Let's first realize how awesome this old man is.
Lyubyshev published 70 academic works before his death. Among them are classic works on decentralized analysis, taxonomy and entomology; These works have been widely translated and published abroad. He has written more than 500 papers and monographs. 500 printed matter is equal to 12500 typed manuscript. Even for professional writers, this is a huge number.
In his so-called spare time, as a "rest", he studied the classification of ground fleas. By 1955, Lyubyshev had collected 35 flea samples. * * * Thirteen thousand. Among them, the organs of 5000 fleas in the commons were sliced. There are 300 kinds in all.
Lyubyshev started to keep a diary in 19 16, and never stopped for a day. In the years of revolution, in the years of war, whether in the hospital or on the train going out for inspection, we have always persisted. There seems to be no reason, event or circumstance that can stop him from writing a few lines in his diary.
I leafed through his diary and looked at 1960, 1970, 1940 and 194 1 year-every year is exactly the same. God, this is not a real diary. Every day is a short account book, remember what you did that day, indicate how many hours and minutes you spent, and write down some inexplicable figures. I read the diary before the war, and it is the same. No narrative, no details, no thinking-generally speaking, all the things that make up the diary center are gone.
Lyubyshev himself did not ask people to admit that this is a diary. He thinks his notebook is "time statistics". At the age of 26, he created this "time statistics method", which recorded the time spent on everything, and made a monthly summary and a year-end summary through statistical analysis, thus improving his working methods, planning future affairs and improving the efficiency of time utilization. During this period, he constantly improved this statistical method and used it for 56 years until his death. (19 16 to 1972)
The following is a fragment of the description of time statistics:
I found that every month to the end of the month, he would make a summary, draw some pictures and make some tables. By the end of the year, make an annual summary according to the monthly summary and make a list. The actual records are as follows:
So what did you do in the 59 hours of basic scientific research?
So, will it be too detailed? From 19 16 to his death in 1972, Lyubyshev meticulously recorded his time expenditure for 56 years. His long history has not been interrupted for a day; Even his son's early death can't stop him from writing a sum in this endless account.
We can continue to analyze any item, for example, the sixth item-daily reference book: biology-twelve hours. What these twelve hours are spent on is clear at a glance, and the error is no more than one minute.
By looking at his watch for many years, Lyubyshev must have formed a special concept of time. The biological watch ticking away in the depths of our bodies has become a feeling and perceptual organ in him. The basis of my inference is that I met him twice, which is recorded in his diary, and the time is very accurate-"1 hour 35 minutes" and "1hour 50 minutes"; However, he naturally didn't look at his watch. I accompanied him, unhurried, I accompanied him; With the help of an inner concern, he felt the hour hand moving on the surface-for him, the torrent of time was visible and tangible, and he seemed to be in the torrent and felt the light passing coldly.
At the beginning, Lyubyshev was similar to others. Like all young people, he is eager to make contributions and become Rakhmetov and Superman. Step by step, he gradually returned to his nature, and his weakness was revealed. He got up the courage to move on, climbing more and more steep peaks-pursuing humanity and the simplest humanity.
It takes many years to understand that it is better not to shock the world, but to live in it, as Ibsen said. In this way, it is better for people and science. The strength of Liu is that he understood these truths earlier than others.
"I wrote a lot of things for later use. I never expected to publish these things. I made a very detailed summary of the important works, and even now I will spend a lot of time on them. I have accumulated a wealth of information. At the same time, I will write an outline of all the most important works and then analyze and study them. So I have a lot of inventory at hand, and once it is possible to publish it, the inventory will come in handy immediately; The article is written very quickly, because it is actually only the material I reserve on weekdays, and I can take it at any time when I need it. "
Every time he walks, he catches insects with it. At those boring meetings, he made exercises. He stipulated that it is best to walk a short distance of two or three kilometers, so as not to waste time waiting for the bus and damage the nerves. There is another advantage of walking, because you need to walk anyway.
The deeper the work, the wider the scope. First of all, you need to study mathematics seriously, and then it's your turn to philosophy. He gradually found that biology is inextricably linked with other disciplines. The classification he studied prompted him to treat Darwinism critically, especially the theory that natural selection is the dominant factor in evolution. He is not afraid of being accused of falling into radicalism and idealism, but he should study philosophy. It was late, but he finally understood that history and literature were impossible for him to understand; I don't know why, but he still needs to know a little music. ...
We should constantly tap all the time potential. Obviously, people who can't work work 14 or 15 hours a day. Use working hours correctly. Find time from time to time.
