在谈这个问题之前,我们不妨先举个例子。一位名叫查理斯·施瓦布的美国人在担任白丝莱海姆钢铁公司总经理时,曾向咨询人员艾维·李寻求一种能在有限时间内办更多事情的办法。艾维·李递给施瓦布一张纸条,说道:“把你明天必须做的工作写下来,然后按这些工作的重要程度编上序号,明天早上一上班就立即从第一号工作做起,在你完成这项工作之前不要做别的事。做完第一项工作后再开始做第二项。如果某一项工作需用你一天的时间,那也不要紧。只要它是最重要的工作,就应坚持做下去,每天都应这样,使它成为一种习惯。当这种方法经你验证有效后,就把它传给你的工作人员。你愿试多久,就试多久。最后你认为这种方法值多少钱就给我多少”。几星期以后,施瓦布寄给李一张二万五千美元的支 Before we talk about this issue, let us give an example. An American named Charles Schwab, in his role as managing director of White & White’s steel company, sought advice from Ivy Lee, a consultant, on ways to do more for a limited time. Ivy Lee handed Schwab a note and said: “Write down the work you must do tomorrow, and then write the serial number according to the importance of these work. Immediately tomorrow morning, work from the first work Do not do anything else until you have completed the work, do the second work after you have completed the first work, and if it takes one day’s worth of work, it does not matter as long as it is the most important It should be done on a daily basis, making it a habit, and after it has been validated by you, pass it on to your staff and how long you would like to try it. Finally, how much do you think this method gives me? ” A few weeks later, Schwab sent Li a piece of twenty-five thousand U.S. dollars