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A Foolproof Way to Beat Procrastination

We all have tasks never get around to do it. This simple trick will beat the biggest hurdle: getting started.

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Dan Silvestre
Oct 24, 2020
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Research shows that progress—no matter how small—can be a huge motivator to help us keep going.

A simple hack is to make getting started ridiculously easy.

Your goal is to just get started. Often starting a task is the biggest hurdle.

My favorite trick for getting into a task I'm dreading is to start with the mindset. I start by just thinking about the tas…

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