How to bring the follow through.


1. Compose lists. Take a pen and a piece, open a special program or application, and now make a list of all the cases, the dominance over you. a break for 10 minutes, relax, because you have already splashed out all that you care about on paper / screen. Go back to the list, take a look at it critically: which of the above reasons prevent bring each of these cases to the end?

2. striking out unnecessary. Read the list again. Think, and these books will help you in your career? Cases that are not suitable, delete from the list. It is better to take the time to do something important.

3. Remember the "rule of two minutes." There is a time management this principle - the "rule of two minutes": the works that will take no more than 2-5 minutes, performed immediately and discarded. Disassemble the shelf in the closet, put things in order on the shelf in the bathroom, the laundry load washing machine - all it takes is not more than 5 (maximum 10) minutes. It took only half an hour, and you have already done from 5 to 10 cases!

4. Become a Frenchman - eat "frog". Highlighted in green in the list of all the items which became the reason for failure to laziness. This is the most unpleasant things that you put off until the last, in time management, they are called "frogs". "There are frogs," ie, to cope with unloved things better in the morning. For example, you need to write something. Imagine in great detail, as you write. Feel, do and spend the rest of the day to a pleasant pastime.

5. Share "elephant." The most severe and complicated cases are called "elephants". If you do not know where to start, try the "elephant" split - split the case into several stages or affairs. The simpler and quicker the step better. That your mind will perceive easier: 5 complex and lengthy cases on time, or 20 simple 5-minute affairs? The main rule - come back to them in a spare moment. Suppose you decided to learn French. Morning learned one grammar rule, in the afternoon - 10 words, made the evening a couple of sentences with new words learned by rule. You'll see in a few months can already speak passable with your business partners French.

6. Praise yourself. Nothing pleases and inspires, as a long list of completed cases. Therefore, as soon as the deal completed, it boldly cross out and be sure to congratulate yourself for it. Enthusiasm will increase if the difficulty of as a lifeline will loom promotion: shopping, pleasant evening goodies for tea.

7. Summarize. Highlight a few hours once a week or a month (whatever you like) and summarize. You will notice that many of the cases brought to an end, a number of "frogs" disappeared, and a pair of "elephants" narrowed by half. Once again praise themselves and add to the list of new things.