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7 | Figure out the next small step

Divide your project into smaller steps that are easier to do. Then you can just think about that one next step and work on that one alone. That will make the project seem much more manageable and it will in turn, motivate you to start.

Example: If your project is finishing a book in two weeks, figure out how many pages you’ll need to read each day. Now you can only concentrate in that small number of pages, instead of looking at the whole book like a big project that takes a lot of time.

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