Hi Lot,

It’s Kevin.

If there is something you have been putting off this week, I want you to try a trick called the 2-Minute Rule.

Procrastination happens because your brain looks at a task, decides it is too big, and triggers a stress response. You avoid the task to avoid the stress.

The cure is to shrink the task until the brain no longer perceives it as a threat.

Here is the rule: Scale the habit down so it takes less than two minutes to do.

• "Read a chapter" becomes "Read one page."

• "Fold the laundry" becomes "Fold three shirts."

• "Workout for an hour" becomes "Put on my gym shoes and stretch."

The goal isn't to do a lot. The goal is to cross the threshold of starting. Once you start, the friction disappears, and you usually end up doing the whole task anyway.

Find the thing you are avoiding today. Give it two minutes.

Kevin Head of Behavioural Psychology TodayIsTheDay

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