1, Mr. Deng Zhongxia, an early revolutionary in China, set a strict study time for himself when he was studying at Peking University. In order not to be disturbed by others, he simply wrote a "five-minute talk" note and posted it on his desk. When the visiting guests see this note, they will leave immediately if there is nothing important. Some guests even got inspiration from him. They took the time to study and stopped wasting time.

2. Balzac wrote more than 90 works and created more than 2,000 different types of characters in his 20-year writing career. His creative schedule is: "Working from midnight to noon, that is, sitting in a round chair 12 hours, trying to revise and create, then proofreading from noon to four o'clock, eating at five o'clock, sleeping at five thirty, and getting up at midnight to work."

3. A young painter asked the great painter Connor for advice with his works. Connor pointed out several points that he was dissatisfied with. "Thank you!" The young painter said, "I will revise everything tomorrow." Connor asked excitedly, "Why tomorrow? Do you want to change it tomorrow? What if you die tonight? "

When Shakespeare became an official actor, the plague began to spread in Europe and the theater was forced to close. During the two years of extreme economic depression, Shakespeare took time to read a lot of books, sorted out notes of various periods and began to write new plays. When Britain's economy recovered and performances flourished again, Shakespeare's plays became very popular and he became the most outstanding actor.

Lu Xun spends all his time drinking coffee and talking about the open space of work and study. When he was in Beijing, he hung a couplet in his bedroom and study, which contained two poems by Qu Yuan, a great poet in ancient China. The first couplet is' eat according to the environment, but don't push it' (you don't worry when you see the sunset), and the second couplet is' I'm afraid to go to the cuckoo again one year later to crow early'.

6. Sima Guang often studies late. When he is tired of reading, he will sleep for a while, but when he sleeps, he will turn over. When he rolls over, the pillow will roll to one side, and then his head will touch the board. Such a vibration will wake him up. So he immediately put on his clothes, lit a candle and continued reading. Later, he named this log pillow "Police Pillow".

7. Churchill, one of the three giants in World War II, worked 17 hours a day on average, and ten secretaries were busy all day. In order to improve the efficiency of slow government agencies, Churchill also formulated a system. He put a sign "Let's act today" on the walking sticks of those officials who were slow to act.