Cure laziness the Japanese way with 60 seconds a day

You make plans to exercise, learn a foreign language, cook... but are only enthusiastic about it for the first few sessions.

Most people set goals and overcome challenges, but quickly fail to execute their plans. At that time, you often tell yourself, I'm not ready yet and will do it next week, next month, next year.

The reasons for this failure could be: You expect to achieve too much in a short time; You are bored with the responsibilities; It is very difficult to change old habits.

You will gradually finish reading your favorite books if you apply the Japanese "One Minute Principle". Photo: LYWB.

In Japanese culture, the Kaizen philosophy is considered the key to success. The phrase Kaizen means "Change for the better". The Japanese have applied the ideas of this philosophy to improve their work processes, change their personalities, and change their lives.

In the content of Kaizen there is a "One Minute Principle" for you to improve yourself.According to Brightside, the main idea of ​​this idea is that a person should do something for one minute at the same time every day. This is obviously not difficult for anyone, even the laziest person. No matter how busy you are, you cannot find an excuse to refuse to do something in just a short period of time: 60 seconds.

Everyone has things they are reluctant to do, such as exercising, learning a new language, or reading every day. But if you just spend a minute a day, you will be motivated to take small steps towards self-improvement and achieve the results you want.

Overcoming self-doubt is a very important thing that you need to practice to achieve success. When you have confidence, you will gradually become more interested in what you are doing. At that time, you can gradually increase the time of practice from one minute to 5 minutes, 30 minutes and so on.

Your exercise routine will start with doing 5 sit-ups a day. Photo: Itrainelite.

Similar to the "One Minute Principle", Kaizen also offers ways for individuals to change themselves with small steps:

- Exercise: Every day, I will do 5 sit-ups after waking up.

- Supplement knowledge: Read one page of literature or encyclopedia every day.

- Learn a foreign language: Learn a new word, write a sentence every day.

- Quit smoking: Reduce smoking to one cigarette per day.

- Avoid depression and loneliness: Spend 2 minutes every day thinking about good memories.

- Avoid the feeling of stagnation from sitting too long in the office: Take a minute every day to walk around, do simple exercises, take the stairs...

According to VNE