January 20th, 2008
I had a discussion with Kienan tonight about productivity. Regardless of my accomplishments on a daily basis I always feel like I could have done more. It seems like for every hour of true accomplishment there are three or four of wasted time. How can I find the internal motivation to achieve a significant amount of progress every day?We came up with one good solution: goal setting.I’m going to work tomorrow to write down my goals for six months to a year and then small steps to accomplish those goals that will be done in the next week.One other possible motivator I’ve since decided upon: Choose the most important thing I can do every day and accomplish it first.Does anyone have more tips for me? I’d love to hear them… 

I had a discussion with Kienan tonight about productivity. Regardless of my accomplishments on a daily basis I always feel like I could have done more. It seems like for every hour of true accomplishment there are three or four of wasted time. How can I find the internal motivation to achieve a significant amount of progress every day?

We came up with one good solution: goal setting.

I’m going to work tomorrow to write down my goals for six months to a year and then small steps to accomplish those goals that will be done in the next week.

One other possible motivator I’ve since decided upon: Choose the most important thing I can do every day and accomplish it first.

Does anyone have more tips for me? I’d love to hear them… 

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