How to increase the odds of getting stuff done

You know, it seems like we're all very good at keeping our promises to other people but when it comes to ourselves...forget about it.

We all have great hopes for the day. For the week. And for the month. We start each day with promises that we intend on following through with.

Yet, statistically many of us aren't going to.

So what can we do to increase our chances of following through with our tasks?

Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz in their book, The Power of Full Engagement, describe a study in which a group of women agreed to do a breast self-exam for a period of 30 days.

100% (yes, 100%) who said when and where they were going to do it completed the 30 day exam. Only 53% of the others did.

In another study, drug addicts in withdrawal (can you find a more stressed out population?) agreed to write an essay before 5PM on a certain day.

80% of those who said when and where they'd write the essay completed it! In this case, none of the others did.

That's pretty amazing.

If we want to get something done, decide when and where we're going to do it. Otherwise, we're just hoping and wishing it gets done.

Pro Tip: On your Daily Report tell us what time you intend on exercising and where (be as specific as possible). In fact, for any task that makes the outcome list, let's write when and where we'll do it.

Let's go. (Right now, wherever you are)

-Adam

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