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Stop Procrastinating And Increase Productivity by Using the “2-Minute Rule”

Paul Knulst on October 26, 2022

You have little time but a lot to do? Or have you simply been gripped by the chronic lack of desire? Say goodbye to that with the 2-minute rule. I ...
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Maria Bohorquez

Excellent post, I really enjoyed reading it.
I practice the 5 minute rule, but it's a mindset, if I need to do something and that requires only 5 minutes or less, I do it in one sitting and then move on to longer activities.
For my work, every morning before I start, I create my task list and I always try to keep it simple but for my goals and objectives, I take all Sunday toevaluate, analyze and define complicated tasks, I am going to start applying the 2 minutes rule for my objectives tasks, thank you very much.

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Paul Knulst • Edited

Thanks for reading and your answer.

I also know the 5 minute rule but I guess I know it in another context. For me, it is used also for bigger tasks to start with them just for 5 minutes. I described it here: paulsblog.dev/my-10-simple-tricks-...

Making a task list every morning is really cool. I normally do it on the day before. This working model was introduced to me by the Ivy-Lee Productivity Method which I personally use. You can read about it here: paulsblog.dev/increase-your-produc...