The 10-Minute Rule: A Simple Way to Stop Procrastinating...
The 10-Minute Rule: A Simple Way to Stop Procrastinating... Have you ever had a task that you knew you needed to do, but somehow kept putting it off ? You tell yourself, “I’ll do it later.” Then later becomes tomorrow, and tomorrow becomes another day. This happens to all of us. Sometimes the problem isn’t that we are lazy. The task simply feels too big or difficult to get started. That’s where the 10-minute rule can help. Instead of telling yourself that you have to finish the whole task, make a much smaller promise: “I’ll work on it for just 10 minutes.” That small change can make starting feel much easier. Why Does the 10-Minute Rule Work? Ten minutes doesn’t sound like a lot of time. And that’s exactly why it works. When you think about spending an entire hour cleaning, studying, writing, or organizing something, you may feel overwhelmed before you even begin. But 10 minutes feels manageable. Once you start, something interesting often happens. The task may not seem as diffic...