Invaluable nuggets from How to Manage Yourself by Med Serif
Self-management, according to Med Serif, demands
more than just a carefully planned schedule.
There are too many ways to waste your valuable energy.
You can waste a substantial amount of time by acquiring poor habits of
concentration, of planning, or even of thinking.
You can waste your time because you’ve let bad
eating and sleeping habits drain away your energy. The failure to use properly the
tools at hand such as the telephone or your desk will also cause you to waste
time.
There’s an answer for stopping these energy
leaks, he says.
Med adds on -
Your own mind is the most important asset you
have in achieving self-organisation. Make your mind your important ally by
trying to concentrate on improving three groups or areas of your mental
activities:
1. Improve your ability to concentrate. One tip
here: Keep distractions to a minimum.
2. Continually increase your knowledge so you
can more readily analyse ideas and problems and make right decisions.
3. Your memory is a muscle. Exercise it so you
are able to retain and recall information when it is needed.
Study and hold fast to the desire to improve.
Make resolutions to overcome bad habits, and see that you keep these
resolutions.
On the physical aids required to managing oneself, Med
has some interesting snippets for us!
An efficient office desk is an important
physical aid for you. It can save time and steps and speed the flow of your
work, he says.
Pull out any drawer in your desk. Is it really organized,
or do you have to shuffle through an assortment of cards, papers, envelopes,
and paperclips?
Here are three rules for efficient office and
desk organization -
1. Locate the most used furniture and equipment
as close as possible.
2. Make the office as attractive as possible,
but do not let it distract you.
3. Your desk should have only immediately usable
work and necessary supplies.
This helps you accomplish your work in far fewer
hours and in a more accurate and efficient manner. It will assure you that you
are making the fullest use of your God-given talents. When you achieve this
pinnacle, success will have more than monetary value. You will have achieved
satisfaction for a job well done, he quips!
To be contd…
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