THE-ONE-MINUTE-MANAGER-MEETS-THE-MONKEY

Specifying “next moves” can provide a quadrupleboost in motivation for the owner of the monkey‣ First, describing the monkey clarifies the “nextmove” and the more clearly one understands whatmust be done, the greater the energy andmotivation that exists for doing it.‣ Second, it increases motivation by helping one takethe all-important first step on a project, which isoften the most difficult one to make.