Occupied Days, Preparation, Conceptual Thinking and Time Management

    These days, I am just occupied. Let me just make a list of what I am busy with in order to have a clear schedule in mind:

1. Opening Ceremony for 92nd Anniversary of 'May 4th Movement' Commemoration Series Activities

2. Forum I & II for 92nd Anniversary of 'May 4th Movement' Commemoration Series Activities

3. The HC 'Dream A Dream' Talent Show

4. Toelf IBT

    For 1. and 2., proposals have been done and are to be implemented very soon during the Easter Break from Apr. 21 - Apr. 22. Most of the things are finished in advance quite a long time ago, one months or so. Thus, as a result, everything is just running in plan and according to schedule. And I don't feel things in a hurry and get worried about the coming events since everything has been planned and even sudden circumstancs have been thought about in order to be prevented. I bevelieve that's what PREPARATION means. What I learn from such exerience is that Preparation Matters. My  mother always teaches me that Never Fight A War Without A Preparation. Preparation is the very key to making things in order and prevention of emergencies. It always leaves sufficient time to make thing done perfectly and details to be added.

    For 3. - The HC Talent Show. We have come up with the theme of the show, which is 'Dream A Dream', derived from a famous song 'I Dream A Dream.' Dream is the very key element we want to add into a show to make it more than a show just showing talents, and the very core we want everything happens around. That's the very conceptual and general idea about the show.  However, I do believe it's important that everything needs to be done conceptually and generally at the very beginning. And that's more than a way of doing things, but a PHILOSOPHY itself. When I am first on the position of V.P. of CMSA, I was told by our Formal General Secretary the way of thinking, 'From general to specific, from big picture to details and never change the order.' Till now, I think I am just trying my best to make full use of this principle and have gradually learnt that if chaning the order, we easily will get stuck to certain very very minor points and never move on according to the schedule. Thus, to hold the Talent Show, we firstly draft a conceptual idea about it and line from the start till end and then, we will add details into it around the theme; and that's more EFFICIENT way and also, what a good LEADER should enable an organization to and help it to achieve.

    For 4. - Toefl. In fact, we only have limited time to prepare it. However, we still have other things to be in charge of and deal with. The reality is, one day only contains 24 hours and what we can do is to make full use of it. Here comes to the issue of Time Management. Now, I plan to do some Toefl everyday and what I learn is that Managing time is not just spending as much as possible, but spending the time as efficiently as possbile. Efficiency is the key. By an attempt to achieve efficiency, I manage to reserve the time needed for Toefl review and tend to find the review time helpful to improve my Toefl skills, which are what I really hope to see.

    Inspite of these occupied days, I better find a way into a person who always prepare well, are with conceptual thinking and manages time in an efficient and effective way.