How to do more? Efficient use of time in Internet business! How to learn how to use your time effectively
In the article, we have already begun to consider the issues of how to use time effectively. In this article, we will delve into these issues.
But first, do a little exercise.
Imagine that you have a Swiss bank account. And every day, 1140 euros are credited to this account, and you can freely dispose of them at your discretion. But there is one important nuance: every day, at exactly 24.00, all the money remaining on your account unused for the day is reset to zero!
Think about what you would do in this case.
We think that most of you would like to make the most of this resource.
Why are we talking about this?
Every day, exactly 1440 minutes of precious time are credited to the individual account of each person. And, as in the story described above, this account is reset to zero every day, exactly at 24.00.
It depends only on each person how effectively he will use this time.
1. Plan using a diary.
Studies have shown that the use of a diary can increase the efficiency of time planning by 60%.
2. Schedule only part of your work time.
3. Determine priorities in business. 
All the tasks that you should do can be differentiated into three groups according to their degree of importance:
- group "A"- the most important,
- group "B"- tasks of medium importance,
- group "C"» - tasks of the least importance.
When entering scheduled tasks into the diary, put the corresponding letter for each one, which reflects the degree of importance, and it will be easier for you to manage time in dynamically changing conditions. Thus, you will always understand what should be given more time and how it can be done.
4. Display expected results in plans.
When drawing up a plan, try to determine what results you expect from the planned tasks. In this case, you will be able to assess how effective your actions were and make timely adjustments.
5. Review your plan daily.
Every evening at the end of the working day, analyze what you have done from the planned and what you failed to do. Try to understand what helped and what hindered.
6. Use your most productive time to solve the most important tasks.
Compliance with these rules will greatly change your efficiency and performance.
Write in the comments what methods, techniques, methods you use to use your time efficiently.
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Create your own personalized time management system and include the techniques that work best for you. The methods are described below. Success will come when you use this system consistently.
1. Don't rely on memory
Write down your tasks and unload your brain.
2. Make a Priority List
This will help you concentrate on the main thing and will not allow you to waste time on trifles and secondary tasks.
3. Set aside time at the end of each week
To plan for next week. This is not wasted time, it will pay off handsomely in increased productivity.
4. Don't expect to remember an interesting thought
Always have a notebook handy to write down your ideas. Alternatively, wear a voice recorder.
5. If the other person's requirements don't match your goals
Say no. This needs to be learned.
6. Before you act - think, but not too long
A little thought will save you from rash acts and waste of time.
7. Improve!
Set aside time in your plans for self-improvement.
8. Be aware of what you are doing
You need to understand what you are spending your time on. Your deeds should move you towards your goal.
9. Effective techniques
Incorporate into your individual time management system those techniques that are most effective for you and use this system constantly.
10. Assess yourself for bad habits
They take up your time. Make a list of these habits and eliminate them one by one. The most effective way is to replace a bad habit with a good one.
11. Do not do their work for others to appear better.
So, you will spend time that you could use for your own promotion.
12. Start a journal
Where you can record your progress towards your goals. Complete and review this journal regularly to make sure you are moving in the right direction.
13. Not every problem can be solved in the best way.
You don't have to become a perfectionist and, for example, rewrite a business letter 20 times to achieve Leo Tolstoy's style.
14. Don't overload yourself with tasks.
If you have urgent matters and important tasks that will take up all your time, then secondary tasks can be postponed until a more favorable time.
15. Don't be fooled by efficiency
You can effectively perform a task that is not currently a priority. In this case, it cannot be said that you are using your time efficiently.
All successful people have become so to a large extent because they have acquired such a skill as rational use of time. By controlling the waste of hours and minutes, they found unused reserves, which, subsequently, helped to get ahead of competitors, they knew themselves, as a result of which they not only worked, but achieved heights.
Here are 10 rules that you can follow to make better use of your time.
1. Determine the time at which you will perform large or identical tasks.
In the work there is such a thing as "immersion". This is the time after which a person will be fully focused on work. Let's say it's 30 minutes. So if a person is distracted every half an hour, then he will not be able to do anything in a day. Breaks are also factors that can be distracting, so these tasks can be combined into one, which will lead to time savings.
2. Set non-reception hours.
As mentioned in point 1, for each immersion in work, time is needed. Therefore, set aside certain hours for yourself, during which let the secretary or other colleagues run the phone, and at this time you are completely isolated from everyone. At this time, you will focus on work as much as possible and achieve the highest productivity. Cases that appeared during these hours can be sorted out later.
