Just Five More Minutes
Tina JI · Persuasive Influence L1-4 · 6:51 ✅
Opened by simulating a late arrival: "Sorry, traffic, just five more minutes."
Three psychological reasons:
1️⃣ Absorption in the moment — forget time, forget water, harm your body
2️⃣ Attention Residual — a friend took 30 seconds to answer a question because their mind was still on the previous task
3️⃣ Planning Fallacy — Kahneman's study: students estimated 34 days, actually took 2 years
Solutions: Add buffer time · Write down where you stopped before switching tasks · Hofstadter's Law
"You can never be on time. You can be either early or late. If you aim for on time, you'll probably be late."
The Fifty Meters Behind Him
Joanne · Presentation Mastery L1-4 · 7:04 ✅
Her 6-year-old son was home alone; she went to attend a meeting.
Needed to approach the Vice Minister of Health to promote a project — emails and formal channels had failed.
Calculated a 10-minute window, but got distracted, and the official left.
Thinking of her son waiting alone at home → she stood up and chased after him.
Followed the official for 50 meters down the corridor to the parking lot.
Hesitated, feared → but spoke up anyway. 2 minutes solved the problem.
"The distance between courage and hesitation is just 50 meters. If you're going to do something, just stand up, speak out, and take steps."