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The 5-Minute Rule to Stop Procrastinating

2025-06-04 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:35 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Productivity and time · mode: Explanation and tutorial

Ali recommends the five-minute rule against procrastination: set a timer and do the thing for just five minutes; about 80% of the time he keeps going, and otherwise he leaves it to the next day, since most things are not that urgent.

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00:00:00 — The five-minute rule that helped him stop procrastinating

  • ★★ Ali's five-minute rule against procrastination: whenever you find yourself procrastinating on anything, set a timer for five minutes and tell yourself you will do the thing for just five minutes. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ When Ali procrastinates on filming a video or writing an email, he sets a five-minute timer; about 80% of the time he keeps going and forgets the timer, and the other 20% he does not feel like it that day. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ When the five minutes of his five-minute rule end without momentum, Ali does the task the next day, because most things are not that urgent and can probably wait until tomorrow. (hedged) — 00:00:29

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  • restate · How do you beat procrastination? — Ali's five-minute rule against procrastination: whenever you find yourself procrastinating on anything, set a timer for five minutes and tell yourself you will do the thing for just five minutes. (00:00:00)

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