Set clear goals
Clarity is perhaps the most important concept in personal productivity. The greater clarity you have regarding what you want to get done and the steps it takes to achieve it, the easier it will be to overcome procrastination, eat the frog, and complete the task. In fact, a major reason for procrastination and lack of motivation is vagueness and confusion about what you want to do and in what order and for what reason
There's a powerful formula for setting and achieving goals that anyone can use for the rest of their life.
Step 1: Decide exactly what you want
Stephen Covey says, "Before you begin scrambling up the ladder of success, make sure that it is leaning against the right building."
Step 2: Write it down
Thus, you create something you can touch and see. On the other hand, a goal that is not in writing is merely a wish or a fantasy
Step 3: Set a deadline on your goal; set sub-deadlines if necessary
When there's no feeling of emergency, you naturally procrastinate and get very little done.
Step 4: Make a list of everything that you can think of that you are going to have to do to achieve your goal
Step 5: Organise the list into a plan
With a written list and an organized plan of action, you will be far more productive and efficient than people who are carrying their goals around in their minds.
Step 6: Take action on your plan immediately
Step 7: Resolve to do something every single day that moves you toward your major goal
Keep pushing forward. Once you start moving, keep moving. Don't stop. This decision, this discipline alone, can dramatically increase your speed of goal accomplishment and boost your personal productivity.
The power of written goals
Clear written goals motivate you and galvanize you into action. The more you think about your goals, the greater become your inner drive and desire to accomplish them.
Every morning when you begin, take action on the most important task you can accomplish to achieve your most important goal at the moment.
This article is inspired from the book 'Eat That Frog', by Brian Tracy
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