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<blockquote data-quote="Syafiqkay92" data-source="post: 15918" data-attributes="member: 376"><p>Hi Camilla</p><p></p><p>There are so many things to do and I agree sometimes it is very difficult to do everything.</p><p></p><p>One thing that I learned over the past few months is to be aware of Pareto principles and Parkinson law. Firstly, the Pareto principle states that 80% of effects come from 20% of actions. In practical terms, what I did is making a list of everything that I want and need to do and prioritise 20% of actions that gives the most benefit to my end goal. To give you an example, from talking to my mentor, I identified that my strengths are commercial awareness and my weaknesses are my application and the delivery of my interview questions. So, out of all the things that I want and need to do, I picked out the top 20% that could give me the most advantage. I cut down on developing commercial awareness by focusing on skim-reading the FT every morning and reading a few email newsletter every day. I then focus on practising the delivery of my interview questions, writing applications and honing my English skills. I think in this respect, you need to reflect on your strengths and weakness and prioritise tasks that could help you the most.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, Parkinson law states that a task will expand to occupy the time we allocate to the task. If you allocate 20 days to write an essay, your work will occupy that 20 days but if you only have two hours, it will only take you two hours to write the essay. Think of all the last-minute essay that we have to do and how productive we are when the deadline is in just a few hours. I tried to emulate this kind of setting by giving myself a specific and achievable deadline. For example, if I want to work on an application, I would start with writing a goal statement. "In 30 minutes, I will write an application to firm XYZ and make sure that I have three points. If I don't have three points, I need to have at least 500 words on my thoughts about the question. Sometimes I am really stuck and I will end up writing something like this. "I don't have any idea at all because of reasons a, b and c. There are so many things I can write about and I am not too sure which one is the best ...". This works for me because writing helps me clarify my thinking and I learned that applications become better after re-writing. As long as I keep re-writing my application, my application will get better as I re-write. Of course, at every stage, think of the common advice that you receive for writing application like (1) be specific, (2) show, don't tell, (3) ask yourself "so what?", and etc. You can even compile a checklist that helps you to think before writing an application.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps. Let me know if you learn anything more about time management. I am keen on this as I am working two jobs, spending about 56 hours every week on top of making applications, attending law firms events and developing commercial awareness.</p><p></p><p>Best wishes,</p><p>Syafiq.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Syafiqkay92, post: 15918, member: 376"] Hi Camilla There are so many things to do and I agree sometimes it is very difficult to do everything. One thing that I learned over the past few months is to be aware of Pareto principles and Parkinson law. Firstly, the Pareto principle states that 80% of effects come from 20% of actions. In practical terms, what I did is making a list of everything that I want and need to do and prioritise 20% of actions that gives the most benefit to my end goal. To give you an example, from talking to my mentor, I identified that my strengths are commercial awareness and my weaknesses are my application and the delivery of my interview questions. So, out of all the things that I want and need to do, I picked out the top 20% that could give me the most advantage. I cut down on developing commercial awareness by focusing on skim-reading the FT every morning and reading a few email newsletter every day. I then focus on practising the delivery of my interview questions, writing applications and honing my English skills. I think in this respect, you need to reflect on your strengths and weakness and prioritise tasks that could help you the most. Secondly, Parkinson law states that a task will expand to occupy the time we allocate to the task. If you allocate 20 days to write an essay, your work will occupy that 20 days but if you only have two hours, it will only take you two hours to write the essay. Think of all the last-minute essay that we have to do and how productive we are when the deadline is in just a few hours. I tried to emulate this kind of setting by giving myself a specific and achievable deadline. For example, if I want to work on an application, I would start with writing a goal statement. "In 30 minutes, I will write an application to firm XYZ and make sure that I have three points. If I don't have three points, I need to have at least 500 words on my thoughts about the question. Sometimes I am really stuck and I will end up writing something like this. "I don't have any idea at all because of reasons a, b and c. There are so many things I can write about and I am not too sure which one is the best ...". This works for me because writing helps me clarify my thinking and I learned that applications become better after re-writing. As long as I keep re-writing my application, my application will get better as I re-write. Of course, at every stage, think of the common advice that you receive for writing application like (1) be specific, (2) show, don't tell, (3) ask yourself "so what?", and etc. You can even compile a checklist that helps you to think before writing an application. Hope this helps. Let me know if you learn anything more about time management. I am keen on this as I am working two jobs, spending about 56 hours every week on top of making applications, attending law firms events and developing commercial awareness. Best wishes, Syafiq. [/QUOTE]
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