How you spend the first eight minutes of any activity you begin will determine how successful you are. These include:

• when you first get out of bed. You can make the bed (2 minutes tops) and probably dress in a total of 8 minutes.

• when you finish a meal. You can clear the table and kitchen into the dishwasher in 8 minutes.

• when you enter the house after work, school, etc. You can put away your things and change into more       comfortable clothes in 8 minutes.

• when you bring clothes from the dryer. You can fold a whole lot of things in 8 minutes.

Even if you don’t finish the job you start during the FIRST eight minutes, the fact that you used those initial important minutes with determination will usually propel you to move successfully forward with the rest of the job. It sets your mind on the right course.

Net result : Committing to that kookie idea of a successful eight minute start will bring lots of organizing sanity to the rest of your day.