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Cheering Yourself and Others On

43 Things—a goal-setting site: http://www.43things.com/
StickK—a goal-setting site: http://www.stickk.com/
Coffitivity—modest background noise similar to a coffee shop: http://coffitivity.com/

Easiest Block of All

Disable sound notifications on your computer and smartphone!

SUMMING IT UP

Mental tricks can be powerful tools. The following are some of the
most effective:
Put yourself in a place with few interruptions, such as a library,
to help with procrastination.

Practice ignoring distracting thoughts by simply letting them
drift past.
If your attitude is troubled, reframe your focus to shift attention
from the negative to the positive.
Realize it’s perfectly normal to sit down with a few negative
feelings about beginning your work.

Planning your life for “playtime” is one of the most important things
you can do to prevent procrastination, and one of the most important
reasons to avoid procrastination.
At the heart of procrastination prevention is a reasonable daily to-do
list, with a weekly once-over to ensure you’re on track from a big-
picture perspective.
Write your daily task list the evening before.

Eat your frogs first.

PAUSE AND RECALL

Close the book and look away. What were the main ideas of this
chapter? Remember to congratulate yourself for having finished