Born of the modern world, this way of thinking tells you that if something can’t be done in five minutes or less, then it’s not worth doing. Unfortunately, most of work’s important tasks (as well as life’s) take up more than just a few minutes of our time.

Divide daunting chores into several mini-tasks, each of which should take about five minutes to complete.

Even those with a microwave mentality should be able to achieve bigger objectives in no time.