The First Eight Minutes - A kookie idea with a sane result
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.
April 16th, 2009 at 9:34 am
So True! I’ve never thought about so many of the jobs we do in this way. But it really does only take 8 minutes (or less!) to do so many things! For folding clothes from the dryer, the only way that works for me is to fold each piece as I take it out. I refuse to put piles of laundry on the table (homeschooling) or couch (full of doggies who’d love a warm, pile of clothes ^.^). I pull things first that go on the bottom of the person’s pile, then work up to the top of the pile. Why? When I’m done I have the empty dryer I need and a pile of clothing ready to be put away. 8 minutes, usually less and I’m done! You are so right.
August 7th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
I agree! I get alot done in eight minutes, if I JUST DO IT !
April 21st, 2010 at 1:53 am
На мой взгляд, это актуально, буду принимать участие в обсуждении. Я знаю, что вместе мы сможем прийти к правильному ответу….
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• when you first get out of bed…..