Can't Make Yourself Start? Use the 2 Minute Rule

Can't make yourself start, even when you know exactly what to do? This video looks at why the first minute is the hardest part (procrastination researcher Timothy Pychyl notes that tasks often feel worse before we start them), the two versions of the two minute rule (David Allen's "if it takes less than two minutes, do it now" and James Clear's "shrink a new habit to two minutes"), BJ Fogg's tiny habits, Hemingway's trick of stopping while it's still easy to continue, and the two traps that turn the rule into procrastination in disguise. Sources: Allen, D. (2001). Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. Viking. Clear, J. (2018). Atomic Habits. Avery. Fogg, B. J. (2019). Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Chapters 00:00 Hook 00:28 The Hardest Part Is The Door 01:08 Two Rules One Name 01:54 My Running Shoes 02:32 Why Tiny Works 03:11 Why Started Things Pull You In 03:50 Step One Shrink The Entry 04:26 Step Two Stop While It Is Easy 04:59 Step Three Clear The Small Stuff Fast 05:40 Where The Rule Becomes A Trap 06:15 The One Sentence Report 06:49 Your Two Minutes Slightly Better Daily: simple ideas from psychology and great books to get one percent better every day. #selfimprovement #habits #motivation #slightlybetterdaily