Goals provide structure to your work

Rather than checking your inbox for the 57th time today, check your to-do list and determine what you should be doing.

Your email is distractions and other people’s priorities. Your to-do list is your list of prioritized tasks.

If you don't know what your goals are, most likely you won't be able to identify and prioritize the specific tasks you need to work on to achieve those goals. 

Write your major goals down and break them into tasks. Your goal tasks are your frogs, the things you want to work on first ...

1. Set a limit on the time one has to work on a certain task, creating friction using intervals.
2. Create a NOT TO DO list of the things you won’t do at all.
3. Review your priorities on a weekly basis, asking yourself if the task is still important.
4. Take out the impactfu...