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Two 2-minute Rules to Beat Procrastination (in 2 minutes)
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Two 2-minute Rules to Beat Procrastination (in 2 minutes)
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After reading tons of productivity books. I came across so many rules.
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Like the two-year rule the five-minute rule, the five-second rule. No, not that five.
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Second rule. The problem is that these rules are meant for companies or entrepreneurs, but I
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was able to adapt into my studies during med school and drastically cut down in my
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procrastination. So I'm going to share with you two different rules for the next two minutes.
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The first two minute rule comes from getting things done by David Allen.
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He says, if it takes two minutes to do get it done right now.
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For example, if I need to take out the trash today, it takes two minutes to
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do. So if I'm thinking about it now, might as well just do it.
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Now, instead of riding it down on a to-do list or probably forgetting about it or
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having to come back to it later, which takes more than two minutes.
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That's how I see it. So, here's a list of things that might
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take two minutes throughout the day, like organizing her desk or Watering your plants or clipping,
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those nasty Nails. I just do it when I know it is it but these little
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things start to add up. So this rule bias is my brain towards
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taking action and Away from procrastination. The second two-minute rule comes from Atomic Habits
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by James Clear. He says, when you're trying to do something, you don't really want to
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do, simplify the task down to two minutes or less. So doing your entire reading assignment
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becomes just reading one paragraph or memorizing, the entire periodic table becomes memorizing, just 10 flashcards.
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Now, some of you might think, yeah, this is just a Jedi mind trick.
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Like, why would I fall for it? How is this at all sustainable and to
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that? He's says when you're starting out limit yourself to only two minutes.
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So back in med school, I wanted to build a habit of studying for one hour
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every day before dinner. So I tried this trick but I lived
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in myself to just two minutes, I'd sit down, open my laptop study, for two minutes,
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and then close my laptop and what to do something else. It seems unproductive at first,
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right? It seems stupid, but staying consistent with this two-minute routine day after day, meant that
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I was becoming the type of person who studies daily. I was mastering the habit of
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just Showing up because a habit needs to be established before. It can be expanded upon.
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If I can't become a person who studies for just two minutes a day, I never
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be able to become the person that studies for an hour a day, you gotta start
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somewhere, but starting small is easier. There's a lot of other useful tips from
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books. I cover more here in this video on three books and three minutes check it
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out. And you guys like these types of videos, let me know in the comments below.
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I'll see you there. Bye.
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