Life is filled with Chocolate Chips

Back in elementary, Mrs. Summer would reward everyone in class with treats whenever we performed well on a test.

One time, she brought over a cookie jar filled with chocolate chips cookies.

“Okay class, take one cookie and pass it around.”

I kept my eyes on the jar as it was being passed around, and when it was finally my turn, I put my hand in and grabbed a handful of cookies– totally disregarding the teacher’s instruction of take one only.

As I redrew my hand away from the jar, my hand made a sudden stop at the neck of the jar.

Flustered, I wiggled some more, but no matter how I twisted and turned my hand, it was stuck in the jar.

Then came a wise advice from Mrs. Summer,

“Dear, maybe try letting go some cookies and grab only one cookie at a time.”

Having Too Many Cookies on Your Plate.

We all have a lot we want to complete at work or life in general.

Particularly, in a startup, the tasks piled up to my height.

A great place to look at is the to-dos list, the last time I looked at mine; it was scrollable. So I freak out, and deleted it, never did I saw the to-do’s again, out of sight out of mind kind of thing.

What could we have done different so that we can get more things done?

The cookie jar method.

Instead of putting fifteen heavy tasks on your list, put only one thing on your to-do.

Take one cookie only as Mrs. Summer would say it.

That way your hand isn’t stuck, and get that delicious cookie in the end.