3. Correctly determine the time for certain procedures.
Time management is a tricky thing: the more time allotted for a certain activity, the longer it takes. Many business people complain that they sit in negotiations for hours, where they either have a five-minute role or the negotiations themselves are not at all productive. In most cases, such meetings turn into ordinary chatter about nothing. But if you allocate short deadlines for them, for example 1 hour, then things will go faster. 1 hour was not chosen by chance, because during this time you can really listen to all opinions and come to a decision. Time is money, and if you count the second, then count the first.
4. Set priorities for each case.
No one can cope with all the cases, the number of which is only growing every day. Yes, this is not necessary. Moreover, many people get quite a lot of stress from the fact that things were not done, they are oppressed by this. They try to finish it at night, but no matter how hard they try, there are still 24 hours in a day. There is only one solution: prioritize according to your personal goals, break things down into important and not important. And do, especially in the first place, only the important things.
5. Pareto principle.
It says that 20% of the time is spent on 80% of the result. For example, 80% of the profit comes from 20% of the customers. The task of a person who has such a desire as the rational use of time is to identify these 20%. In this case, this small amount will give a very large gain in time.
6. Use paid delegation.
If you value your time, don't do everything on your own. Delegate simple tasks to subordinates or, if possible, colleagues. If your employees do not have the skills to help you in this way, then you might consider training them or recruiting the right people. Another good way is to turn to the services of various companies, freelancers, etc. In this case, you will save money, because. Paying for a one-time job for a month is much cheaper than paying a salary to a full-time employee. And the resulting freedom can be used to ensure that the use of working time goes to more important things.
7. Divide large tasks and do them in parts.
Even Albert Einstein noticed that people like to just chop wood because the result is immediately obvious. In cases where it is necessary to go a long way to achieve it, people often begin to evade the matter, putting it off in the long run. And no wonder: even if you are very hungry, you will not eat a whole boar. But if every day there are 1-2 pieces, then after a certain time it will be completely eaten. So it is with the work: divide it into parts, the implementation of each of which is accepted as a successful result. Successful "eating" of one part will stimulate further action, and the remaining "boar" work will decrease.
8. Set a time for yourself to do the things that matter most to you.
There is usually no shortage of ideas about what to do and what to strive for. But often all these plans are buried in the routine of small affairs or unforeseen situations. To avoid this, it is necessary to balance such things with the most important events. Those. put them on the calendar as a kind of meeting that cannot be postponed, highlighting them in the same color as other important matters. This will lead to the fact that when you look for time for a certain activity, you will run into your predetermined day and bypass it. But this will not happen if there are no busy notes in the calendar.
9. Do the hardest things first.
After all, it happens like this: in the morning you conceived some actions, and in the afternoon they cannot be performed due to suddenly arising urgent matters, conversations, phone calls, etc.? However, if it has already been done, then, obviously, no one will take it away from you. Therefore, do everything from the early morning, because in addition to the work done, it will also give a feeling of true success. By the way, many successful people do just that: they do, or at least start doing important things in the morning. So they are ahead of events and this, of course, pays off.
10. Consider the level of performance.
You have probably noticed that at different times of the day we have different levels of desire to work. Try to isolate these parts of the day and schedule important activities, such as interviews or meetings, for the peak period of activity and activities like phone calls for the segment in which performance is lower.
Rational use of time- an indispensable attribute of a successful person, so this skill should be mastered.
Oh grief! Life has passed and time has flown by
In the darkness of shame, weakness and laziness.
And people found the way to salvation
And they go slowly towards high goals.
Who, if not a student, should save their time?! Time management is the duty of every believer, and for the seeker of knowledge, it is the main concern and the basis of success in his life of learning. And if he manages to use his time correctly and saves it, he will succeed and achieve his goal, and if not, then he will fail and not succeed.
The seeker of knowledge is a merchant, and his capital is time. But the merchant who squanders his capital right and left is stupid and unlucky. Therefore, he should think about what he spends his time on? And let everyone ask himself for every minute, for every second.
Basic principles of time management
The first duty of the seeker of knowledge is to respect his time and use it rationally. Our predecessors, may Allah be pleased with them, treated their time most carefully, for they knew its price better than others. Al-Hasan al-Basri said: "I found people who save their time more than you save your dirhams and dinars!"
