[Music]
good evening
Ciao Bella jente is that how I say it
I’ve just started learning Italian so
I’m hoping ya got that sort of right
anyway I’m here to tell you about my
15-minute rule because it is absolutely
life-changing it has made the most
enormous difference to my life it’s
actually what’s brought me here today
and it’s made a huge difference to loads
and loads of other people who’ve tried
it and loved it and I want to share it
with you because it works so well I was
telling a taxi driver about it recently
and he was saying what and I said well
you can use my 15-minute rule on
anything or everything you can use it on
to change your career you can use it to
sort out your money you can use it on
your relationships you could use it on
your love life stop it
so 15 minutes too long for my love life
but you see he was an Englishman not an
Italian my mom always said I should have
married an Italian
I have to say III feel very at home here
not on stage but very at home in Italy
yet I went it the 15-minute rule to do
my tax return like most of us it’s a
horrible job we all hate it and I don’t
like admin and paperwork and it’s not
really my thing
but of course we have to do it because
if we don’t do it we’ll go to prison and
I don’t want to go to prison thank you
very much
so one and I would do everything to
avoid it everything and oddly enough
soccer pairing became a big thing I
would go to the laundry in the bathroom
and I would gather up all the socks and
sit in pair them that’s such an
important job or I’d clean the kitchen
floor or more important I must earn that
friend back I told her that’s call her
back and I haven’t done anything
anything to avoid attacks with her and
then one day I thought you know what
I’ll give it 15 minutes I don’t know why
I thought 15 minutes sort of random it
just came to me God sends I think I’ll
give it 15 minutes so I set my alarm and
I started to prepare it doing my tax
return turned on the computer that
counted as seconds in the 15 minutes
found some relevant documents went to
the filing cabinet got some more
documents rushed around looking for my
calculator wrote two columns income and
expenditure and then suddenly my alarm
went out of all proportion to the task
and why of course I felt so good was
because I’ve started it and I’ve taken
the nightmare out of it and I’ve taken
the feelings of being overwhelmed out of
it I was enjoying it so much I never
thought I could enjoy a tax return I
tell you I wasn’t real but something
told me no I’ve got to stop now and
trust myself so then the next 15 minutes
I did and the same thing and I got much
further on the mouth possibly possibly a
thought I would but again I stopped
after 15 minutes
and then I thought this really works
this really works I started trying to do
on other things I used it to sort out my
wardrobe I used it to have a difficult
conversation with somebody and you know
there’s a there’s a book in this and
there was and there is and I use my own
15-minute rule to write the 15-minute
rule how to stop procrastinating and
take control of your life and I used by
15-minute rule to get it published in
Japan bought my book then easily bought
my book and published it here in January
and a whole series of them and 15-minute
rule guide to anything and everything
because it works now let me try this bit
of Italian simply she passed C is that
right I don’t know I’m actually using my
15-minute rule to learn Italian and I’ve
been in been doing it for about two
weeks so it says I’m 6% fluent I have a
little way to go yet but if I keep doing
15 minutes a day well hopefully so this
is how you do it so you could use it as
a cell phone anything or everything you
can use it to do all those horrible jobs
you’ve left undone but you can also use
it to create a wonderful new life for
yourself to make those dreams come true
because nothing stopping you from making
those dreams come true except you and a
lovely thomas carlyle quote is our main
business it’s not to see what lies dimly
at a distance but to do what lies
clearly at hand so set that timer on
your phone and start your 15-minute rule
now what do you think you would like to
do it on is anybody here would like to
volunteer what they would like to use
the 15-minute rule because I can tell
you exactly how to work it don’t worry
but I’m sure you will see if you’re here
with somebody sitting next to somebody
partner
sister you might think he/she could
really do with the 15-minute rule but
you can talk about you perhaps to talk
about if afterwards I I really love the
50 minute rule because it works
it’s like magic and there’s another call
you can quote you know you are what you
do not what you say you’ll do so there
is nothing to stop you doing what you
want to do you know don’t sabotage
