Even if it goes against the most popular time management approaches, consider starting your day with working on tasks that are energy-sucking.

Take advantage of your most productive time of the day and force yourself to delegate it, delete it, or complete it. Once all of these open l...

When you have a task that you don't enjoy, dedicate a few minutes to write down:

• How the task fits into the bigger picture.
• The impact on other people, dependent tasks, and clients.
• How the task fits into your goals.
• The long-term worst-c...

Imagine how you could transform your relationship with your vendors for example (accountant, lawyer, employees, etc.) by becoming accountability partners.

Make follow-through a core value by developing an image of yourself as someone who follows through:

• Promote your core value of follow-through to others. It will become much harder to not follow through.
• Practice following through on all of your small commitments. These small ac...

When you lack motivation, sit next to a focused co-worker you don't know that well. This will help you because:

• You feed off the other person's concentration: we tend to copy the posture, gestures, facial behaviors of people around us.
• You'll try to be a good role model:...

Do it especially when you know you're going to procrastinate. This means:

• That you have to decide what you're going to do. Be clear about the timing of your tasks.
• That you have to plan when and where you're going to do it.

A consistent exercise regimen has a significant positive impact on willpower.

When you have a tough choice to make and execute, go to the gym for 30 minutes in order to get your heart rate up and feel more energized. 

When you lack motivation, take some time to visualize the parts of your work that inspire you the most. 

Studies show that having a purpose leads to being happier at work, which leads to being more productive. If you do something you love, you'll have a reservoir of vitality to dr...