- Do write down four things you've been putting off
- Do ask why you haven't taken action
- Do explore the benefits & costs of delay
- Don't overlook what you'll gain when it's done
- Do empty your inbox daily
- Do limit your desktop to current projects
- Do be selective about what you read
- Don't keep everything
- Do set up the end right from the start
- Do signal the end is near
- Do have an excuse ready to go
- Don't answer the phone in the first place
- Do realize that our brain single tasks
- Do accept that multitasking takes longer & creates more mistakes
- Do focus on mundane
- Don't be rude
- Do resist the temptation to be perfect
- Do focus on reality
- Do trick yourself into greater efficiency
- Don't procrastinate
- Do know what you want
- Do write down your goals
- Do make them measurable, realistic & outcome oriented
- Don't etch them in stone
- Do smile when talking
- Do check in
- Do plan ahead
- Don't multitask
- Do trash what you don't need
- Do address whatever you can in two minutes or less
- Do create a place for stuff that will take longer or delegate it
- Don't disregard what your inbox is telling you
