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How to find the next step

Ask what actually needs to happen now, not eventually, and translate it into one physical action you can start in two minutes.

When a situation feels tangled, it's because you're looking at all of it at once. Every part of the problem, every possible outcome, every thing you might need to do.

The next step doesn't need to solve the problem. It just needs to move. One call, one message, one open document. Clarity usually comes after the first step, not before it.

A useful filter: What actually needs to happen now? Not this month, not eventually. Now. There's usually only one honest answer.

Try this · 1 minute

What now?

  1. 1.Write the situation in one line.
  2. 2.Ask: what actually needs to happen now?
  3. 3.Turn that into an action that starts with a verb: open, call, write, send, stand up.
  4. 4.Do it. Then ask the question again.

Next

Write what actually needs to happen now, starting with a verb. Do it.

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