Stop Procrastinating: The 5-Minute Fix

What you'll learn in under 10 minutes

This isn't a long lecture about motivation. It's a short, practical workflow you can use whenever you catch yourself avoiding a task—especially the important, uncomfortable ones.

• The 3-step workflow: Name the task, shrink it to 5 minutes, timebox and start
• Why procrastination is often protection, not laziness
• How to reduce the "threat level" of a task so your brain stops fighting you
• Simple scripts you can say to yourself, your manager, or a coworker
• How to use tiny commitments instead of "I'll overhaul my whole system"

Real-world situations this helps with

• Sending the update email you've been putting off
• Starting a report, slide deck, or dashboard that feels too big
• Replying to a message that's been sitting in your inbox for days
• Moving on a project you've been "thinking about" for weeks
• Any task where you keep saying, "I'll do it later"

How the micro-course works

1. Step 1: Learn the 3-step "5-Minute Fix" (2 minutes)

   Get the simple framework you'll use again and again.

2. Step 2: Walk through one real example (3 minutes)

   See how to apply it to an actual work task.

3. Step 3: Fill out your own worksheet (2 minutes)

   Use the template to shrink a task you're avoiding right now.

Total time: 5–7 minutes to learn it • Unlimited re-use whenever you feel stuck.

What people say after using this method

"I used to spend more time avoiding tasks than actually doing them. Now I have a simple script that gets me started in 5 minutes. The hardest part was realizing how small the starting action needed to be."

— Marketing Manager

"The 'shrink it' step is magic. Turning 'write the quarterly report' into 'open the doc and write 3 bullet points' completely changed how I approach big tasks."

— Project Lead