Cut Your Morning in Half Twice
Inspired by Eric Ries episode
Eric Ries' MVP rule: write your feature list, cut it in half, cut it in half again. Same for morning routines—you're trying to do 100x more than necessary.
Eric Ries tells founders: list everything your MVP needs, cut that list in half, then cut it in half again. Most people are naturally wrong by orders of magnitude about what's actually necessary.
Your morning routine has 47 steps. Breakfast with actual nutrition. Teeth brushed thoroughly. Matching outfit that's weather-appropriate. Hair brushed. Shoes on correct feet. Backpack packed with everything.
You're off by 100x. Cut it in half: kid fed, kid dressed, kid has shoes. Cut it in half again: kid dressed, has shoes. That's it. That's the MVP.
Something edible in their hand they can eat in the car? Shipped. Pants on backwards? Still shipped. You'll add brushed teeth in version 2.0 once you've established that version 1.0 works.
The perfect morning routine is the reason you're late every day. The bare minimum is why you might actually arrive on time. Cut it in half twice and see if anyone besides you even notices.
