How to Stop Procrastinating: a simple Guide to Mastering Difficult Tasks and Breaking the Procrastination Habit

Practice #13: Attach All Tasks to a Goal
It’s amazing how a shift in perspective can be enough to motivate you.
Whenever you have a task that you’ve been dreading, ask yourself: “How
does this relate to one of my important goals?”
Odds are you’ll realize that even the most mundane activity is related to a
value you hold dear.
As an example, while I’m responsible for doing the dishes in my house,
it’s not an activity that I find pleasurable. At no point in the day do I say
to myself: “Ooohhh, I can’t wait to get to those dishes.”
That said, I do them happily, because this task is part of the large, 
really
important value of building a great relationship with my wife. She likes to
live in a clean, organized household. And I like to make her happy. This
means that doing the dishes has become one part of the important goal of
maintaining a quality marriage.
You can apply this mindset to any task that you’ve been avoiding. Simply
make a list of your personal and professional responsibilities. Then
connect each one to an important value or goal. And whenever you’re not
in the mood to get started, remind yourself of how it relates to one of your
long-term goals.