How much time did you spend today on anything of importance?
The challenge lies in the fact that busyness camouflages procrastination.
Fight back! Here are my 10 tips:
- Pick at least one important item for completion every day
- Favor the 20% of items that produce 80% of the results
- Suppress the "urgent"
- Start before you feel ready
- Treat your employer's or client's business as your own
- Take good notes on paper during meetings
- Don't answer poorly written emails
- Wear the same outfit every day
- Tune out the news
- Complete a simple task first—and take comfort in the fact that even pros procrastinate
Hemingway said, “First, I clean the refrigerator.”