Have you seen the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall?
If you haven't, check it out. Freakin' hilarious. It is one of those movies I've probably seen 40 times because anytime I'm on the couch flipping around and I see it on...I have to watch it for at least a few minutes.
Anyway...one really funny scene is when the main character, Peter (Jason Segal), is taking surf lessons from Paul Rudd's character.
They are practicing on dry land, and he tells Peter to hop up on the board. He hops up.
Paul Rudd: "No that's not it at all...do less."
Peter tries it again doing a little less.
Paul Rudd: "Do less."
Peter tries it AGAIN doing a little less.
Paul Rudd: "Do less."
This literally goes on for a few hilarious moments until Peter ends up on the board not moving.
What the heck does this have to do with Meals-n-Minutes?
This exact scene is, in a nutshell, exactly how I want you to think about cooking a delicious meal when you’re in a time crunch or locked in a busy schedule.
By doing less. Not more.
Focusing on very few things. And doing these few things extremely well and over and over again.
Most people think you still have to get out there with a full kitchen production day after day, even if you’re under the gun. It's just not true.
I recently had someone come to me who was really struggling with her time schedule, and it was driving her looney ("I have no time to even shower!"). Yikes! That's no fun.
A lightning quick dissection and I could see the problem: She had TOO many irons in the fire and not ever giving herself a break. One place, I told her, you can change all that is in the kitchen, the time you spend cooking and cleaning.
What is easier and makes the most sense? Doing more with less quality results. Or...doing less and focusing 100% of the effort RIGHT NOW on timesaving ideas in the kitchen.
You guessed it (in case you guessed wrong...the answer is LESS...lol). Now she is focusing SOLELY ON REDUCING TIME IN THE KITCHEN. From there *maybe* she will start to look at other ways to increase efficiency in her schedule.
She will be doing less...and getting more done, spending more time with her family:)
Bottom line: Think less. Stay focused. Follow a more efficient plan. And the results will be MORE.
Oh, and check out Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
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