Beat Procrastination in 2010

If you find yourself getting stuck in the vicious cycle of "i'll get to it later", you might want to try and implement this little trick. It's called the ten-minute rule, and from what we've heard, it seems to work.

10 Minute Rule'Acknowledge, "I don't feel like doing that," but do it for 10 minutes anyway. That gets you over the hard work of initiation. After being involved in the activity for 10 minutes, then decide whether to continue. Once you're involved, it's easier to stay with a task. Succeeding at a task does not require that you like doing it.' - Gina Trapani