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Jan 7, 2022
Kaizen, or the 'one-minute principle,' is a brilliant Japanese approach to overcome sloth.
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Kai(change) zen(wisdom) was created by Japanese management consultant Masaaki Imai.
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It's a technique applied to enhance management skills and to encourage personal growth.
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This is how: commit to do a task for at least a minute every day at the same time.
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Keep at it over the long haul, every day, no matter how lazy you feel at the time.
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The key word is long haul. You cannot expect results from kaizen in a few days.
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By and by you find yourself increasing the time limit, even stretching it to an hour
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In Japan, kaizen has been applied in healthcare, life coaching, government, and banking.
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At the workplace, kaizen includes: Prioritise, Organise, Declutter, Standardise, Self discipline.
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