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

Practice #3: Focus On Your MITs
Start your day by completing 2–3 of your MITs. These are the activities
that will have the biggest long-term impact on your career and personal
life.
Practice #4: Eat the Frog
Eat the frog by completing the hardest task first, preferably the one task
that you know you’re most likely to procrastinate on.
Practice #5: Use the Eisenhower Matrix to Make Quick
Decisions
Use the Eisenhower Matrix to make quick decisions about every new
activity that you 
could
work on.
Practice #6: Complete Small Tasks—ASAP
Take action on small tasks by applying the Two-Minute Rule and single-
handling most of your daily tasks.
Practice #7: Create a Mini Habit for Challenging Tasks
Create a mini habit for challenging tasks by setting a “lowball” goal that

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makes it super simple to get started.