Therefore, the predecessors tried in every possible way to spend their time in the study of knowledge. ‘Umar ibn “Abdul” Aziz said: “Indeed, day and night every time they take something valuable from you, so work day and night!”
They said: "Time is like a sword: if you do not overcome it, it will overcome you." They always tried to become better, so that today would be better than yesterday, and tomorrow better than today.
Every day, every hour, every moment, they strived to acquire useful knowledge, to do a good deed, to overcome their passions or to benefit someone, so that their labors would not be in vain and would not turn out to be vain and in vain. They considered it a manifestation of ingratitude and irreverence to spend time without any benefit for themselves and others, if they did not increase their knowledge, did not strengthen their faith, and did not do good deeds. Ibn Mas "ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said:" I do not regret anything like the day when the sun went down, life became shorter, and the things I did on that day did not become better.
The seeker of knowledge should save his time, devoting every moment of it to something that will benefit him or teach him something that is needed, try to increase his knowledge every day.
The words of one of the predecessors are transmitted: “If a day comes when I cannot increase my knowledge in order to win the mercy of Allah, then there is no blessing for me that the sun has risen on this day.”
Let every moment for the seeker of knowledge be more precious than any jewels, if people cherish every hour, then the student must cherish every second, every moment. If people compete in accumulating and accumulating wealth, then he should try to be ahead of the times by accumulating useful knowledge. How great is the difference between the accumulation of wealth and the accumulation of knowledge! In a word, if a student manages to fully use his time, he will succeed on the path to knowledge, and may Allah help him!
The student should always endeavor to draw up a detailed plan for his studies and a plan for the memorization of his lessons, and strictly adhere to it.
Time is priceless, because life cannot be reversed. It has its own distinctive features that we need to know well, and based on this, learn how to use it correctly. Here are some of them:
1. Time is fleeting.
2. The time that has already passed cannot be returned or replaced by anything.
3. Time is the most valuable thing a person has. Therefore, the student should not waste his precious time on useless activities, do not abuse what is lawful in terms of eating, drinking, talking, etc.
It is not fitting for one whom Allah has rewarded with knowledge and intelligence to waste his time in disobedience to Allah, to spend it in amusements and idleness. A prudent person will not wish for such a thing for himself, and from this a prudent person will resort to Allah ... Prudence, once again, prudence is necessary for a person in order to understand the full value of his life and spend it only in obedience to Allah Almighty. And will he not wish to make the book his friend, which he will not exchange for any of the people who are ready to become his interlocutor? And this is a huge benefit that reasonable and pure-hearted people know about.
The most serious obstacle for a person, preventing him from enjoying the present moment and today, is delaying and postponing his good deeds. And this continues until the word “I will” almost becomes his motto and way of life.
A man from the tribe "Abd al-Qais was told: "Give us good advice." He replied: "Beware of the word "I will."
The student must fill his day with useful knowledge, good deeds and not postpone it until tomorrow, so that his present does not slip away from him and does not turn into an irrevocable past. He must sow today in order to reap the fruits tomorrow, otherwise he will have to repent when repentance will no longer help ...
Imam al-Hasan al-Basri said: “Beware of postponing things for later, because you live today, not tomorrow. And if you live to see tomorrow, then spend it the same way as today, and if not, then you won’t have to regret what you missed today.
The seeker of knowledge must take advantage of the days of his youth and its golden times. Wisdom says: "Study time - from the cradle to the grave." It is believed that the most excellent time for studying is the flowering of youth, the time of "suhoor" (dawn time) and the time between two night prayers (i.e. evening and night).
The hadith says:
(لن تزول قدما عبد يوم القيامة حتى يسال عن اربع خصال: عن عمره فيما افناه , وعن شبابه فيما ابلاه, وعن ماله من اين اكتسبه وفيم انفقه وعن علمه ماذا عمل به)
“On the Day of Resurrection, the servant (of Allah) will not budge until he is asked about four things: about his life - how did he spend it? - and about his youth - how did he spend it? and about his wealth - from where did he get it and what did he spend it on? - and about knowing it - how did he use it?
Thus, he will be asked about his whole life in general and about his early years in particular.
Youth is only a part of life, but it is especially valuable, since these are the years of the flowering of vitality and firm determination, as well as a period of human strength in the interval between two periods of weakness: the weakness of infancy and the weakness of old age. Youth is a time of activity ... youth is a quickly leaving guest, and if a reasonable person fails to take advantage of it, then his heart will be torn with grief.
