The Three-Move Rule

✍️ By Shawn Bearman | The Coach's Coach | Join World Referral Network for FREE

Everyone has experienced it.

A task appears on the calendar with good intentions. The time arrives, and it gets moved. A new date is chosen. Then it moves again. And sometimes again after that.

At first, this seems harmless.

Schedules change. Priorities shift. Life gets busy.

But when the same task keeps moving, something deeper is usually happening.

Resistance.

Resistance rarely announces itself directly. Instead, it shows up quietly through delay. Tasks that matter get postponed while smaller or easier activities take their place.

This is where a simple rule can create clarity.

If a task moves three times, it must be addressed directly.

Not rescheduled again.

Addressed.

At that point, the question is no longer about time management. The real question becomes what is underneath the delay.

What is the resistance?

Sometimes the task requires a decision that hasn’t been made yet. Sometimes it involves a difficult conversation. Other times the work itself feels unclear or overwhelming.

Moving the task repeatedly only hides the issue.

The Three-Move Rule brings it into the open.

Instead of asking when the task will be completed, the focus shifts to understanding why it hasn’t been.

What conversation needs to happen?

What decision needs to be made?

What uncertainty needs clarity?

Once the underlying issue is identified, progress becomes possible again.

Procrastination is often misunderstood as laziness or poor discipline. In reality, it is frequently a signal.

Something deeper needs attention.

When we pause long enough to investigate that signal, the path forward often becomes much clearer.

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