I’m building up 4 different businesses, while working a full-time 9-5 job. And if that’s not enough – I have a girlfriend! LOL The time I have to do things is so tight – I NEED to task out my stuff correctly; otherwise, I get nothing done, and I’ll simply fail.

I wrote this article if it helps anyone:
Procrastination Cure: 7 Tips to Beat Procrastination And the Struggle Within

The bottom line is this (if you don’t really want to read the article LOL):
Each person has their own reasons why they procrastinate, as well each task. All the task managers and memo pads in the world won’t help if you can’t figure out why you’re not getting things done in the first place.

For example… I seem to procrastinate most on exercise.
Found out there were 2 reasons why I avoided exercise:
1) hard to find the time
2) The bottom-line is it hurts and is uncomfortable.
So what I did/do is find solutions to each.

So for #1 – I simply schedule 20 minutes where I can. Mainly the mornings before starting anything else.
And #2 is the real tough one. But once I recognized why I didn’t want to do it – it was easy to find it’s solution. First off – of course it’s uncomfortable! Duh! But do I really want a Quadruple Bypass surgery like my father had? Heck No!!!!
That’s my motivator!

Procrastinating is a very complex subject – but I believe it can be cured in a few simple steps. And there are lots of books out there that already have solutions. I have my favorite, as I’m sure some of you do too.

So just find your personal reasons.

When I read Jack’s book, I was sure I couldn’t afford to hire help. I did it anyway. I hired a housekeeper and I hired an assistant for 5 hours a week at $10.00 an hour – and prayed that somehow the $200.00 a month I needed to pay her would show up.

I made two lists. The first list said – “My Assistant will do..” and the second list said “So I can…”

Not only did I afford that assistant and housekeeper, but I almost tripled my revenue that year. Why? Because I was able to stay focused on those things that brought me revenue and delegate much of the rest.

Having said that, I could stand to learn from the 2 minute rule – because I will tend to let the “garbage” pile up at times.

Thanks for a great post, Lyman!

Glad that you got to see the value in the program, and thanks for the plug!

You nailed it about the Internet connection. Plus, it has a bunch of bells and whistles that I don’t even use that often. I imagine they would at least put up a good fight with Google Notebook.

Thanks for mentioning EverNote again! I downloaded it after your plug in 5 Ways Powerful Paperless Proactivity Provides Personal Progress, but thought “What can I do with this that I can’t do with Google Notebook and Calendar?”

The next day, my internet connection went goofy, and I would only be able to get online for a few minutes at a time.

The Google Apps needs a net connection… EverNote doesn’t.

EverNote wins.

For me, this is where EverNote comes in. I get SO many ideas, and if try to just do them right now, I would never actually COMPLETE anything. So, I write down the ideas or tasks that come into my head, and they get divided up into the 8 categories of tasks that I do every day. The next time I am working on that particular category, I will look at everything in that list and then prioritize from there what should be done first.

As Ellie indicated, though, sometimes there is a reason why we don’t do certain things, so if I write it down and I never get around to, then I guess it wasn’t that high of a priority after all!