6- Time management skills
It doesn’t matter how well you dress, how positive you are or how well-spoken you are if you cannot keep everything under control. Disorganization means that you will be forever playing catch-up with your work, rushing to meet deadlines and producing work below par. Learn to keep a detailed diary, listing deadlines and setting a schedule for your work, to ensure it is all done with time to spare. Your work will be of better quality and you will be entrusted with increased responsibility. It will also afford you additional leisure time. It is a key element to success and well-worth practicing. This means overcoming procrastination (which we can all be guilty of at times), setting goals that are challenging (but realistic) and trying to use your time efficiently. Don’t check your e-mails 17 times every hour — spend that time writing up that project that is due tomorrow. Ideally, you will reach a stage when you can get ahead of the curve and start taking on additional projects and responsibilities — a surefire way of setting yourself up for that promotion.
6. 合理分配時間
如果你不能把所有事情控制在掌握之中，那么無論你穿得多么得體，多么積極樂觀，口才多么好都沒什么用。混亂的時間分配意味著你將永遠扮演追趕日程表的角色，倉促地撞上最后期限，艱難地完成工作。 學習記錄非常詳細的日記， 列出最后期限，制作出工作的日程表， 確保工作完成后還有剩余的時間。 這樣你的工作質量會提高，別人會讓你承擔越來越多的責任。也可以讓你擁有更多閑暇時間。 這是成功的重要元素并且值得實踐。 這也意味著克服拖沓的習慣（這也是我們一直感到內疚的），訂下具有挑戰性的目標（但是要實際可行的），有效率地運用你的時間。 不要每小時檢查你的郵箱17次——用那些時間寫下那些第二天要完成的事情。 在理想狀態下，當你遙遙領先并且著手其他的工作和責任的時候，你將達到另一個階段——獲得升職的成功之路。