1. You procrastinate on some task.
2. You wait for an inspirational spark.
3. Time passes, and you've got nuthin�.

What are you thinkin'�!

Most peeps think completing big projects takes:

1. comprehensive planning
2. compiling all necessary resources
3. setting aside a huge chunk of time

And so, we human people avoid working on our super important stuff -- killing productivity.

Hint: Your brain's tricking you.

Here's how to trick it back. What We Underestimate

We underestimate the power of 30 seconds.

We underestimate how a ridiculously-tiny-amount-of-time can make us much/much/much more productive.

In 30 seconds:

1. You'll make some mean project your best friend.
2. You'll get your juices flowing to annihilate the project.
3. You'll propel yourself beyond those 30 seconds kicking some project's boot-tay.

In other words:

1. The first 30 seconds will turn into a minute.
2. That minute will turn into several more minutes.
3. Those several-more-minutes will turn into _ minutes/hours/days of productive work.

Being super productive just takes a tiny spark.

No-Mo-Procrastino

The cure to procrastination:

1. Take out a stop watch.
2. Take 30 seconds to cut into a project/task/goal.
3. Celebrate.

You�ve geared yourself produce gobs of productive work beyond those first thirty ticks.

• Avoiding an important email? Produce something/anything in 30 secs. Ignore quality.
• Avoiding your taxes? Take 30 secs.
• Avoiding a monthly project? Take 30 secs.

Booyah. Winner.

30 seconds.

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