An excellent person begins with exercising the ability to disassemble.
There are many talented people in this world, but not many are really talented. The most important quality of those powerful people is not high IQ, but systematic learning methods and working methods.
One of the most important working methods is the ability of task disassembly. Without this ability, you will always be able to do small tasks and small projects.
Because the practical problems encountered in the work are often very complicated, if they are not disassembled, they will be at a loss in the face of complex tasks.
Why is mind mapping so awesome and why can it be popular all over the world? Because it can disassemble complex tasks and show them with a picture, so that we can make overall plans and decompose them one by one.
Decomposition is the premise of solving complex problems.
The short-term memory of human brain is very weak, and it can only store 5-7 units of information. In the face of complex tasks, if it is not disassembled, the brain will overflow in an instant and then collapse. The specific feeling is that your brain is a mess.
A complex task usually contains dozens to hundreds of units of information. If there is no scientific method, even people with high IQ will not see this situation.
Is our usual practice very casual? In the face of complex tasks, there is no overall planning and planning, and the efficiency is very low.
The brain is used for thinking, not for remembering.
The biggest advantage of decomposing problems lies in liberating the thinking ability of the brain. The thinking ability of the human brain is undoubtedly the most perfect evolution of this planet for billions of years. In the face of complex problems, if there are too many short-term memories, how can the brain think?
Only by taking the task apart will you not be like a headless fly. We can clearly know when and what we should do, where we are now and how far we are from achieving our goals. As long as we make steady progress according to the plan, the result is predictable and controllable.
The more you can't achieve the goal overnight, the more you need to turn uncertainty into stability and improve its success rate. For example, it is almost impossible to run a literary performance through improvisation without dismantling the task.
03 ? Split task work method, make your efficiency get twice the result with half the effort.
take the first step
With the first step, there will be the idea of the second step, which will inspire the third step. You will never imagine that the first step is so magical. Without taking the first step, the state of the whole big task will always be zero. The first step is a zero breakthrough. The first step is like the first card in a domino. This card fell, and the cards behind it also fell with the trend. But this first step must be simple. You can do it easily and have higher confidence in the next step. The first step is actually self-confidence.
Set a good goal.
You must have an outline before you do anything. Make an outline first, and the logic is clear, so that the work behind you can be clear. Just like Gai Lou, you have to draw drawings first.
When setting goals, we need to follow several principles: proceeding from reality, giving up the pursuit of perfection; Prioritize the work and focus on the main part of the work; Limit the time to complete the goal and set the standard for completing the work. After the goal is set, we should keep an eye on it and devote ourselves to it.
Decomposition project
After the task is determined, the next step is to break it down into more specific results. Decompose the target from top to bottom. Break down the whole big task into several small tasks, and arrange these small tasks in order from easy to difficult. Why didn't you break it down at first? Because you resisted at first and didn't want to decompose, you thought it was a difficult task. Now, why did you break it down? Because you have a clue after the first step, your resistance will collapse a little after the first step. However, it did not completely disintegrate. If you want to decompose completely, you must decompose a task with such a large volume.
give priority to
When carrying out the planned task, there will be some miscellaneous things that have to be done. At this time, you should distinguish between major events and minor events in this work, and minor events can be postponed as long as they do not affect the work results.
Only by prioritizing can our work become orderly and fruitful. Otherwise, you will feel that you have done a lot and you are very tired, but things are not what you think. The leader says that you are incompetent, your colleagues are dissatisfied with you, and you have no sense of accomplishment. Goethe, a German poet, once said, "Important things must never be bound by trivial things."
Flexible adjustment plan
After the first few parts, the task seems to be smooth, and the small tasks are slowly and steadily carried out under their own arrangements. At this time, I encountered the biggest problem: the plan could not keep up with the changes. No matter how well the to-do list is arranged, there will always be accidents when you start doing it the next day, and there will always be other more important things interspersed among them, so that the tasks of the day may not be completed. At the beginning, I often encountered this situation. Whenever a day's task is delayed, my mood is low. So, adjust your plan flexibly and respond to changes at any time.
Communication and feedback
Colleagues or docking people inevitably need to communicate with each other during the task. When the leader gives you a task, you need your colleagues to help you finish it, because the task is heavy. At this time, you should actively seek the help of colleagues, which requires constant communication and feedback between colleagues. If you encounter problems, give timely feedback and solve them in time, then you can handle things successfully.
Communication and feedback are two-way, and only two-way harmony and goal coordination can be called effective communication. People who are good at communication can get things done with half the effort, while people who are not good at communication often screw things up with half the effort. This shows how important effective communication is to our work.
Track and summarize
After each link is completed, we should keep tracking and summarizing, check our own implementation, find out if there are any other problems and solve them in time. It is not terrible to make mistakes, but it is important not to make the same mistakes again and again. Therefore, it is very important to sum up the experience and lessons.
Of course, summing-up is also an effective way of communication. Things that you don't usually have time to talk to leaders can be reflected in the summary. Leaders also hope to see the specific work situation, status and suggestions of employees from their work summary, so as to communicate and feedback in time.
Disassembly task can not only make the process of achieving the goal controllable, but also be a strategy to maximize the advantages.
Planning may not make your dreams come true, but no planning is likely to make people a mess.