Therefore, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
(اغتنم خمسا قبل خمس, شبابك قبل هرمك, وصحتك قبل سقمك, وغناك قبل فقرك,وفراغك قبل شغلك, وحيا تك قبل موتك)
“Take advantage of five things before the arrival of five others: your youth to old age, your health to illness, your wealth to poverty, your free time to employment, and your life to death.”(Al-Hakim).
Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said: “The Great and Powerful Allah gave his slaves knowledge in their youth, and all goodness lies in youth.” Hafsa bint Sirin said: “Young people! Work hard, because it is only in youth that things are done. And were not the companions of the Messenger of Allah, who believed in him, supported him, helped him and followed the light of the religion sent down to him, most of them young?
And he who fails to take advantage of his youth will repent of his old age. One scientist said to one young man: “Work until the time comes when you can’t do it. I want to do a lot today, but I can’t anymore.” Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Study religion while you're young."
Let the seeker of knowledge read the following words - and let them be an example for him. Ibn al-Jawzi said: “I watched people in high positions and saw that most of them lose a lot during their period of greatness. Some of them in their youth wallow in sin, others neglect the search for knowledge, others indulge in excessive pleasures. But in old age they all repent, when the former sins can no longer be corrected, when the strength has dried up, and the merits are forgotten. Their old age passes in sorrow and sadness. If the elder comes to his senses in his former sins, he will say: “How I regret those sins that I committed!”. And if he doesn’t come to his senses, he will begin to regret those delights that he can no longer return.
And the one who devoted his youth to the search for knowledge, in his old age gratefully reaps the fruits of what he has sown, and enjoys writing down the knowledge that he has collected in books. He not only does not consider that he has lost any bodily goods, but also enjoys the knowledge he has acquired.
Free time and health
The good that many people neglect, do not properly appreciate and do not thank for it, is health and free time. It is reported from the words of Ibn "Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
(نعمتان مغبون فيهما كثير من الناس الصحة والفراغ)
“Many people are deprived of two favors: health and free time”(Al-Bukhari). This means that many people do not use these blessings to do good deeds, but use them to commit sins. Free time should be understood as being unoccupied with worldly affairs and problems that distract a person from his engagement in the affairs of eternal life.
Free time never remains free, it will inevitably be filled with either good or evil. And whoever cannot captivate his soul with righteous deeds, that soul will be captivated by evil deeds. Happy is he who spends his time in good and righteous deeds, and woe to him who spends his time in bad and vicious deeds.
One righteous person said: “Time free from worldly concerns is a great blessing. And if a person shows ingratitude for the benefit rendered to him by giving free rein to his passions and following his desires, then Allah will violate the well-being of his soul and deprive him of that spiritual purity and peace that he had.
In a word, the seeker of knowledge does not waste his life and does not waste a second of his time on matters not connected with knowledge. As necessary, he allocates time for eating, drinking, sleeping, resting after tiring work, performing his duties in relation to family members, a guest, to earn a living, and also breaks away from studies in case of illness or for other reasons that interfere with studies. Some of the predecessors did not stop their studies, even if they had a slight illness or indisposition. Knowledge was their medicine, and they continued to study as best they could.
Taking advantage of every opportunity
There are many worldly concerns, and our needs in this life are endless, so the seeker of knowledge needs to resort to some tricks in order to rationally use the time to which we do not attach much importance and lose it for the sake of imaginary politeness or out of habit.
a) During meals, while doing housework, as well as in the car, the student can read prayers and adhkars, listen to recordings of the Koran or sermons.
b) He can repeat the Quran or the lesson he has learned as he walks down the street, following the example of our pious scholars. When al-Khatib al-Baghdadi walked along the road, he always read. One of the predecessors, giving advice to his friends, said: “When you leave me, then disperse: perhaps one of you will read the Koran on the way, and if you all go together, you will start talking to each other.”
c) Wherever the student goes, always take a textbook with him. Praise be to Allah, in our time many books are printed in small format, which greatly facilitates this task. The main thing is that the student should have a desire to take advantage of the time that many people simply lose, even many of those who seek knowledge.
