I've blogged before about how I think that blog carnivals can benefit your home business. Well, this past week I've put that thought into action. Work From Home Momma participated in not one, but two, excellent blog carnivals about working from…

My own personal findings on this are that it all revolves around what the mind perceives as being ‘possible in the moment.’ Of course, the majority of things that we seek to do are ‘absolutely possible’ but in the moment of decision and in the moment of generating emotions the mind doesn’t think in those kind of terms. It focuses only on the momentary desire to do or to have something and if it can’t fulfill that thing there and then it quickly gets turned off and will move onto something easier instead (such as doing nothing or indulging in an easier to do triviality).

Consequently, of your list of things to help prevent procrastination, getting organized to take action and making things incredibly easy to do are right at the heart of things. Focusing on preparation (i.e. removing barriers to easy progress) and breaking things down into an easy to carry out process really do undermine procrastinatory tendencies.

I find that a “To Do List” is insufficient so instead I create a “How To Do List” which works out the process to getting something done. This thinks things through, organizes, prepares and removes barriers to progress so that free flowing action can result.

http://www.nickpagan.com/blog/35/how-to-do-list/