Close everything except what you are working on and stay focused!
I visit this page when I am ready to start!
I use the 1440 app to remind me that every minute matters.
I create my list of daily commits in Task Timer (Chrome Plugin)
I also visit it when I need to reset my day (at times of confusion and when I'm lacking focus & clarity of what to do next).
EMBRZ on Pandora does as an excellent job of bringing me back to center.
Just do it!
The secret to getting more done?
Set small goals - the right goal is the one to just you get started. Once you get started, let the motivation carry you through! The danger of big goals is that you're establish metrics from the onset for self-criticism!
In fact, the problem with the wrong kind of goals are that they actually stunt action before it happens.
Just make the first step. A simple example:
I want to go for a long walk this morning. What's my goal to make that happen? I'm having my wife drop me off 30 minutes from home on her way to work. I have no option but to walk home! Sometimes it's about removing any other option, isn't it?
When I took on life through the eyes of gamification, taking action became as easy as hitting the start button in a video game.
You can't think your way into or out of a real situation.
Thinking of walking into a room is not the same as actually walking into a room.
We hesitate because action leads to gain or loss.
We don't take action. We act on on cues. It happens up stream in our preconscious.
Cues are defined as a signal for action.
It's a prompt that triggers a program to run. "a piece of information or circumstance that aids the memory in retrieving details not recalled spontaneously."
Anchors can be a helpful aid to reprogram behaviors.