Careful attitude of predecessors to time
The seeker of knowledge should constantly become acquainted with how the predecessors used their time, reflect on their way of life whenever he discovers in himself laziness and negligence. How did Ibn Hajar and other scholars like him manage to achieve what they have achieved and do what they have done? Some will say that they were brilliant people, they were accompanied by the help of Allah, and their life was blessed. And this is certainly true. But is a blessing given to a person for no reason? And is it really possible to grieve, following in the footsteps of others, instead of striving to earn a better share and change your fate?
The one who is concerned with how to kill time and spend it in any way with benefit or without benefit will never receive the blessings and help of Allah. And if someone asks him for something important, he will apologize and say that he does not have time. How often people complain about the lack of time and the transience of years, but these are only those who waste their time and ruin their lives. And some even admit that they are killing time, but do not suspect that in fact, they are killing their own lives.
The height of aspirations and the greatness of goals encourage a person to value time, since this is his life. And if what one strives for is dear, then it is easy to part with what one sacrifices along the way. Yes, our predecessors were extremely frugal with time and tried not to miss a single second without using it to acquire knowledge. They even regretted the time they spent eating. Al-Khalil said: "The most painful time for me is the time when I eat."
It is reported that Salim ibn Ayyub ar-Razi followed his every breath and never spent time without use: he either copied books, or taught something, or read ... One day he went to his home, and when he returned, he said : “On the way, I read one juz (1/30 part of the Koran)” ... Once his pencil became dull and while he put it in order, he moved his lips. And it was possible to understand what he was reading even when he was just sharpening a pencil, even here not wanting to waste time in vain.
Ibn "Akil said:" I try in every possible way to reduce the time for eating, that even I prefer to eat a cake and drink it with water, because I need to chew it less, and I have more time to read or write down something useful, what else He also said: "I never spend a minute of my life without use. Even when my tongue is no longer able to learn and discuss anything, and my eyes to read, I think, straining my thoughts, lying down and resting "When I get up, it always comes to my mind what to write. And in my eighty years I feel a greater thirst for knowledge than when I was twenty."
The seeker of knowledge needs a precise and thoughtful system, which he must strictly follow in order to make the most of his time. After all, disorder, carelessness and spontaneity are the biggest enemies of the seeker of knowledge. And no one needs the distribution of their time as much as students, because they have a huge burden of care, and it even seems to them that there are more things to do than they have time to do.
And the seeker of knowledge should allocate his time between obligatory and other matters so that one does not interfere with the other, insignificant matters do not interfere with important ones, important ones with the most important, and those unconditioned by time - limited in time. Urgent tasks should be done first, and non-urgent tasks after. What is limited in time should always be done on time.
1. Drawing up a detailed plan
The student should always endeavor to draw up a detailed plan for his studies and a plan for the memorization of his lessons, and strictly adhere to it. And it does not matter if from time to time he will make changes to it in accordance with new requirements.
In studies, as well as in trade and military campaigns, a person should draw up a plan of work. A student who sets a clear schedule for his day and then sets to work relieves himself of many worries and acquires a significant boost of energy and diligence. In fact, the plan that a person makes for himself and carries out from day to day, soon becomes for him a common and simple matter. In other words, when we need to solve several issues, then most likely we will not cope with some of them, because one issue prevents the solution of another, and the solution of each of them prevents us from completely surrendering to the solution of any one of them. Thus, we uselessly pass from one question to another immediately after we have briefly considered it, casually putting aside the solution of each of them ...
A specific place allotted for classes is no less important than a specific time for this. Have the student have a personal desk and chair for intellectual work only. And after a while this place will symbolize a lesson for him.
Many believe that the secret of success lies in a person's accustoming himself to discipline and constant work. One of the great doctors, William Osler, asked a group of students the following question: "How can you make the most efficient use of your talents with the least amount of effort?" Then he himself answered the question posed: “I can do this by cultivating the spirit of discipline in myself. I say "education" because it will be quite difficult for many of you to accustom yourself to it. There are people who, from birth, have received a mentality predisposed to discipline. But at the same time, there are people with a different mindset who must declare a long war on themselves in order to eradicate the innate predisposition to disorder and carelessness in business ...
This appeal is dedicated especially to the young, since they are still at the beginning of their life path and the future of each of them depends on the habits that they develop in themselves during this delicate period of life. It is not difficult to observe the usual system in any business, but it is not easy to introduce it into the routine of your daily life. The student should determine for each part of his day an obligatory task that he will be engaged in at this time, and through exercise and practice develop the ability to concentrate.
