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A trick to beat procrastination ⏳

2024-06-01 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:49 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Productivity and time · mode: Explanation and tutorial

Ali says procrastination is a problem of getting started, and explains why he beat it with a five-minute hourglass on his desk rather than a phone timer: the phone is a multitasking tool with notifications, the hourglass has a single job.

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The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — The five-minute hourglass for getting started

  • ★★ Ali prefers a physical five-minute hourglass to a timer on his phone for getting started on a task: the phone is too much of a multitasking tool and shows notifications, while the hourglass has one job. — 00:00:00
  • ★ Before he began travelling the world as a digital nomad, Ali kept a five-minute hourglass on his desk, turned it over and told himself he would film a video for just five minutes; usually he got into the flow and went on long after. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Ali says procrastination is generally a problem of getting started with a task. — 00:00:00

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  • refine · How do you beat procrastination? — Ali prefers a physical five-minute hourglass to a timer on his phone for getting started on a task: the phone is too much of a multitasking tool and shows notifications, while the hourglass has one job. (00:00:00)

Mentioned

Central: five-minute rule

Also centred on five-minute rule: How to Stop Procrastinating · 7 Habits that Save Me 3+ Hours a Day · The 5 Minute Rule ⏳ · 3 Things I Do to Stop Procrastinating 🤔

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