<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/9f53b872-8dcf-4bc2-9b67-4134762d84dd/680F0923-1890-4CA2-A5BD-F8A29FF4BB8E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/my-fav-procrastination-hack-30-10/" href="http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/my-fav-procrastination-hack-30-10/" style="font-size: 11px;">zenhabits.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/my-fav-procrastination-hack-30-10/"><H2 id="post-79"><A title="Permanent Link: My Fav Procrastination Hack - 30-10" rel="bookmark" href="http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/my-fav-procrastination-hack-30-10/" set="yes">My Fav Procrastination Hack - 30-10</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/my-fav-procrastination-hack-30-10/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SPAN>Find something that you cannot make it through the day without</SPAN>. For me that’s email, reading my blogs on Google Reader, or posting to this blog.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/my-fav-procrastination-hack-30-10/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SPAN>Set a timer for 30 minutes, and work for 30 minutes straight</SPAN>. Don’t stop until the timer goes off! I use <A href="http://www.download.com/Cool-Timer/3000-2350_4-10400996.html">Cool Timer</A>.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/my-fav-procrastination-hack-30-10/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SPAN>When you’re done, you get to do the activity in No. 1 above</SPAN>. It’s your reward. Do it for 10 minutes only, and then go back to your timer. </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/my-fav-procrastination-hack-30-10/"><P>Obviously, this only works if you stick to it, and that’s the trick. But I’ve found that it’s really boosted my productivity.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zenhabits.net/2007/02/my-fav-procrastination-hack-30-10/"><P><SPAN>Here’s the key: resist all temptation to check email or your blogs</SPAN> (or whatever your reward activity is) until the 30 minutes comes up. You will probably be tempted, but don’t give in. You will get more done using this simple trick than you can from any motivational seminar.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/680F0923-1890-4CA2-A5BD-F8A29FF4BB8E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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