7 Good Minutes: Extra - The One Weekly Question That Stops You Saving the Good Things for Later
7 Good MinutesShow Notes
If the good things in your life keep waiting for a better time, here's a simple weekly practice to change that: the Short-Horizon Question.
Once a week, at a set time, you ask yourself one question about what you'd stop doing and who you'd spend more of the year with. Then you pick one answer and put it into the coming week, whether that means declining one commitment you've kept out of habit, scheduling a call or visit, or finally using something you've been saving.
It takes a few minutes, it doesn't ask you to drop real responsibilities, and it's a clearer way to decide where your time goes.
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