yourself anymore don’t don’t put
obstacles in your way because and if you
think that just seems much too difficult
or much too overwhelming just 15 minutes
and and and go for it the other joys of
it are that when you do that 15 minutes
it’s it’s it’s like a real safe time
frame and you feel contained and you’re
free to let your imagination run away
with you and you don’t have to censor
yourself you can just get on and do it
and you will be amazed because 15
minutes is short enough to be manageable
but it’s long enough to achieve
something very worthwhile and the Goethe
quote which I love you know the moment
one definitely commits oneself then
Providence moves to and all sorts of
things occur to help one that would
never otherwise have occurred and
believe me that is so true now the best
way as I said to work it’s as I suggest
you do three lots of 15 minutes over a
three-day period the first two it’s very
very important that you stop when your
alarm goes off even if you’re getting to
go on even if you think I’m really into
the scenarios be mad to stop I’m good no
no no you have to give yourself the
message you trust yourself it’s so
important from the third 15 minutes you
can carry on as long as you like but the
minute you get bored tired or fed up you
know then stop and just 15 minutes next
time
as I say I get a lot of feedback men
women and children have all used this
and even the most cynical have when I
when I’ve suggested that perhaps they
just try it they’ve come back they said
we can’t believe it
we can’t believe it and it’s fun you
know and it really makes me think of the
Mary Poppins thing you know when she was
sort of nagging the children to decide
to their room I hosted a secret
15-minute rule on them but you know you
find the fun and snap the jobs are game
and every task you undertake becomes a
piece of cake and lark
esprit listen I’m not careful I break in
some after that something I want to put
on the list for my 15-minute rule it’s I
really really want to write some songs
anyway that’s a for another day the
other thing that I suggest is again is
and I could am I invented who called you
you’re a saccade attitude changes
everything and it really really does and
you know we all have an ace card up our
sleeve and we can pull it out at any
time and use it and make it work for us
and I beg you to use to use that ace
card I am so passionate about this as
you can tell and I have as a result of
doing this I have become I can’t tell
you and and I mean and you couldn’t use
the fifty minute rule to find happiness
you can use the 50 minute rule to break
addictions there’s nothing you you you
cannot use the 15-minute rule on and
there’s Thomas Jefferson says nothing
can stop the man with a right mental
attitude on achieving his goal nothing
on earth could help the man with the
wrong mental attitude of course I am
really so happy that you have sat here
and listen to me
for nearly 15 minutes now
and I really really hope that some of
you are thinking yeah yeah I’m gonna try
it on something and if anybody’s brave
enough to volunteer what their likes
right on then please do tell me or get
in touch with me and if I can help in
any way I will sir says the first 15
minutes whatever it is you choose
brainstorm just brainstorm any idea any
drawing any doodle and he even if you
think this is crustose you know just get
on and do it and to the trollop I
discovered recently wrote in 15-minute
sections and they email my friend sent
me to tell me this she entitled it great
minds think alike
lovely but you know years ago and he
wrote four three three hours a day for
15 minutes at a time and wrote at least
47 novels I think it was and I must get
on with my novel just as I say to my
daughter
choose your thoughts wisely I also say
that to myself because of course that’s
all the cognitive behavioral therapy
stuff you know how we think is how we
feel and if we’re feeling rubbish with
with we’re thinking rubbish thoughts I
bet you if we’re feeling good we’re
thinking good thoughts so choose your
thoughts wisely
it’s thanks again for ya and for
listening to me but I just want to add
the importance of to found ly important
things willingness and enthusiasm think
of it as we willingness and enthusiasm
they there and if you can’t find it if
you’ve lost your willingness and
enthusiasm look around for it and or
work the 15-minute rule on how can I get
it back because with willingness and
enthusiasm there’s so much you can
achieve there’s a lovely phrase I heard
which is God moves mountains
but he expects us to have a shovel in
our hands well I’m really hoping that I
might have inspired you to pick up a
15-minute rule today as your shovel
because by using its vay you can
guarantee yourself some very happy
tomorrows I promise you
[Applause]
good evening