"I have to plan any breaks in my work. I calculate pure time, "Lyubyshev wrote. "Pure time is much less than gross time. The so-called gross time is the time you spend on this job. "
* * "It is often said that they work fourteen or fifteen hours a day. There may be such a person. But in terms of pure time, I can't do that much in one day. The maximum time for my academic work is eleven hours and thirty minutes. Generally speaking, if I can have seven or eight hours of pure working time, I will be satisfied. If the hair growth time of pure conversion of time is increased by 25% to 30%; I gradually improved my statistics and finally formed the method I use now ... * *
* * "I want to study everything I have seen carefully. How to study? If a book tells something new that I don't know much about, I will try to make a summary. * * I tried to write a critical introduction for all the more important books. According to past experience, a certain amount of books that need to be done can be produced.
Every year in the past, Lyubyshev has conducted analysis and research, and all statistical methods have been used. There's a lot of material-that's a monthly summary.
Lyubyshev has arranged his life according to his perfect geometry for a year or two. His longevity, without big deviation, confirmed the victory of his method. He did the experiment on himself and succeeded.
Mendeleev's passion for classification is like his intelligent optical instrument, through which he can gain insight into the world. This characteristic of his talent helped him discover the periodic law and find the table of elements in nature. The essence of his discovery accords with all his nature, habits and hobbies.
For a scientist, the process of sorting and organizing materials is a pleasure in itself. Even if this job is not meaningful, such as making a duplicate card catalog, I feel very happy when I am engaged in this job. This pleasure is actually the meaning itself.
This unique idea of scientists and taxonomists can also be found in Lyubyshev. To some extent, every scientist has a characteristic, which is to sum up chaotic things into a system, find their internal relations and summarize their laws. But for Lyubyshev, classification is his main academic research. Classification is related to solar system, element list, balance system, plant classification and blood circulation system: there are systems everywhere, and he can find them everywhere.
Taxonomy is his mission; Taxonomy can lead to philosophy and history; Taxonomy is his weapon.
He set up one system after another in the notes of 19 18, and even set up a funny system-his stupidity is sometimes useful, sometimes harmful, sometimes progressive, and so on. When he wrote about the disadvantages of the university charter, he immediately called for the establishment of a system and stipulated the system of the charter.
He uses various systems to arrange his daily life in an orderly way: he has a system to save information, a system to communicate, a system to save photos and so on. Countless dates, names and events are handy for Lyubyshev, because he carved these materials in his mind according to a clever system. To say the least, when needed, even if he can't "count as many treasures", he can find these materials in his mind just like pulling out a needed manual from the bookshelf.
In addition to time statistics, he has several rules:
It is impossible for others to abide by these rules. These rules are his personal rules and are drawn up according to his own life and physical characteristics: he seems to be studying the psychological characteristics of his work ability and the daily life system that is most suitable for his work ability.
He almost never complains that he has no time. I have long noticed that people who are good at work always have enough time. No, let's put it another way: they have more time than others.
People like Lyubyshev seem to have established a mysterious relationship with time that no one can guess. Such people are fearless in the face of greedy God.
What he needs is extremely limited: a place to put books and an office, and a quiet working environment is enough. Of course, the requirements for peace are not low. In our time, tranquility is a rare commodity. However, the quiet that Lyubyshev needs is the simplest one-just quiet and get rid of stressful tasks.
Lyubyshev conducts research and experiments on himself through his time statistics: writing, reading, listening, working and thinking. How much can he do? how much is it? How? He doesn't let himself be overburdened and incompetent; He always follows the edge of ability, and the balance of ability is more and more accurate. This is a never-ending road to self-knowledge.
Lyubyshev's time management is similar to the principle described in the 20-mile rule (see "Choose Excellence, Start with the 20-mile rule"): the goal is clear, and if you continue to advance at a reasonable speed every day, you will continue to achieve the grand goal.
How can I realize my "strange life" by time recording? General task management tools focus on the classification and sharing of tasks, and record execution notes (such as things and wunderlist), but do not record and count the workload. There is a tomato clock with statistical time, but it pays too much attention to time record and has weak classification and retrieval ability.
I want a task management tool:
So, I studied python, wrote a tool based on H5, named TM Task (sorry that Mr. Lyubichev didn't use your name), and put it on Lababan's website for my own use.
Through the use of about 1 month, I have several experiences:
Finally, to sum up, six months ago, I set a flag for myself, studied Python development and embraced data analysis. Spend 1-2 hours doing this after work every day, basically starting from scratch, learning Python, Javascript, reptile writing, Flask, JQuery, MySQL, Bootstrap, server deployment, Git. Up to now, I have completed the development of Spicy Douban website (grabbing mobi e-book resources to provide link sharing) and TMTask, and met a bunch of interesting people.
Net time investment enables them to acquire new skills. If I went back six months ago, I couldn't imagine that I could finish such a project.
If I can sum up time management in one sentence: