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7 Minutes

by Mike Vardy

Since it’s all I have left in my MacBook Air’s battery charge, I have to ask: What can be done in 7 minutes?

Not a ton of important stuff, but you certainly can lay the groundwork for some important stuff with that limit put in place. If you keep GTD in mind, then in 7 minutes you can complete at least 3 tasks that can be done in 2 minutes or less.

So that’s what I did.

What were those three tasks?

  1. Responded to a couple of emails to get them done before tomorrow.
  2. Wrote this post.
  3. Found an image and posted this post.

All in just 7 minutes.

Here’s a test. Time yourself for 7 minutes and go about your normal routine. Then write down what you did during that time. Then only give yourself 7 minutes — using some sort of a countdown timer — and then decide what to do with those minutes.

Let me know the outcome in the comments below. I bet that when you selectively choose how you spend those carefully timed 7 minutes you get a lot more of what you need done than if you are simply taking into account 7 minutes that aren’t so carefully timed.

Am I right?

Photo credit: Carlos Enciso (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)a

About Mike Vardy

Mike Vardy is a writer, speaker, productivity strategist, and founder of Productivityist. He is the author of The Front Nine: How to Start the Year You Want Anytime You Want and The Productivityist Playbook.

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