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The Next Tiny Action Card

One card, one next action so small it feels silly not to do it.

How to use it

  1. Write the smallest possible next action.
  2. Write what “done” looks like.
  3. Keep the card visible until done.

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Print at 100% / Actual size and set margins to None. Turn on borderless printing if your printer offers it — the card is designed to bleed to the edge of the paper.

Preview — prints at exactly 3 × 5 in (76 × 127 mm).

The Next Tiny Action Card

One card, one next action so small it feels silly not to do it

  1. 1Write the smallest possible next action.
  2. 2Write what “done” looks like.
  3. 3Keep the card visible until done.

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Cut along the dashed line. Check that your print dialog says 100 percent, not “Fit to page”.

If a step feels big, it is not the next step. Make it smaller.

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