The 10-Minute Rule
Also: No Brainers
Things Learned From…
Will It Make the Boat Go Faster?, by Ben Hunt-Davis and Harriet Beveridge
Use the Ten-Minute Rule
The ten-minute rule is a tried and tested time management technique.
If we set ourselves a goal of doing something for just ten minutes we’ll probably end up getting further than if we set ourselves a meaty target.
For example, say we wanted to learn a language.
Our goal might be to learn vocab for ten minutes today…but then we’d allow ourselves to stop if we wanted.
Why does this approach work so well?
Because the first bit is often the hardest, i.e. switching off the TV, and opening the vocab book.
Once we’ve sat down with “le singe est dans l’arbre” we often get into it – we are relaxed because we’ve got permission to stop – and, typically, end up spending more than ten minutes on the task.
Helen Rowland
You will never win if you never begin.
Smead Value Fund
The largest increase in the 25-45-year-old population in U.S. history [occurred when] 79 million baby boomers replaced 44 million silent generation folks in that age bracket.
[Today] 90 million millennials [are] replacing 65 million GenXers in the key 25-45-year-old age bracket.
Note: the average millennial is around 30-31 years old.
Anything that’s a no brainer you have to try to make a struggle somehow.
i.e. don’t skip the steps in your process even though something looks like an easy win.
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