As for the detailed presentation of the individual items of the daily routine, everyone determines them for himself. First of all, it is necessary to determine the amount of time that the student is going to devote to studying, but let him not make too “ideal” plans. It will be better if he evaluates his mental abilities in a balanced and fair way, without overestimating himself and not belittling his capabilities. Then you should choose for yourself the time during the day when he would prefer to engage in mental work, being sure that regularly and daily at this time he will have the opportunity to do so. It is also important to choose different times during the day for your studies. This is not bad, provided that the student makes it a habit to consistently study at this time.
In addition, the student needs to determine how much time to devote to each subject and schedule classes in accordance with the time frame. Of course, he will not be able to determine in advance exactly how long he will need to study each subject or when he expects to start the next lesson, because the learning process cannot remain so rigid. But still, it is better if every day he roughly determines how much time it will take him to do one or another lesson, and draws up a schedule on the basis of which he will build his classes. Thus, the student will get rid of the question of which lesson to start with, and stop worrying about the things that he had to do.
But most students don't know how to manage their time. In fact, knowing in detail how to manage one's time is today's first significant step for students towards a lifestyle based on the most efficient daily schedule...
It is very important to think about the reasons for wasting your time and think carefully about how you can make up for every lost minute.
2. Compliance with the daily routine
The seeker of knowledge should not put off until tomorrow what he has to do today. After all, tomorrow he will have other business and duties that will not allow him to do yesterday's business.
I do not put off tomorrow, succumbing to laziness,
What can I do today
Because tomorrow is the day of the one who is weak and in action
Can't do exactly anything.
If the day passes, then the student will take with him everything that was that day. And if he postpones his business today, then tomorrow he will have to complete the work in two days.
Omar ibn "Abdul" Aziz was told: "Delay it until tomorrow." To which he replied: “It’s hard for me to cope with the affairs of one day, but what will happen if two days of work pile up on me ?!” If the seeker of knowledge always fulfills the duties and deeds that he has set for the day, he will gain peace and fully complete his work.
3. Business should be started early in the morning
In the hadith of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) it is said:
(اللهم بارك لامتي فى بكورها)
“O Allah! Bless my ummah in their deeds, which they begin early in the morning!”. Ibn Omar, commenting on the words "they start early in the morning", said: "they come early to study and to the mosque in order to take a seat in the front row."
The first part of the day is a blessed time for the traveler, when he travels great distances. But many seekers of knowledge today miss this opportunity to receive the blessing promised to them after the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) uttered the words of prayer (du "a)! Moreover, some of them wake up a few minutes before sunrise, hastily perform morning prayer, then again continue to sleep, as if they had not heard such a hadith!
4. A small deed steadily done is better than a big but fickle one.
The hadith says:
(احب الاعمال الى الله تعالى ادومها وان قل)
“Allah loves most of all those deeds that are done with the greatest constancy, even if they are few.”(Al-Bukhari and Muslim).
Imam an-Nawawi said: “This hadeeth encourages constancy in deeds, and it also says that a small but steadily done deed is better than a significant but impermanent one ... A small deed that is constantly done brings much more benefit than significant but not permanent.
Therefore, the student needs to allocate his time, both day and night, in accordance with his abilities and conditions, and specifically allocate some part of the time for a certain business, which he will steadily engage in daily, for example, read a certain amount of dhikr and salavat. Allocate the other part of the time for other activities, for example, for the study of religious sciences.
5. Solitude
The seeker of knowledge should sometimes give preference to solitude, because nothing reminds one of eternal life like loneliness ... And a person, walking around the market for some time, under the impression of what he sees, forgets what he knows. Solitude, on the other hand, allows a person to calm the soul, gather strength, think about the consequences and stock up on everything necessary for this.
If we look at those who were able to take advantage of the short moments of their lives and achieve such results and fruits of their labor, which causes surprise and amazement, we will see that they were friends only with hardworking, diligent, outstanding and intelligent people who valued their time in the same way. how they valued their lives, because time is life.
And friendship with such outstanding, zealous and cherishing every minute and second people had a serious impact on the activities of such famous people as Imam Ibn Jarir at-Tabari, Ibn "Akil al-Khanbali, Ibn" Asakir ad-Dimashki, Ibn al-Qayyim, Ibn an-Nafis, al-Mizzi, al-Dhahabi, Ibn Hajar and other scholars like them, who left behind a colossal, invaluable legacy.
