Proactive to survive and excel in the age of competition
Sunday, 22 July 2007
M A Islam
ABRAHAM Lincon said, "Never put off tomorrow what you can do today". Today, after many years of the death of Abraham Lincon, there are people who will even go one step further: “Never put off for next hour what you can do this hour”.
If you can do things on time, you will suffer very little. And if you can do things ahead of time, life will be easy like anything.
When you are working ahead of time, you don't know how much of benefits you will enjoy.
Your teacher has given you an assignment which is due seven days later. If you do it today, the next five days you can check, recheck and further modify your assignment. On the day of submission, you will feel completely relaxed when your other friends are probably moving here and there for help from others and spending busy time to complete their assignment.
Working ahead of time will give you confidence. To make it a habit of yours, start with little works. When you are successful, thank yourself. When you will be successfully completing bigger tasks ahead of time, can you think how much confidence you will have?
Working in such way will become your life-time habit and you will be applying same strategy for any work in your life.
When you work before the deadline, you can always add quality to your works.
Since competition in the job market is getting tougher day by day, you need to have some own qualities of life. May be you won't have merit like the most meritorious students of the class, but if you can acquire this quality, you will find yourself performing like one of the best in the class.
Working ahead of time means good time management. This will help you become a good student and you will be a source of inspiration for others. You can help your classmates. That way, you will also win hearts of many of your classmates and of course, of your teachers.
When you are doing things with ample time in hand, you will find that nothing is difficult. Every subject will be easy, any chapter will be understandable to you thanks to your repeated attempts and consultations with your classmates, seniors or teachers.
Now, how to perform works when you still have time in hand?
First, you do not necessarily have to complete an assignment sitting one time. You can just begin. You already have seen in your life that beginning is half done, so why sit idle instead of starting the work? When you will start the work, you will see you are progressing. You can partially do the assignment and do the rest of it some other time.
Second, you can even predict what and when the teacher is going to give a homework or an assignment. You can collect materials and take preparation accordingly.
Third, to many, it is difficult to work without pressure. It may be true for you as well. Most of us can work better if there is pressure. So you can pressurize yourself. You can have your own deadline and can make an action plan. Consider your teacher has given you an essay which you need to submit just eight days later. You can work in the following manner:
Writing points on the essay on your own ..... Day 1
Making an outline of the essay .................... Day 1
Writing introduction and body .....................Day 2
Writing conclusion ....Day 3
Revision.................. Day 4
Evaluating the essay with the eyes of the teacher ................Day 5
Further modification and writing the final one ...Day 6
Sit relaxed .........Day 7
Submission to the teacher........ Day 8
Fourth, do not keep anything pending to complete on the last day. There can always be some unwanted problems on the last day. In that case, you will be in trouble. In the above example, day 8 has been counted as a free day, that is you will not have to do anything on the assignment except the submission. Still, if you like to further modify your assignment, you can. But just be careful that you are not bound to give time on your assignment on the last day.
Fifth, try to do every assignment or every job in this way. Since works are related, doing one ahead of time will help you do another in the same manner. Soon you will find yourself in a successful position.
Sixth, you must have control of sleeping hours. If you sleep for longer than required, may be you will get less time for works and this will hinder you from doing things ahead.
ABRAHAM Lincon said, "Never put off tomorrow what you can do today". Today, after many years of the death of Abraham Lincon, there are people who will even go one step further: “Never put off for next hour what you can do this hour”.
If you can do things on time, you will suffer very little. And if you can do things ahead of time, life will be easy like anything.
When you are working ahead of time, you don't know how much of benefits you will enjoy.
Your teacher has given you an assignment which is due seven days later. If you do it today, the next five days you can check, recheck and further modify your assignment. On the day of submission, you will feel completely relaxed when your other friends are probably moving here and there for help from others and spending busy time to complete their assignment.
Working ahead of time will give you confidence. To make it a habit of yours, start with little works. When you are successful, thank yourself. When you will be successfully completing bigger tasks ahead of time, can you think how much confidence you will have?
Working in such way will become your life-time habit and you will be applying same strategy for any work in your life.
When you work before the deadline, you can always add quality to your works.
Since competition in the job market is getting tougher day by day, you need to have some own qualities of life. May be you won't have merit like the most meritorious students of the class, but if you can acquire this quality, you will find yourself performing like one of the best in the class.
Working ahead of time means good time management. This will help you become a good student and you will be a source of inspiration for others. You can help your classmates. That way, you will also win hearts of many of your classmates and of course, of your teachers.
When you are doing things with ample time in hand, you will find that nothing is difficult. Every subject will be easy, any chapter will be understandable to you thanks to your repeated attempts and consultations with your classmates, seniors or teachers.
Now, how to perform works when you still have time in hand?
First, you do not necessarily have to complete an assignment sitting one time. You can just begin. You already have seen in your life that beginning is half done, so why sit idle instead of starting the work? When you will start the work, you will see you are progressing. You can partially do the assignment and do the rest of it some other time.
Second, you can even predict what and when the teacher is going to give a homework or an assignment. You can collect materials and take preparation accordingly.
Third, to many, it is difficult to work without pressure. It may be true for you as well. Most of us can work better if there is pressure. So you can pressurize yourself. You can have your own deadline and can make an action plan. Consider your teacher has given you an essay which you need to submit just eight days later. You can work in the following manner:
Writing points on the essay on your own ..... Day 1
Making an outline of the essay .................... Day 1
Writing introduction and body .....................Day 2
Writing conclusion ....Day 3
Revision.................. Day 4
Evaluating the essay with the eyes of the teacher ................Day 5
Further modification and writing the final one ...Day 6
Sit relaxed .........Day 7
Submission to the teacher........ Day 8
Fourth, do not keep anything pending to complete on the last day. There can always be some unwanted problems on the last day. In that case, you will be in trouble. In the above example, day 8 has been counted as a free day, that is you will not have to do anything on the assignment except the submission. Still, if you like to further modify your assignment, you can. But just be careful that you are not bound to give time on your assignment on the last day.
Fifth, try to do every assignment or every job in this way. Since works are related, doing one ahead of time will help you do another in the same manner. Soon you will find yourself in a successful position.
Sixth, you must have control of sleeping hours. If you sleep for longer than required, may be you will get less time for works and this will hinder you from doing things ahead.