It helps you decide when to tackle a task by following the steps below:<ol><li>Define clearly what is the task and the actions that compose it.</li><li>If the action takes less than two minutes, do it, although it is not an urgent or high-priority task; if not, defer it or delegate it.</li><li>If you do not achieve the result of the task with the action, identify the next action and process it following the same criteria of the previous step.</li><li>If doing a task will take less time than processing it, organizing it in your lists and tracking it timely, it is more efficient to do it right away.</li></ol>

The Two-Minute Rule

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						AUTHOR: Francisco Sáez
					</div><figure><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ft-docs/en/blog-focus.png" alt="Blog focus" width="250" height="179"></figure><a href="http://facilethings.com/blog/en/basics-processing" dir="ltr">Processing is the stage of the GTD workflow</a> in which you make decisions. You get all the stuff you have collected and, one by one, decide what are you going to do with them.For you to decide, you must first define clearly what each item is. Once you have a clear and specific statement of the desired result, the first question is whether you need to take action or not. If the answer is yes, the next thing is to decide what the next action is.Here is where the famous Two-Minute Rule comes in: If the next action can be done in two minutes or less, do it now, although it is not an urgent or high-priority task.It does not need to take two minutes exactly, it may take three or five. If you have to read a short text to make the following decision, read it. If you have to send an email or make a quick call, just do it.<h3>The Ultimate Solution to Do GTD®</h3><h4>Your GTD® System, Ready from the First Minute</h4>If you do not complete the result with that action, identify the next action and process it following the same criteria: If you need less than two minutes, do it; if not, defer it or delegate it.In short, if doing a task will take less time than processing it, organizing it in your lists and tracking it timely, it is much more efficient to do it the first time it is in your hands.The Two-Minute Rule can greatly improve your productivity, making your projects move forward incessantly and preventing many small things get to overload your system.

Many people says that the Two-Minute Rule creates a dramatic improvement in their productivity.

Basic GTD: The Two-Minute Rule

The Two-Minute Rule

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