![]() I end up sitting there for however long it takes to knock off the task completely, and then pat myself on the back for tricking myself!ĭo you want to guess which outcome occurs more frequently than the other? The 2nd one, of course! You’d think by now I’d be on to my own shenanigans, but for whatever reason 15 minutes seems to be just long enough to push the momentum far enough that you figure you might as well just finish the damn job now that you’ve already committed time to it. ![]() I go back to my fun life after exactly 15 minutes, feeling a tiny bit better about myself.Every time I don’t want to do something I know I REALLY need to get done, I tell myself that I’ll just sit down for 15 minutes and knock a little of it out, and then get right back to my awesome life of playing dad or blogging or looking at my sexy old coins from the 1800’s (I know, I know – you’re jealous!).Īnd each time I activate this, one of two things happen: I call this the 15 Minute Trick, and it’s super easy to do. Now I don’t ask girls out anymore, but I’d like to think I’d harness this trick if I did :) These days I use a different one instead, which is more about helping me tackle stuff I have a tendency to push off – both in money and in life. The goals themselves typically take longer than an actual 20 seconds, but the point is that it gets you to START which is always the hardest part. Whether that’s asking someone out on a date, stepping out on the field to play an important game, or rockin’ that major speech. Sometimes it really does just take a handful of seconds to rip off the band aid and do something you’re scared out of your gourd to do. I’ve watched a lot of movies in my lifetime (and many featuring Matt Damon – I blame my wife!), but I’ve never forgotten that quote since hearing it. And I promise you, something great will come of it. Just literally twenty seconds of just embarrassing bravery. You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. There’s a beautiful line in the movie We Bought A Zoo that goes like this:
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