Thursday, 11 July 2013

My Code of Ethics Vs Time Management

My code of conduct
To observe and know myself better, these are the Rules that I am following. Everyone will have a different code of conducts and I think this is so important as a guidance of our lives.

Family
-Accept their phone call and call back as soon as possible when I am busy.
-Spend time chatting with them every day. If nave no time that day, just say “I Love You” to mother  before sleeping as these 3 words are the most powerful among all.
Friends
-Attend all the gatherings unless they crash with important events.
-Do not cancel appointment with friends in last-minute.
-Try to remember their birthday and send a wish.
In Chinese, we say that “there are no gatherings which last forever”. Thus, it is normal that sometimes some friends just pass by in my life. However, the moment will be in the heart maybe forever.
Studies
-Attend all the classes unless it crashes certain events which are more important.
-Pass all the subjects and no repeating paper allowed.
-Meet assignment deadlines and last-minute work is allowed with average quality.
Actually, getting good results might show something but do not guarantee everything. Thus, besides studying, I think we should fully use this studying period to grow in many different areas, including communication skills, time management skills, interpersonal skills and so on. There are so much things that we should learn but not just about studying.
Business
-Just open mouth to ask if anyone interested in buying because I have no loss if they don’t want but I gain something if they want. Continuous doing with consistency is a key factor to succeed.
-Do not force and do not show bad emotions when they do not need anything because they have right and still they are potential future customers.
Entertainment
-Spend minimum money on entertainment and the money can be used in many other more useful methods.
Food
-Eat healthy and simple in 80% of the time and eat what I like in 20% of time.
-Start my day with nutritious simple breakfast every day.
-Never never never skip any meal. Health is the most important asset in my life.
Basically, food has two functions which are to provide necessary nutrients body needs and to give certain kind of "satisfaction" for human. So, it is not just about eating what we like but we need to eat enough what our bodies NEED. 

Everyone is having own code of ethics but it differs from person to person. I always found that what people really care about most of the time are always themselves. For example, when we look at class photo, most people will first find himself in the picture before looking at others. We can say that everyone is self-interest-oriented and we have to accept it. It has nothing wrong to be self-interest-oriented because everyone has to take responsibility of themselves and others have no need to take care of you. However, we must be as ethical as possible at the same time when we are self-interest-oriented.

For me, I believe in growth-oriented, self-interest-oriented, family-oriented, friend-oriented,goal-oriented and good- future-oriented. When we care about so much things but not just ourselves, then we need to find a balance among all factors. The basic way to maintain the balance is spend our precious time with all of them, learning, family, friends, goals and myself and the key is the TIME MANAGEMENT SKILL. Everyone is busy but how do you arrange your time and use it wisely?
As what I have learnt from a time management workshop, the five tips are :
1. Plan well and stick to it
    For example, when we postpone one thing, then other things will be affected as well. And if we        manage to stick to plan , everything will go smoothly.
2. Learn to say 'NO'
   Don't take on more than you can handle.
3. Do the most important thing first
   Since we cannot do everything, we should learn to prioritise the important tasks and let go the rest.
4. Eliminate time wasters
   There are so many people keep spending precious time on facebook, twitter,movies and is that really helpful to your studies or career? or just to kill your time?
5. Use a timetable and Calender
   Having a calender is the most fundamental step to manage our daily,weekly and monthly activities.

Again, choice is always still in your hand! However, we need to keep this in mind- Who we are now is a result of what we have done in past 5 years, so if we are not going to change on our behavior, our attitude, our mindset, then don't expect that after 5 years 'magic' or differences will happen to us.

As a nutshell, according to my code of ethics, I have quite many things to do and the key factor is the time management. Everyone has the same amount of time-24 hours in a day and 365 days in a year.The good news is we have a choice to decide on how to spend our time.  Time=Money, use time wisely, 11/7/2013 is not going to come back. When it pass, it really does pass. Let's treat everyday as a start of our lives, Start our new journey RIGHT NOW!