where “flames flew from his back”: His habit of procrastination has been overcome by using morning and evening hours
skillfully
Persuade bosses and subordinates, even if you have to beg and
plead
Advice from a career public servant who has successfully increased
the speed of his work thanks to child-rearing, not in spite of it: There are ways to ensure
that you leave work on time
Things that wise people would certainly do
Avoiding a flood of work: There are ways to pretend you are busy
Use your money to buy time
Reforming the hectic lifestyle of a two-income family during child-rearing
years by using homemaker services: Don’t allow the stress of household chores
to snowball
Useful hints for when you feel like getting away from work: 30 methods for
refreshing your spirit
Books to read when you want to review the way you work: 12 books that show
you how to achieve results efficiently
According to a survey, one out of four businesspeople in their 30s works more
than 60 hours a week and has higher risk of dying from overwork. Competent
people tend to overwork, so they must learn not to push themselves too hard. |