Ciao Bella jente is that how I say it
I’ve just started learning Italian so
I’m hoping ya got that sort of right
anyway I’m here to tell you about my
15-minute rule because it is absolutely
life-changing it has made the most
enormous difference to my life it’s
actually what’s brought me here today
and it’s made a huge difference to loads
and loads of other people who’ve tried
it and loved it and I want to share it
with you because it works so well I was
telling a taxi driver about it recently
and he was saying what and I said well
you can use my 15-minute rule on
anything or everything you can use it on
to change your career you can use it to
sort out your money you can use it on
your relationships you could use it on
your love life stop it
so 15 minutes too long for my love life
but you see he was an Englishman not an
Italian my mom always said I should have
married an Italian
I have to say III feel very at home here
not on stage but very at home in Italy
yet I went it the 15-minute rule to do
my tax return like most of us it’s a
horrible job we all hate it and I don’t
like admin and paperwork and it’s not
really my thing
but of course we have to do it because
if we don’t do it we’ll go to prison and
I don’t want to go to prison thank you
very much
so one and I would do everything to
avoid it everything and oddly enough
soccer pairing became a big thing I
would go to the laundry in the bathroom
and I would gather up all the socks and
sit in pair them that’s such an
important job or I’d clean the kitchen
floor or more important I must earn that
friend back I told her that’s call her
back and I haven’t done anything
anything to avoid attacks with her and
then one day I thought you know what
I’ll give it 15 minutes I don’t know why
I thought 15 minutes sort of random it
just came to me God sends I think I’ll
give it 15 minutes so I set my alarm and
I started to prepare it doing my tax
return turned on the computer that
counted as seconds in the 15 minutes
found some relevant documents went to
the filing cabinet got some more
documents rushed around looking for my
calculator wrote two columns income and
expenditure and then suddenly my alarm
went out of all proportion to the task
and why of course I felt so good was
because I’ve started it and I’ve taken
the nightmare out of it and I’ve taken
the feelings of being overwhelmed out of
it I was enjoying it so much I never
thought I could enjoy a tax return I
tell you I wasn’t real but something
told me no I’ve got to stop now and
trust myself so then the next 15 minutes
I did and the same thing and I got much
further on the mouth possibly possibly a
thought I would but again I stopped
after 15 minutes
and then I thought this really works
this really works I started trying to do
on other things I used it to sort out my
wardrobe I used it to have a difficult
conversation with somebody and you know
there’s a there’s a book in this and
there was and there is and I use my own
15-minute rule to write the 15-minute
rule how to stop procrastinating and
take control of your life and I used by
15-minute rule to get it published in
Japan bought my book then easily bought
my book and published it here in January
and a whole series of them and 15-minute
rule guide to anything and everything
because it works now let me try this bit
of Italian simply she passed C is that
right I don’t know I’m actually using my
15-minute rule to learn Italian and I’ve
been in been doing it for about two
weeks so it says I’m 6% fluent I have a
little way to go yet but if I keep doing
15 minutes a day well hopefully so this
is how you do it so you could use it as
a cell phone anything or everything you
can use it to do all those horrible jobs
you’ve left undone but you can also use
it to create a wonderful new life for
yourself to make those dreams come true
because nothing stopping you from making
those dreams come true except you and a
lovely thomas carlyle quote is our main
business it’s not to see what lies dimly
at a distance but to do what lies
clearly at hand so set that timer on
your phone and start your 15-minute rule
now what do you think you would like to
do it on is anybody here would like to
volunteer what they would like to use
the 15-minute rule because I can tell
you exactly how to work it don’t worry
but I’m sure you will see if you’re here
with somebody sitting next to somebody
partner
sister you might think he/she could
really do with the 15-minute rule but
you can talk about you perhaps to talk
about if afterwards I I really love the
50 minute rule because it works
it’s like magic and there’s another call
you can quote you know you are what you
do not what you say you’ll do so there
is nothing to stop you doing what you
want to do you know don’t sabotage
yourself anymore don’t don’t put
