The Power of Ten Minutes

In ten minutes you can do a lot. 

Peter Drucker said that you need usable time for projects, not small pieces here and there, and he recommended a minimum of 30 minutes. That's reasonable because Drucker was talking about the ability to achieve serious focus. 

But for small tasks - the "next actions" that David Allen writes about - 10 minutes can be a nice chunk of time. Each minute is valuable. Those portions eventually accumulate and result in the completion of the project.

You've heard people say, "It'll only take 10 minutes."  A commodity which cannot be recovered should not be spoken of that way.

Try looking at your day in ten minute segments. You may notice an increase in productivity.