Mastering Mandarin: Expert Hacks for Expats or Anyone to Fly from Zero to Fluency with Maximum Efficiency by Lawrence E. Feldman (李夏天）

Author:Lawrence E. Feldman (李夏天） [Feldman (李夏天）, Lawrence E.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Amazon
Published: 2020-09-21T16:00:00+00:00

FIGURE 21: MIKE’S SUNDAY

Time is your most valuable asset. No matter how busy you may think you are, just remember that everyone has the exact same amount of time. Manage your time wisely!

Successful people often wake up at the crack of dawn and get things done, while unsuccessful people tend to sleep-in and wake up late if they don’t need to be up for work. Successful people make things happen and do not make up excuses nor blame others. Unsuccessful people find excuses and blame whenever possible.

An unsuccessful person is often unmotivated and either lacks the drive to get things done, gets distracted along the way, or does not persevere to make things work for them even when situations are unfavorable. An unsuccessful individual that wants to lose weight might come up with tons of excuses for not going to the gym. “I already showered and don’t want to have to shower again after going to the gym.” “I worked so hard yesterday and I just want to relax for a little bit and watch some TV today.”

A successful person that truly wants to lose weight will simply rearrange their schedule, bear any inconvenience, and make it a priority to go often. A successful person, like Elon Musk, has the exact same amount of time in one day as anyone else. So there are no excuses for not managing one’s time wisely so that they can tackle whatever tasks need to get done each and every day.

How do you go about managing your own time?

To properly manage my time, I employ a number of strategies, some of which I will go into more detail later. But let me describe four of the most important ones now.

First, I like to create a list of items that I want to accomplish while having my breakfast. Then during the day I check them off as I complete them. I don’t always finish everything, but I try to put as many check marks into the boxes as I can. An important byproduct of this is that it builds a sense of self-accountability. Also, at the end of the day you will feel like you really accomplished so much, and it will drive you to want to accomplish even more the next day.

Second, I make sure to increase my uninterrupted and active study time-productivity by using Stefan Claussen’s amazing ‘ Block & Flow’ app – see figures 22a through 22c.

This app allows you to track your active study journey by setting 25-minute interval blocks with short breaks at the end of those intervals – a pace that is consistent with an über-efficient technique for maximizing efficiency known as the Pomodoro Technique.

Third, at the end of each day I Iike to see how I allocated my time for that day. Did I put enough check marks next to boxes for my daily list? Did I waste too much of the day BS’ing with expat friends or watching non-Chinese content on Youtube? I try to be honest

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