Comments on: What’s Your Small Business Two Minute Drill?

By: Brad Harmon

Brad Harmon — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:34:00 +0000

Touch it once works great for little tasks that don't really require a lot of out-of-the-box thinking. Too often we let our offices and inboxes acquire stacks that we shuffle around rather than just picking it up and quickly knocking it out. I'm very bad about seminar and conference brochures. I usually know I am not going to attend, but rather than just trash it I seem to keep them circulating in my inbox until the event has already passed. My recent post How Does “Christian-Owned and Operated” Change Your Buying Decision?

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:41:41 +0000

Great post Brad,
I've actually never heard of the one touch rule. I've always approach to-do items in terms of Parkinson's Law: work will expand the time available for it's completion. This is what makes the 2-minute drill so great. Just get in there and knock it out!
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By: Brad Harmon

Brad Harmon — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:30:31 +0000

I've noticed in your tweets that you are a gamer. I love strategy games. One of my all-time favorites is Civilization. You start out with one villager and create your civilization from there. Depending on the settings, these games can easily last hours. I have to play the game through in one sitting because I can't seem to be able to save the game an hour into it and then pick it back up a day later.

In my life as an entrepreneur though, there are some projects which simply cannot be finished in one sitting. We just have to learn to break these up into smaller and smaller projects that can be. This is where the 2 minute drill can really help.

It takes training to both learn what types of activities we can fit into 2 minutes and to develop the skills and discipline necessary to do it. A great example for bloggers is knowing what types of comments you can leave or reply to within 2 minutes – not all comments can be drafted in that time frame, but many can. This is one of the areas that I am currently training to be a 2 minute drill.

By: @RodKirby

@RodKirby — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:02:36 +0000

Hey, Brad, interesting post, I think this is the first time I've heard of the concept of a 2 minute drill, but I think I'm familiar with it. I have an interesting gift, it's the gift of "focus." I can't do more than one thing at a time – I physically can, but mentally, I just can't do it. I find that I accomplish a lot more this way. So, my 2 minute drill is interesting because I can't just do something in 2 minutes and move on, I've got to sit there and kill it until there's nothing left of it, lol.

Good post man.
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