The study of time management has a long history. Just like human society from agricultural revolution to industrial revolution to information revolution, time management theory can be divided into four generations.

(1) The first generation theory focused on using notes and memos to allocate time and energy during busy hours.

(2) The second generation emphasizes calendars and schedules, reflecting that time management has noticed the importance of planning for the future.

(3) The third generation is a popular and priority concept. That is to say, set short, medium and long-term goals according to priorities, and then make plans to achieve them day by day, allocate limited time and energy, and strive for the highest efficiency. This approach has its advantages. However, it has also been found that over-emphasis on efficiency and the collapse of time will have the opposite effect, making people lose the opportunity to enhance their feelings, meet their personal needs and enjoy unexpected happiness. So many people give up this rigid way of time management and go back to the previous two generations to maintain their quality of life.

(4) There is a fourth generation theory. Different from the past, it fundamentally denies the word "time management" and advocates that the key lies not in time management, but in personal management. Instead of focusing on the arrangement of time and affairs, it is better to focus on maintaining the balance between output and capacity.

Time requirements can be balanced [1].

1. Carefully consider the work plan-determine the specific means and methods to achieve the work objectives, and arrange the process and steps of the objectives.

2. Be good at assigning and delegating some tasks to others to improve work efficiency.

3. Make a work plan, sort out and classify the affairs, and arrange them according to their priorities.

4. Provide reserved time for the plan and master certain methods and skills to deal with accidents or interference; Prepare emergency plan

1, daily schedule and priority [1].

2. Be able to process documents.

3. Ensure that the working speed can keep up with the target or deadline.

4. Keep a good mood, even in the face of sudden needs.

If it is not the right time to receive uninvited guests, you can quickly and firmly ask informal visitors to come back later.

6. Set aside some time every day for those who "drop in".

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They can arrange themselves and others to quickly adapt to any major changes in workload and rearrange their priorities. They may regard personal scheduling as the first tool in the time management toolkit. They are easily aware of the need to consider the fluctuation of the ongoing workload and the changing deadline, and may reorganize their work to achieve the best results [1].

The performance of underachievers shows that they spend little or no time to organize their work tasks systematically, and tend to deal with neighboring tasks that lack planning and foresight. They usually try to start the next or seemingly most urgent work in person, but are not good at organizing others to finish it [1].

Underachievers need to realize that people, resources, goals, deadlines and available time should be combined in order to achieve appropriate results. Underachievers need to use their personal priorities and realize that there is always an optimal order when dealing with a series of future tasks [1].

1. Force yourself to spend at least a few minutes every day and write down the important tasks to be completed in a day or a week with pen and paper.

2. Make sure that your daily or weekly planned and unplanned activities are included in the schedule and rescheduled if necessary.

3. Establish a system to ensure that you can easily find what you need to do. Carefully consider the goals and deadlines of the plan.

4. Don't make a commitment until you see the total workload and figure out how much reorganization is necessary.

To realize that your ability is limited, you may need to use others to achieve your goal or complete your task.