"Time is your most precious gift because you only have a set amount of it. You can make more money, but you can't make more time. When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you'll never get back. Your time is your life." - Rick Warren Similar to making a new friend, we will take the time to understand time and learn how to get along. Over the next three days, we will read and go through a series of actions to train our minds to deeply understand time and cultivate beneficial friendships. Looking at the essence of productivity again (productivity = outcome/time), we need to minimize time after confirming the expected results. Many call this time management, which is to control time spending and avoid time waste. Day 1: Read about Time (30min) Time and money are essentially spiritual. It is tied up to people and our emotions. It can be long or short, fast or slow, productive or useless... It all depends on how we tame it and make it work for us. Let's dive in. Our time is limited. We have to have the right mindset of time before managing it. First, (1) time is limited. It's a simple fact our life is short and precious. We want to make the most of it. Second, (2) time is a gift. We can take our time and choose to do things important to us. Third, (3) we must be mindful of time to protect this valuable asset, use it wisely, respect others' time, and not waste time. We have to choose what to do and not do. Setting our personal goals to direct our energy to the right place is essential. If we choose not to do it ourselves, we can (4) let it go or delegate the task. The important is to set boundaries with others to keep the quality of work and stay on the right path. If we decide to take action, we can (5) create a to-do list, organize or group tasks for batch processing, and use methods such as the Eisenhower Decision Matrix (6) to prioritize. We also need to (7) make these decisions promptly. Otherwise, we will also waste time making choices. We need to be mindful of how to use our time. It would be best to find the right time to perform a task. The 5-minute rule tells us it is more efficient to (8) complete a job right away when we can get it done in 5 minutes. Otherwise, we would (9) block time to start work with no procrastination and (10) plan a daily routine to work at the most efficient moment. We need to (11) avoid multitasking and stay focused on one task at a time. Based on Parkinson's Law-work expands to fill the time given to complete it-we can (12) set a time limit for each assignment to avoid procrastination and ensure efficient execution. We discussed 12 time management tips. Can you recall all of them? Refresh your memory and try to repeat them. Day 2: Practice Time Management Meditation (30min) Try to set aside 5 minutes 4 times to review what we have discussed. Then take a 1-minute medication to think about 12 productivity tips. Ask yourself, does it make sense? How can I make use of it? Check our time management meditation as follows:  Day 3: Practice 1~2 tips in the day (30min)
Practice some of the tips discussed earlier today. Then, use the 30min the end of the day to write down your thoughts or answer one or all of the following questions:
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