Pippa's Law

Hello.
This is Aoyagi.


Thank you to everyone who commented on last week's column "Two Sides of the Same Coin".

I have replied to your comments, so I hope you will take a look.


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A cold wave is upon us, but I hope everyone is feeling well.

Since I stopped drinking alcohol, I haven't caught a cold at all.

I'm super energetic.





One of my themes for this year is "action."

Don't overthink, don't stop, just move.

And based on that, I wanted to write about a certain rule in this column and share it with all of you who are reading.


That is "Pippa's Law" advocated by Katsuhisa Kinoshita of Kitano Tatsujin Corporation.

"If you think of something (Pi-tto), act on it immediately (Pa-tto)" - I think the naming is funny (lol)

It means the same as the commonly said "act immediately once you have an idea."


Not only by being conscious of it but also by putting it into practice, I have been surprised at how much more action I take and I can truly feel the effects.



Specifically, the method I am currently using is very simple:

・If something can be done in 5 minutes, do it immediately on the spot.
・If something seems to take more than 5 minutes, decide "by when it will be done" and immediately enter it as a task in the iPhone's memo.

That's all.


Previously, I used to say:

"I'll do it later."
"I'll do it all at once when I have time."

and procrastinate, and as a result, that thing would constantly be on my mind.





Let's briefly talk about brain resources here.

Brain resources can be broadly divided into:

・Remembering
・Thinking

These two.


If you act immediately, you don't need to "remember" it as something to do later.

But if you procrastinate,

"I'll decide this later."
"I have to remember not to forget it."

The brain will continue to hold onto these tasks.


Just by taking care of things that can be done in 5 minutes on the spot, your mind becomes surprisingly clear because this waste of resources is eliminated.



Another big factor is the speed of the correction and update cycle.

When you act quickly, you get results quickly.

You quickly find out if it worked or not.

Therefore, the next step also comes faster.



The cycle of "action → correction → action" spins faster and faster, and not only speed but also accuracy naturally improves.


Nothing changes by just thinking.

Precisely because "action" is my theme this year, I am once again strongly conscious of "Pippa's Law."

Things really do start moving at lightning speed, so please give it a try, even if you think I'm making it up.


Occasionally, there are days when a series of 5-minute tasks keeps me busy all day, and I can't get to what I originally intended to do, but I consider that okay because it means I'm moving things forward (lol).