Once in a professional training course on software development, the course instructor showed an interesting way to take some load off the head. Urging to start the practice of putting down our daily plans and additional thoughts on a paper he made it sure that all the trainees are following that at-least for first few days in that course. That was actually a compulsory part of that training on OOP at BASIS that I started around December ,2008. Like all other courses I've gone through in my life I do regret on not giving my hundred percent to take the best out of that so valuable course . But it was so well designed and useful course with hands-on training that even after getting a mediocre score of B on that it gave me a huge boost in my confidence to switch into software sector.
But tonight's topic is actually on that interesting mind relaxing technique taught in that course. "Task Plan , Daily/Weekly/Monthly", that's what the instructor used to call it. It was pretty simple but effective. One has to draw a table on a page of his note book with columns for Task Number, Task Name, Task name, Execution Timeline, Priority and check-box. Additional columns can be added as needed. As it was a part of the "Soft Skills" of that software course, response from each of the trainees to this lesson was I guess counted in their annual "soft evaluation". But if we try to take a positive look at it we can see that the introduction of that skill in that professional training program actually was a door (or a window whatever you call it..!!) for us to the disciplined and planed way of leading life. In today's competitive world where so many of us struggle to get a momentum at the initial stage of our career, a modern man with a commitment towards life can smartly choose this option to make a stand-alone leading performance. When a person like me who already had struggled in a year long service in an ISP with not so apparent progress in my career , sat down with pen and paper to make the table , I definitely had to do some planning with some organized way of thinking. Doing it regularly one can make a positive change in his or life Insha Allah. Because with the pen you are not only writing a task plan in a columned table that you fear failing to follow but also pushing yourself to make a positive view of your future life the way you wished to see it and optimistically plan for it to make it come true. Maintaining this regularly a person can gradually get very near to be an exact follower of the task plan as the instructor said. Undoubtedly that would be great achievement for anybody. Moreover , the instructor said that this habit relaxes our brain releasing a big amount of load. Interestingly when I started to follow that practice , pretty soon I discovered that it works!! At least it helped me to have good night's sleep by the Rahmat of Allah.
But tonight's topic is actually on that interesting mind relaxing technique taught in that course. "Task Plan , Daily/Weekly/Monthly", that's what the instructor used to call it. It was pretty simple but effective. One has to draw a table on a page of his note book with columns for Task Number, Task Name, Task name, Execution Timeline, Priority and check-box. Additional columns can be added as needed. As it was a part of the "Soft Skills" of that software course, response from each of the trainees to this lesson was I guess counted in their annual "soft evaluation". But if we try to take a positive look at it we can see that the introduction of that skill in that professional training program actually was a door (or a window whatever you call it..!!) for us to the disciplined and planed way of leading life. In today's competitive world where so many of us struggle to get a momentum at the initial stage of our career, a modern man with a commitment towards life can smartly choose this option to make a stand-alone leading performance. When a person like me who already had struggled in a year long service in an ISP with not so apparent progress in my career , sat down with pen and paper to make the table , I definitely had to do some planning with some organized way of thinking. Doing it regularly one can make a positive change in his or life Insha Allah. Because with the pen you are not only writing a task plan in a columned table that you fear failing to follow but also pushing yourself to make a positive view of your future life the way you wished to see it and optimistically plan for it to make it come true. Maintaining this regularly a person can gradually get very near to be an exact follower of the task plan as the instructor said. Undoubtedly that would be great achievement for anybody. Moreover , the instructor said that this habit relaxes our brain releasing a big amount of load. Interestingly when I started to follow that practice , pretty soon I discovered that it works!! At least it helped me to have good night's sleep by the Rahmat of Allah.
