During Friday's co-working session, several of us found that rather than working on what we had to accomplish for our approaching deadlines, we were working on other, less urgent tasks. Still getting things done, but just not "the" thing we needed to accomplish.

Why procrastinate on your priority?

Many explanations include prioritizing a short-term win that feels good now rather than considering how bad you may feel later when the pressure to get "it" done mounts; feeling overwhelmed, perfectionism, aversion to the priority task, cognitive bias, poor time management, or abstract goals, to name a few possibilities.

More important - how do you stop procrastinating and focus on what you need to accomplish minus the added sweat and stress?

One strategy is the five-minute rule.

Promise yourself to take action on your priority task for five minutes without interruption. You may find that momentum and motivation take over, and you complete your task.

Give the five-minute rule a try today and see how it works!

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Pamela Meister