12th March 2012
Conquer these four and win the empire of time!
If you want to be fast, you have to be brisk in mind. Your behaviour is only external. What causes your behaviour is your attitude. Without changing your attitude, you cannot change your pace of work. In order to change your attitude from slow to fast, you have to move with people who share that attitude. You should have people who are brisk and fast as your role model.
Lack of training is another reason for a slow pace of work. Do you remember when you first learnt how to type `a s d f g h l k j h j'? Were you not struggling to locate where those letters are on the keyboard? But, did you not pick up the speed due to continuous training and practice? Now you can type a whole page without looking at the keyboard. The secret to speed is: practice, practice, practice!
Without effort you cannot improve your speed of work. It is not merely a good intention to improve your productivity. Your good intention should be combined with adequate effort level.
If you are in competition with someone who is more effective than you, why should be faster? You should keep your ears and eyes open to know how others are performing in your field. If you don't know, that is what I mean by ignorance which is the fifth reason why you are not fast enough.
I heard a story of a rabbit and a cheetah to explain these five factors standing in our way to speedy work. You want to know? Wait for a day more!
N C Sridharan
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