Motivation

I work at home, which means the hardest part of accomplishing anything is getting motivated. And the hardest part of getting motivated is just starting. Here are my tips. The first is to schedule whatever you need to do. Fill the day. It might be something like:  10 a.m. Phone meeting with John 10:45 a.m. Gym 12:30 p.m. Lunch with Investors 1:30 p.m. Respond to e-mails 2 p.m. Work on MacKenzie Project 3 p.m. Work on Phillips Project 4 p.m. Work on Strauss Project 5 p.m. Respond to e-mails 6 p.m. Return urgent phone calls 7 p.m. Dinner with Suzie You get the idea.  If you schedule the important things, you'll get them done. If you don't, you risk the needly silly stuff (checking Facebook or e-mail or watching TV) creeping in, and suddenly you haven't worked out, you're late to lunch, and the Strauss Project never gets a minute of your time. I think complicated to-do lists are a bit of overkill, but that's just me. Do what you need to do to get it done, but be wary: if you have to spend all of your time setting up or maintaining your system, you'll never get to the actual work part.  Now. Stop reading and get out there.