"Bias to action" is usually stated as a value and therefore does nothing. The Mochary Method makes it a mechanic with a number attached: **anything that takes under two minutes gets done immediately, and everything else gets compressed until its first step does.** ### **What I'm thinking about** 1. **Two minutes recurs as the system's atomic unit** – It is the threshold for clearing an inbox item on sight, the size a next action gets compressed to, the length of the first slice of work you start inside the meeting, and the maximum length of an async video explaining an issue. The consistency is not accidental. 2. **The hard part of any task is starting** – Which is why the compression works. "Write the client proposal" carries activation energy. "Put a two-hour block in the calendar titled *write the client proposal*" carries almost none, and once the block exists the work is far more likely to happen. 3. **Start the first two minutes inside the meeting** – Reserve the last ten minutes of a meeting to *begin* everything agreed. Not to do it — to break the seal. Small beginnings are self-sustaining in a way that intentions aren't. 4. **Slootman's version is the deadline challenge** – When someone commits to "next week," ask why not tomorrow. Mochary's extension is sharper: **why not right now?** 5. **The decision tree is short** – Under two minutes: do it. Over two minutes: estimate it and create a calendar event with the action as its title. Involves someone you meet regularly: add it to their agenda list rather than pinging them. ### **So what?** The stated payoff is momentum: "Now the flywheel of momentum has already begun. This is the definition of BIAS TO ACTION." The deeper effect is that it removes the gap between deciding and doing, and that gap is where most agreed actions quietly die. Batching is the corollary. Rather than messaging someone the moment a thought occurs, keep a running agenda per person you meet regularly and discuss them all at once. Real-time one-off pings are the most expensive way to handle non-urgent things — for both parties. Related: [[Actions Must Be Inputs]] [[Top Goal]] [[Write Before You Talk]] [[Things take time]] [[Executive Operating System MOC]]