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When you don’t feel like tackling the hard tasks on your to-do list, ensure that your “procrastination” activity moves you forward. You are unlikely to tackle complex tasks, so make a “procrastination” list with tasks that are different enough from the items on your actual to-do lists, ...

1. Break down your big goals into daily tasks. You can't add "Get in shape" to your daily to-do list, but you can add "spend 30 minutes on my bike."
2. Consider your week as a whole. You likely have multiple goals. Some goals benefit from daily activity, w...

Remote workers should be working in harmony, but people often don't know what others are doing and how everything fits together.

• Create formal processes that simulate the informal way; for example, stopping by a colleague's desk or eating lunch together. These interactions serve as c...