Evaluate your task list and prioritize items based on four criteria:
Do the things you need to do but don’t want to do first. This way you’ve done the ‘worst’ thing already and are happier to do the other tasks by comparison.
Things you don’t want to do, but actually need to do are the ‘Frogs’. We aren’t motivated to do them, leaving them victim to procrastination. Frogs need structure around them to ensure that they actually get done. Create the motivation to make them happen, by scheduling time to “eat your frogs” first. Making sure frogs are the first thing that gets done leaves you free to do the things that you enjoy doing. The habit creates an inherent reward. Either way, give yourself a reward for eating the frogs, otherwise they will just sit there watching you and croaking! “If you have to eat a live frog, it does not pay to sit and look at it for a very long time!”
1 http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/eat-the-frogs-first-a-guide-to-prioritizing.html
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