[RED DEMOCRATICA] How to fend off procrastination when working from home

 

How to fend off procrastination when working from home | Are you ever going to act, or are you just going to talk? | Avoid oversharing at work Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   March 4, 2015 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF       SIGN UP | FORWARD | ARCHIVE | ADVERTISE Getting Ahead How to fend off procrastination when working from home To overcome procrastination on an unpleasant task, set a timer for about 20 minutes and then focus solely on the task for the allotted time. "[It's] simpler to avoid distraction and hop from one task to another if you know you just have twenty minutes to achieve the present project," writes Murray Newlands. Inc. online (free registration) (3/3) Share:  Are you ever going to act, or are you just going to talk? Leaders should be careful not to use talk as a smoke screen for their inaction, writes Dan Rockwell. Start by defining your target, then make small experiments, bringing in others along the way. 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