Imam Ibn "Akil al-Hanbali said:" In my youth, Allah in every possible way protected me from sins and limited all my love to love of knowledge and its owners. I never communicated with lovers of fun and was friends only with the same students as myself " The one who is devoted to knowledge, who is accompanied by the help of Allah and who strives for the sublime, you can only see in the company of meritorious, diligent, wise, intelligent and knowledgeable people. him to become like them, or at least like them.
Friendship with such people will teach the seeker of knowledge to be ahead of time, and friendship with bad people will teach him to lose it fruitlessly. Abdullah ibn Mas "ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "A person is judged by his friend, because he takes as his friend only his like." And may Allah save us from friendship with bad people.
6. Mental rest and peace
The seeker of knowledge spends all his time studying, but from time to time he needs rest so that later he will not be forced to interrupt all his studies. After all, the human soul does not tolerate monotony. Abdallah ibn Mas "ud said: "Truly, the human soul has aspiration and enthusiasm. But it is also characterized by lethargy and lack of interest. Get down to business when the soul is striving, and let it rest when interest is lost."
Time should be distributed in such a way that there is also time for rest, because after a long work, the soul of a person begins to feel disgust for it, and gets tired just like the body gets tired. "Ali said: "... and it is not proper for a Muslim to burden himself so much that it takes away his strength and prevents him from continuing what he was doing."
At the same time, the student should not overburden himself, so that he does not have a feeling of fatigue and disgust. And, perhaps, he will hate studying and will no longer be able to overcome himself. Let him be moderate in such matters. Every person knows himself better.
However, the rest of the seeker of knowledge is different from the rest of other people, because at any time he tries to acquire some benefit:
a) some predecessors used breaks during the lessons in which they recited hadith to pronounce the words of remembrance of the Great and Mighty Allah (dhikr). Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, talking about the rules of conduct of a muhaddith (a person telling hadith; an expert and transmitter of hadith), said: “When he stops telling hadith during the Majlis, while resting, he pronounces the words of remembrance of Allah Almighty. So did many of the greatest men of the forerunners."
b) If a student is tired of studying one subject, then he should take up the study of another, because this is better than stopping classes altogether. You can move from one form of occupation to another in order to change the type of activity.
The soul that is tired is not capable of anything,
And you change its state from one to another.
c) Every time a student feels a surge of energy, he should study the lessons. And the study of stories, biographies and stories from the life of predecessors, reading wise sayings and poems can be postponed for another time, when he feels tired in himself, and you should choose useful verses, such as verses praising our beloved Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him ), poetic collections of Divan ash-Shafi" and Divan Abu al-" Atahiya and other poets who glorified abstinence and detachment (zuhd).
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In fact, efficient use of time is a skill that school teachers and parents have been trying to instill since childhood. From childhood, the child is taught to follow the daily routine, alternating work and rest. For those who are used to living by the rules, it will be easier later on. However, remember that it is never too late to learn how to use your time effectively.
First of all, define a goal for yourself, that is, what you think should change if you learn how to use your own time effectively. After that, it is necessary to proceed with the implementation of a specific life situation. Get a diary and learn how to write down in it what you plan to accomplish during the day, that is, make a rough plan. Special attention to the word "exemplary". Often people who are just starting to learn how to plan their time make the mistake of scheduling the day, if not by the second, then by the minute. Naturally, most often they do not fit into such a strict framework, therefore they are hard pressed by the failure of their enterprise. Meanwhile, psychologists advise to schedule only 60% of your time, leaving the rest for unforeseen circumstances and self-development. After all, a successful person who knows how to manage time effectively leaves a part of it for his own improvement.
Solving problems by importance
Done with tasks for the day? The next step will be their differentiation in importance. Divide your own affairs into the most important, medium importance and less significant. In this regard, you will become more efficient in spending energy to solve tasks. Next to each task, mark the level of its importance with a certain icon. In accordance with the gradation, choose the time for solving problems. Spend the most efficient time of the working day on important matters.
Don't forget to get results. When planning the next business, you are waiting for some result. So describe briefly your expectations, and then compare with what happened in reality. Do not match? Analyze what influenced the outcome, what reasons contributed to the unsatisfactory result. And it may happen that the result is better than expected. The reasons for success also need to be analyzed, methods, ways, techniques to achieve it should be written down.
Thus, by following essentially simple rules every day, you can learn how to use your own time effectively and become a successful person.