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I've also learnt that you can't give a shit about everything so try to give a shit about what matters rather than dumb things. While picking out tasks for the next day, I also check tasks which I had already added to my inbox or a project. If you want to get the most of out of your employees, don’t measure face time, measure their output. I prefer fidgeting or focusing all my attention on a single object though with this one people think I'm spacing out when in reality I'm pretty sure it's meditation.

There’s something about knowing that you’re going to have to explain why you didn’t get it done, that can really kick us int action. The Dark Side Of Success Someone made a great point in CWD the other day The nutshell version was that they were chasing the ‘6-figure lifestyle’ and as result their happiness and health suffered as a result. Apparently it distracts the part of our brain that is most likely to wander, so we can really focus and get what we need to done. Finding your work rewarding is really a whole other post in and of itself – you can check out this post on How to Forever Cure to Your Lack of Motivation or my previous one on finding your flow and motivation.

I even took a day to get some content lined up for various places knowing that I still need to show up even when I’m busy and even if I’m absolutely mullered after a day of pushing myself to my physical limits. I now believe that making progress on anxiety comes down to, getting comfortable outside your comfort zone, and learning anxiety reduction methods that suit you.

Deep down, I’m sure I knew this tendency of mine, but I never considered that it was a penchant that other people shared—and that it was something that I could employ to better understand how I approach getting things done. Everything I’ve achieved so far in life has been through my own effort but ONLY with support along the way. When I was in my 20’s, I held a number of sales positions where there was always the potential for more money.Complementing this announcement is the release of our brand-new Desk Pad, an absolute essential for freelancers, uni students and entrepreneurs, or anyone who is tackling a project on the side or looking for a way to stay productive. And a bonus tip on this one, I’ve found that adding how much time it will take to do something to the list helpful. The secret is to find something that works for you and just let it play instead of wasting time changing the song every five minutes. These 4 or 5-star reviews represent the opinions of the individuals who posted them and do not reflect the views of Etsy.

The ratings/reviews displayed here may not be representative of every listing on this page, or of every review for these listings. You’ll have all the motivation to kick it off and the moment you hit a speed bump the wheels will fall off. Sometimes it’s just too overwhelm to look at the whole project - we wonder how on earth we’ll ever get it done and end up talking ourselves out of it. It’s hard to talk about attention span without looking at the role of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. However you achieve it, accountability stomps all over procrastination, because you’ve made that promise, it’s out there and now you quite simply gotta get it done.I forever have about twenty tabs open, and I often get distracted mid-task and end up thinking of something else to do. Errands are an extreme example, but I also batch things like reading the news and curating articles for the TLN. I think accountability is the key to your major success this year, not just in one task or two, but in everything you do. While yes, they are it’s worth thinking about the fact that it takes quite a bit of mental energy to keep pushing them down.

I had tried a technique in the past where I built a backlog on a Kanban board app like Trello or Jira and then ported over tasks for the day to my to-do app. You may not like spending long amounts of time in your inbox, but you probably think about checking it pretty often. I couldn’t just go off for a week of bouncing and stretching and spinning without it having a knock on effect. This system helps me locate tasks very quickly, and also keep an eye of how much progress I’ve made on a specific project. Choose music that makes you feel good, has a good bass or a good beat, and anything that encourages a bit of chair dancing is definitely a bonus!We usually come to getting shit done from a place of scarcity, or a place of procrastination or a place of sometimes even desperation. In fact, I've a strange confession to make which will land me straight to being classified as a weirdo- I study people's LinkedIn profiles for hours (been doing that for the last 8-10 years and am still not bored! Designed to be compact and pocket sized so it's always with you, the Get Shit Done notebook is available in a choice of stylish colours. Turning off the personalised advertising setting won’t stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make the ads you see less relevant or more repetitive.