How to Stop Procrastinating: a simple Guide to Mastering Difficult Tasks and Breaking the Procrastination Habit

The 25–5 Rule Explained
The 25–5 Rule is a concept that I learned from the 
Live Your Legend site,
where Scott Dinsmore shared a story titled “Warren Buffett’s 5-Step
Process for Prioritizing True Success (and Why Most People Never Do
It)” about meeting a friend of Warren Buffett’s pilot
(whom he calls
Steve).
In this conversation with Dinsmore, Steve talked about how Buffett
encouraged him to write down a list of 25 things he wanted to do over the
next few years. After completing this list, Buffett told him to review this
list and circle his top five priorities. These goals would be more important
than anything else in Steve’s life.
Next, Buffett encouraged Steve to create an action plan for these five
activities. Buffett instructed him to write them down as actionable goals
and get started on them immediately.
Toward the end of this conversation, Buffett asked a simple question:
“But what about these other 20 things on your list that you didn’t circle?
What is your plan for completing those?”
Steve’s reply was probably what most of us would say: “Well, the top five
are my primary focus, but the other twenty come in at a close second.
They are still important, so I’ll work on those intermittently as I see fit as
I’m getting through my top five. They are not as urgent, but I still plan to
give them dedicated effort.”