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0:00after reading tons of productivity books I came across so many rules like the 2-year rule the
0:055 minute rule the 5c rule no not that 5-second rule the problem is that these rules were meant
0:11for companies or entrepreneurs but I was able to adapt them to my studies during med school
0:16and drastically cut down in my procrastination so I'm going to share with you two different
0:20two-minute rules for the next 2 minutes the first 2 minute rule comes from getting things
0:25done by David Allen he says if it takes 2 minutes to do get it done right now for example if I need
0:30to take out the trash today it takes 2 minutes to do so if I'm thinking about it now might as
0:35well just do it now instead of writing it down on a to-do list or probably forgetting about
0:40it or having to come back to it later which takes more than 2 minutes that's how I see
0:45it so here's a list of things that might take 2 minutes throughout the day like organizing
0:49your desk or Watering your plants or clipping those nasty Nails I just do it when I notice it
0:54but these little things start to add up so this rule biases my brain towards taking action and
1:00away from procrastination the second two-minute rule comes from Atomic Habits by James Clear
1:04he says when you're trying to do something you don't really want to do simplify the test down
1:08to 2 minutes or less so doing your entire reading assignment becomes just reading one paragraph or
1:13memorizing the entire periodic table becomes memorizing just 10 flash cards now some of
1:19you might think yeah this is just a Jedi mind trick like why would I fall for it how is this
1:24at all sustainable and to that he says when you're starting out limit yourself to only only 2 minutes
1:31so back in med school I wanted to build a habit of studying for 1 hour every day before dinner so I
1:36tried this trick but I limited myself to Just 2 minutes I'd sit down open my laptop study for 2
1:43minutes and then Clos my laptop and went to do something else it seems unproductive at first
1:48right it seems stupid but staying consistent with this two-minute routine day after day meant that
1:54I was becoming the type of person who studies daily I was mastering the habit of just showing
2:00up because a habit needs to be established before it can be expanded upon if I can't become a person
2:06who studies for Just 2 minutes a day I'd never be able to become the person that studies for
2:11an hour a day you got to start somewhere but starting small is easier there's a lot of other
2:16useful tips from books I cover more here in this video on three books in 3 minutes check it out
2:22and if you guys like these types of videos let me know in the comments below I'll see you there bye