" Objects at rest stay at rest (including you) "

Hey

Newton figured this out centuries ago: objects in motion stay in motion. Objects at rest stay at rest.

It takes way more energy to get started than it does to keep going.

When you're doing nothing, it's ridiculously easy to keep doing nothing. When you're working, it's much easier to keep working.

You already know this. You've lived it.

That report sitting in your task list for three days? The one you finally cracked open yesterday? Took you forty minutes and you spent the whole time wondering why the hell you avoided it for so long.

The hard part was never the work itself. It was starting.

Here's what actually happens in your brain: it sees an overwhelming task and immediately hits the panic button. Too big. Too vague. Too much effort required just to begin.

So you find other things to do. Important things. Urgent things. Like finally organizing that drawer you haven't touched in six months.

Except nothing's actually urgent. You're just stuck. And stuck wants to stay stuck.

I've been there. We all have. Staring at the same task, day after day, feeling that low-level guilt building up in the background.

Here's what actually works: you don't try to finish the task. You commit to five minutes.

That's it. Five minutes. After that, you can walk away guilt-free.

Sounds too simple, right? But there's real research behind this. The University of Chicago found that 92% of people who commit to just starting—no finish line required—actually end up completing what they set out to do.

Stanford's Persuasion Lab found that taking any small action increases the likelihood you'll keep going by 340%.

Why? Because starting is the only real barrier. Once you're in motion, staying in motion becomes the path of least resistance.

Newton was onto something.

So we built this into Second Brain 6.0 🧠

You've got a task you're avoiding. You switch it from "To Do" to "Just 5 Minutes."

A progress bar shows up. It ticks forward in real-time. You watch it climb toward five minutes.

When it hits 5:00, you get a choice: Continue or Stop.

Want to keep going? Switch it to "Doing." Ride the momentum.

(I speed up the process. We're not going to wait 5 minutes ↓)

Want to stop? Switch it back to "To Do." The progress bar disappears. No shame. No guilt. You still did more than you were doing five minutes ago.

It's not some psychological trick. It's just removing the friction between you and actually starting.

Most productivity advice tells you to "just do it" or "stop procrastinating" or "be more disciplined."

That's not helpful. You already know you should start. The problem is your brain won't let you.

This isn't about willpower. It's about leverage. You're not trying to force yourself into action—you're making it easier to begin than to keep avoiding.

Five minutes isn't a big ask. It's barely anything. That's the point.

And once you're moving? You're already halfway there.

Look, this is just one feature. Second Brain 6.0 has an entire system built around making your life feel less like work and more like... play.

Progress bars. Streaks. Visual feedback. The dopamine hit of watching things move forward.

We're not trying to make you more productive. We're trying to make productivity feel good.

Gamify your entire life. Not in a gimmicky way. In a way that actually makes you want to show up.

👉 Get Second Brain 6.0 and Gamify Your Life 🎮

The template that finally gets you unstuck.

Osama aka Ols

See you in Nov