Three things I (try to) live by

- if something takes less than 5 minutes, do it now and forget about it. 

- if something is not a definite yes, it’s a no. (ty @naval)

- Extend slight bias into now during a now or never situation.

The third one’s more nuanced. Depends if it’s a reversible decision I suppose. If it’s something simple - now!!

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interesting

I tend to knock all 5 min tasks out of the way because they bubble up when I’m in deep focus if I haven’t completed them.

Curious how you have defined between 1st, 2nd, 3rd order things.

I used to do the first one but I ended up doing a ton of 2nd and 3rd order things.  

I’ve replaced this with the Peter Drucker classic -> “do first things first and second things not at all”. 
If sub 5 minute tasks bubble up to first things, they get done now.

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IMO this category is the toughest, and faces the most critique from others. 

I think the deeper philosophy is to choose the more challenging road knowing (hoping) it pays off in the long term

Definite “yes” is what I’ve been working on.

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I land here:

- it is bad overall to be a funnel for 5 min tasks. You do not want to collect these from others, you want to systematically remove them. 

- Outsourcing important, short tasks is unwise. You can build confidence getting through these. Outsourcing repetitive, low meaning tasks is wise.

4th thing: once u figure out who is doing 5min tasks immediatly, slowly give them alot of sub 5 min tasks and outsource as theyll feel pressured to do them

Liking this cast takes less than 5 minutes so everyone reading it must do it 😉