Mahatma Gandhiji Online General Knowledge Quiz No-5 for Students
Mahatma Gandhi's Simple Lesson That Can Teach All Entrepreneurs to Prioritize
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In India, Mahatma Gandhi is known as the Father of the Nation. He was undoubtedly one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century. And he was, unsurprisingly, an extremely busy man. But every day, he walked almost 18 kilometers (that's about 11.2 miles). He wrote countless letters. He made time for his family. He relentlessly clung to his priorities.
In a 2012 Harvard Business Review story, Essentialism author Greg McKeown writes about Arun, Gandhi's grandson, who grew up in South Africa. Being beaten up for being too white and too black, Arun was having a difficult time, to say the least. He went to stay with his grandfather and, as Arun later told McKeown, Gandhi spent an hour every day listening to his grandson. It turned out to be a life-changing experience, all because, despite his historic work, Gandhi put his family first.
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As CEO of my company, JotForm, the past year has certainly been a challenge. With over 300 employees and 9.1 million users, I've had to re-evaluate the normal way of doing things and figure out how to prioritize competing business and family obligations. But, as I discovered, not sacrificing my personal life is the key to doing a great job at the office.
For entrepreneurs, prioritizing can be tricky, but it's also critical. As best-selling author James Clear has said, "Choosing the priority is just as important as working on it." Now that employees around the world are rethinking their relationships with their jobs, it is perhaps more crucial than ever.
As we navigate these transition times, here are some expert-backed strategies that have proven helpful to me.
1. Start with the obvious: create a list with deadlines.
ક્વિઝ આપવા માટે અહીં ક્લિક કરો.
On busy days at JotForm, my to-do list can seem like a swarm of bees. Without a plan of attack, I could easily get anxious and start to panic. In these situations, it's tempting to tackle the most urgent and quick issues without considering which ones are essential to business growth.
It may seem counterintuitive, but the busier you are, the more important it is to step back and prioritize, starting with making a list of all your tasks. That way, you will know exactly what is on your plate. Add any due dates to get an idea of which items are urgent. Then, with a clear idea of what is at stake, you can figure out which tasks to take on, delegate, or eliminate entirely.
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2. Identify the essentials
How much time do you spend on activities that do not contribute to your career advancement? Maybe more than you think.
Harvard Business Review researchers found that knowledge workers spend an average of 41 percent on discretionary activities that offer little personal satisfaction and could be delegated to others. Imagine how much more satisfying your job would be, not to mention how much better your business would do, if you could make up some of that time.
The good news is that the same researchers found that by rethinking and changing their jobs, employees could make up a full day per week. It begins by identifying which tasks are essential and which are low-value, which means that "(a) it is not that important to you or your company and (b) it is relatively easy to eliminate, delegate or outsource."
Spend more time on the essentials, on the things that really add value, and your work will be more rewarding and generate more results. Then delegate or eliminate the rest.
When I first launched JotForm, I spent most of my time putting out fires when problems with users inevitably arose. He was sure he had a great product, but the growth of the company stalled. I knew something had to change. Over time, I was able to hire good people and delegate those daily user problems, which allowed me to think about the general problems. Fifteen years later, the ability to continually reassess my priorities, as well as our priorities as a company, has made all the difference. It may require an initial time investment, but in the end, it will pay off to identify your needle movement job.
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