An object at rest
stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and
in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force …Newton’s First
Law of Motion
Early morning….The alarm rings…the outstretched hand from
the bed reaches out in search for the “snooze”
button in the nightstand. But this is no ordinary alarm clock to search for the
snooze button…this is Clocky…an
innovative alarm clock designed by an MIT student ,Gauri Nanda. You set “Clocky”
at night like your regular clock . When alarm goes off in the morning, it
starts moving all around the room and you have to run behind it! …No kidding …this
is a true product that is a super duper hit!
Getting Started is one of the fundamental issues that a
mortal faces…be it to Waking up early or Starting an house-cleaning exercise, Going out
for daily exercise, Clearing of the debt
mountain …whatever.. most of us know it is all important…but the problem
is, the inertia of being at rest is so huge to overcome that we barely begin…and
that is the fundamental issue.
So, the solution is that we all need a “Clocky” for all
important stuff in our life…something that will get you started even if you are
overwhelmed with the enormity of the tasks…and that is hold your breathe…”5
minute Commitment” ….it goes like this…
Say your task is to go out and jog every day…So here is
today…you take a 5-minute commitment….you
put on the jogging suit and tie your
shoelace and just walk out of the home…I am not even talking about jogging here…just
taking a walk out of the home will provide you to enough motivation to carry on…because…remember
that the same inertia which barely allows us to start will equally help us to
continue our motion…with that one small step out of your home you made just
made a giant leap in your exercise schedule ! you will figure your own way for
an exercise routine!
Take another situation, you have several debts to clear off and
do not know where to start…Now this is what Dave Ramsey the celebrated personal
finance guru recommends….Start making an additional payment to the least debt amount
in your debt list. Soon this will help you to clear off the debt from your debt
list…Given the enormity of the task that you face, this one act of striking off
an item from the debt list will provide you enough motivation to carry on… This
is the 5- minute commitment
I do not want to kid you saying that a 5-minute commitment is
all you need….what I do want to say is the 5-minute commitment will provide you
with enough motivation to figure things out by yourself !...Now ..that is
amazing …Is it not?
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