From Overwhelm to Action: The 2-Minute Solution

Have you ever slowed down enough to experience just how long 2 minutes is? No? Go ahead and check it out...take out your phone or watch and start a timer...no rush. I can wait... ⏳ How was it? Was it longer or shorter than you expected? Of course it's all relative...it depends entirely on what you're doing for those 2 minutes. This week's productivity tip is one of my favorites. It's crazy simple, immensely powerful, and if you can do it consistently, makes you look like rock star. The idea is simple... If something takes less than 2 minutes to complete, do it right now. Don't put it off. Don't add it to your todo list. Don't say you'll get to it later. Go ahead and just do it now. Why 2-minutes? According to David Allen in Getting Things Done (a book I encourage everyone to read at least once), "The rationale for the 2-minute rule is that it's more or less the point where it starts taking longer to store and track an item than to deal with it the first time it's in your hands—in other words, it's the efficiency cutoff." So basically, it actually takes you longer to NOT do that thing, than it does to do it...

Mar 4, 2025 - 20:31

From Overwhelm to Action: The 2-Minute Solution

Have you ever slowed down enough to experience just how long 2 minutes is? No? Go ahead and check it out...take out your phone or watch and start a timer...no rush. I can wait...

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How was it? Was it longer or shorter than you expected? Of course it's all relative...it depends entirely on what you're doing for those 2 minutes.

This week's productivity tip is one of my favorites. It's crazy simple, immensely powerful, and if you can do it consistently, makes you look like rock star. The idea is simple...

If something takes less than 2 minutes to complete, do it right now.

Don't put it off. Don't add it to your todo list. Don't say you'll get to it later. Go ahead and just do it now.

Why 2-minutes?

According to David Allen in Getting Things Done (a book I encourage everyone to read at least once), "The rationale for the 2-minute rule is that it's more or less the point where it starts taking longer to store and track an item than to deal with it the first time it's in your hands—in other words, it's the efficiency cutoff." So basically, it actually takes you longer to NOT do that thing, than it does to do it...