The rule is simple: If a task can be completed in one minute or less, it should be done immediately, like washing a dish, answering an email or picking up a few things on the floor.
The one-minute rule is something that Gretchen Rubin talks about in her book, The Happiness Project. It's simple: you do any task that takes one minute to do the moment you realize it. For example, when you have finished your meal, don't just put your plates in the kitchen.
This simple idea helps you keep your house clean (we talk more about it in our Productivity Bootcamp program). Whenever you complete a task or project, take 10 extra steps – or spend 30 extra seconds – to finish and put things away. For example, you might do a pretty good job of organizing your bedroom closet.
Our endless mental reminders of small undone tasks add up to big stress. The one-minute rule, by pushing you to do more easily completed tasks more quickly, promises to silence many of these reminders, hopefully bringing greater serenity and success. That's what I'm hoping for 2023 at least.
The one-minute rule is simple: any task that would take one minute or less should be completed immediately. Seeing as B takes less than one minute, that is your answer! Any task that would take one minute or less should be completed immediately.
This means our life is uncertain and anything can happen in a moment.
The 2-minute rule is critical to getting a “quick and dirty” overview of what's in your inbox. Do the math: If you have only 30 minutes to disposition 30 items in your inbox, you need a 2-minute rule if you hope to get a look at everything that's in there. At most you could handle ten 2-minute tasks.
Here's the rule:
Do what you need to do, before you do what you want to do.
Consider a morning or nighttime routine where you review your goals, set tasks you want to accomplish, and review your schedule. By doing this, you develop a routine that you can follow for any future goals. It is also important to prioritise rest and good mental health habits.
Clean from the top down
Don't fight gravity when you clean. You'll lose. Working from high to low almost always works better in cleaning situations. When you're cleaning the entire house, start on the top floor and work your way down to avoid tracking through rooms you have already cleaned.
80/20 Rule Examples
20% of the cleaning tasks you do at home, result in 80% improvement in how your home looks. Think cleaning the floors! Or 20% of the clothing you own, gets worn 80% of the time.
The six daily tasks include making the bed, washing dishes, scrubbing the sink, wiping down counters, vacuuming floors and doing a load of laundry. On top of those are 10 weekly tasks, which the Tiktoker says she does on one day of the week.
Debate on amendments in Committee of the Whole is governed by the five-minute rule, not the hour rule that regulates debate in the House. The Member offering each amendment (or the majority floor manager, in the case of a committee amendment) is first recognized to speak for five minutes.
The 5-5-5 method is simple, according to Clarke. When a disagreement comes up, each partner will take 5 minutes to speak while the other simply listens, and then they use the final five minutes to talk it through.
It's simple: if you have a chore you're in danger of putting off, try doing it for just three minutes. But then it won't get finished. That's not the point. The first three minutes will snap you out of an avoidance mindset, according to the psychologist Dr Jennifer Wild.
In an environment of slow growth, lower inflation and new monetary policies, expect 2023 to have upside for bonds, defensive stocks and emerging markets. We forecast a marked slowdown in global economic growth in 2023: 1.2% from 3.7% in 2022.
This rule says that for every six posts you create on your social media channels, four posts should entertain or educate, one post should be a “soft sell” and one post should be a “hard sell.” Let's take a closer look at how you might use the 4-1-1 rule.
If you want to write emails that people actually read, make them no longer than five sentences. Anything more than that, and you need some other form of communication – an old-fashioned call perhaps, or a meeting.
The goal is for The Golden Rule of Email - treating every email as if it's a phishing attempt - to become second nature for everyone. If you habitually follow this rule, you will instinctively verify certain elements before taking any action on an email.
The marketing rule of 7's states that a potential customer must see a message at least 7 times before they'll be provoked to take an action.