4 levels of organization of life for those who want to achieve their goal

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

To achieve your - yes, yours - success and maintain a balance, you need to know about the four levels of life organization and their interaction with each other.

My first attempts at self-organization manifested themselves in the middle grades of a comprehensive school. They were scheduling and trying to keep it. Time passed, and I learned that this is called time management, and the daily schedule is just a small part of it.

Over time, my knowledge was replenished with information about goal setting and life planning. Then the GTD system appeared. And at some point, the realization came that even the process of completing tasks needs to be organized.

The problem was that all this knowledge was useful, necessary, but not collected into some kind of working system. Like a pile of bricks from which a house was just to be built.

I don't know how, but my inner architect and engineer one day gave me a blueprint for the organization of life, which consists of four levels:

1. Organization of goals.
2. Organization of plans.
3. Organization of affairs.
4. Organization of processes.

Each of these levels is important and closely related to others, but still these are different "disciplines" that each striving for success must master and learn to synchronize with each other.

1. Organization of goals

We can have different life goals, talk about the individuality or community of a person's mission, but we agree on one thing: without conscious goals, our life is like the life of an amoeba.

Sometimes, for the sake of adventure, you can get on the first bus or train that comes along and experience the thrill of the unknown and the unexpected. But on the path of life, there may not be an opportunity to return.

Therefore, before drawing a map and preparing a high-speed car, you need to decide on the ultimate goal of the trip. It is important to understand your mission and purpose in life. Without this, everything else is absolutely useless.

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Books

• Bible.
• Barbara Sher "What to Dream About", "Dreaming Is Not Harmful."
• MJ Ryne "This Year Me".

Applications

In this case, any applications that help visualization come in handy. There is a whole niche of mind mapping apps in this space. Well, of course, you shouldn't forget about paper with pencils.

2. Organization of plans

After setting your goals in life, the next step is to develop a route. Each large goal is divided into small goals - subgoals. To achieve them, you need to learn something, learn a lot and do.

For example, if your goals are to become the best father, then you will have to read more than one sensible book on raising and communicating with children, you must be ready to devote time to them and make every effort to understand children and sympathize with them.

In the process of achieving goals, new vision and understanding will emerge. But the most important rule for the first and second points is visualization. Transfer your goals and plans to achieve them on a material medium (notebook, A4 or A3 sheets, computer, tablet, etc.) and review them periodically.

For me, the best book on this topic is 12 Weeks of the Year by Brian Moran and Michael Lennington, and on Lifehacker you can read about 10 unusual ways to make plans workable. An application that can fit the aforementioned planning and control system is called My Wonderful Goals (iOS).

Books

• Steve McCletchey "From Urgent to Important."
• Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Les Hewitt "".

3. Organization of affairs

The third level of organization for many is everything they know about time management. But this is just a car on our journey. Yes, with a goal and a map and walking towards it, we may not be in time. But it's still better than running around the prairie without a goal and a map in a car like a veteran of the Brownian movement.

Therefore, I repeat: before mastering the tools of time management or GTD, first, clearly define your life goals and plans to achieve them.

On the other hand, no matter how important the first two levels are, it will be difficult without organizing affairs. Life will not say, “Oh! This guy decided on his mission, goals and planned their achievement! I'll leave him alone. No, life will not stop throwing you everyday problems and urgent tasks that are not related to your mission, but which cannot be ignored.

Therefore, the level of organization of affairs should help us cope with the entire routine and maintain the correct life balance.

Books

• Alec McKenzie, Pat Nickerson The Time Trap.
• David Allen “Putting Your Life in Order. Express course on the GTD methodology”.
• Gleb Arkhangelsky "Time Drive".

Applications

Applications for the implementation of this level are countless. Everyone can choose according to their taste and for their needs. Until recently - for the last three years - I used OmniFocus 2. But while it's a high-quality and powerful application, I still returned to MyLifeOrganized, even going to the inconvenience and "blasphemy" of running Windows applications on Mac through CrossOver.

4. Organization of processes

And finally, the top of professionalism is the fourth level: the organization of processes. When we talk about this level, we mean the ability to quickly and thoroughly complete tasks, focus on the process, enter a state of flow and deliver maximum productivity.

One of the most famous techniques for organizing processes - - needs no introduction. Its popularity is due to its effectiveness. I know people who use it all the time, and I, for example, from time to time, when you need to defeat procrastination or focus on the process.

Books

• Francesco Cirillo "".
• Greg McKeon "Essentialism".
• Carson Tate "Work Easy."
• Lucy Joe Palladino "Maximum Concentration".

P. S. I don't think it is worth explaining that it is impossible to describe all four levels of life organization in more detail within the framework of one article. Therefore, if you have questions or your own experience, I will be glad to read about them in the comments. In addition, it is impossible for one person to re-read all books and try all applications and services. So, on this issue, I also look forward to your suggestions and recommendations.

So. See you in the comments.