Take charge tip of the day: Get the yucky thing done first. You’ve procrastinated long enough and have made every excuse you can think of. That thing on your to-do list — you know, the one you really dread doing — isn’t going to go away. And it’ll sap your energy until you do it.
So do it. Do it or take it off the list, it’s just that simple.
Many times we put things on our to-do lists that are important but they are dreadful — maybe they aren’t all that interesting or exciting or perhaps they scare us a little. But if we don’t tackle the stuff we don’t want to do, we can’t enjoy the stuff we love doing.
I’ve been able to produce many good results, and it’s because I know the power of just jumping in and doing a thing. Some people look at the books I’ve written or the business I’ve built and say, “Must be nice…” Yeah, it is. And it can be nice for you, too. If you just decide to do.
I didn’t get any of the results I’ve had just because I’m so special and could sit back and watch things fall into place. Nor did I get them because I was content to wish for things to happen. I had to do it the old fashioned way. By putting in the time, and doing even the things I wasn’t all that excited about doing.
There is a quote that shows up in many forms, but it’s basically this: “Do the things today that others won’t do so you can have the things tomorrow that others won’t have.”
Most folks will keep putting off the important things and focusing on the easier but not all that impactful things. And the result is they never produce the results they want or are capable of producing.
So tackle that thing on your to-do list that you’ve been avoiding. If you can’t bear to think about doing the whole thing in one go, take it in doses. Just decide you’ll spend 20 or 30 minutes on it today, or you’ll do a certain number of repetitions or whatever is appropriate. Then tomorrow, tackle it again.
The point is to MOVE on it. Now get going.
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