obstacles in your way because and if you
think that just seems much too difficult
or much too overwhelming just 15 minutes
and and and go for it the other joys of
it are that when you do that 15 minutes
it’s it’s it’s like a real safe time
frame and you feel contained and you’re
free to let your imagination run away
with you and you don’t have to censor
yourself you can just get on and do it
and you will be amazed because 15
minutes is short enough to be manageable
but it’s long enough to achieve
something very worthwhile and the Goethe
quote which I love you know the moment
one definitely commits oneself then
Providence moves to and all sorts of
things occur to help one that would
never otherwise have occurred and
believe me that is so true now the best
way as I said to work it’s as I suggest
you do three lots of 15 minutes over a
three-day period the first two it’s very
very important that you stop when your
alarm goes off even if you’re getting to
go on even if you think I’m really into
the scenarios be mad to stop I’m good no
no no you have to give yourself the
message you trust yourself it’s so
important from the third 15 minutes you
can carry on as long as you like but the
minute you get bored tired or fed up you
know then stop and just 15 minutes next
time
as I say I get a lot of feedback men
women and children have all used this
and even the most cynical have when I
when I’ve suggested that perhaps they
just try it they’ve come back they said
we can’t believe it
we can’t believe it and it’s fun you
know and it really makes me think of the
Mary Poppins thing you know when she was
sort of nagging the children to decide
to their room I hosted a secret
15-minute rule on them but you know you
find the fun and snap the jobs are game
and every task you undertake becomes a
piece of cake and lark
esprit listen I’m not careful I break in
some after that something I want to put
on the list for my 15-minute rule it’s I
really really want to write some songs
anyway that’s a for another day the
other thing that I suggest is again is
and I could am I invented who called you
you’re a saccade attitude changes
everything and it really really does and
you know we all have an ace card up our
sleeve and we can pull it out at any
time and use it and make it work for us
and I beg you to use to use that ace
card I am so passionate about this as
you can tell and I have as a result of
doing this I have become I can’t tell
you and and I mean and you couldn’t use
the fifty minute rule to find happiness
you can use the 50 minute rule to break
addictions there’s nothing you you you
cannot use the 15-minute rule on and
there’s Thomas Jefferson says nothing
can stop the man with a right mental
attitude on achieving his goal nothing
on earth could help the man with the
wrong mental attitude of course I am
really so happy that you have sat here
and listen to me
for nearly 15 minutes now
and I really really hope that some of
you are thinking yeah yeah I’m gonna try
it on something and if anybody’s brave
enough to volunteer what their likes
right on then please do tell me or get
in touch with me and if I can help in
any way I will sir says the first 15
minutes whatever it is you choose
brainstorm just brainstorm any idea any
drawing any doodle and he even if you
think this is crustose you know just get
on and do it and to the trollop I
discovered recently wrote in 15-minute
sections and they email my friend sent
me to tell me this she entitled it great
minds think alike
lovely but you know years ago and he
wrote four three three hours a day for
15 minutes at a time and wrote at least
47 novels I think it was and I must get
on with my novel just as I say to my
daughter
choose your thoughts wisely I also say
that to myself because of course that’s
all the cognitive behavioral therapy
stuff you know how we think is how we
feel and if we’re feeling rubbish with
with we’re thinking rubbish thoughts I
bet you if we’re feeling good we’re
thinking good thoughts so choose your
thoughts wisely
it’s thanks again for ya and for
listening to me but I just want to add
the importance of to found ly important
things willingness and enthusiasm think
of it as we willingness and enthusiasm
they there and if you can’t find it if
you’ve lost your willingness and
enthusiasm look around for it and or
work the 15-minute rule on how can I get
it back because with willingness and
enthusiasm there’s so much you can
achieve there’s a lovely phrase I heard
which is God moves mountains
but he expects us to have a shovel in
our hands well I’m really hoping that I
might have inspired you to pick up a
15-minute rule today as your shovel
because by using its vay you can
guarantee yourself some very happy
tomorrows I promise you
[Applause]
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