> the busier they get, the more active they are at other tasks. Wow does that ever ring true for me right now... Over the last couple of months I've had some

> the busier they get, the more active they are at other tasks. Wow does that ever ring true for me right now... Over the last couple of months I've had some major work items at about 80% complete but just couldn't find the motivation to push them over the line. I'd have free time but I'd always waste it. A couple weeks ago, an exec came to me and a couple of colleagues and asked us for a major assignment to be complete in two weeks. At first I balked but after thinking it through I saw an obvious path and bore down. The work was fast and furious and with the deadline looming I put in late nights and used all my free time to get the work done. It was incredibly satisfying! But a weird thing happened: I suddenly got motivated to finish those other assignments and knocked off a number of them in short order. Somehow I've gotten back into the mental headspace of just knocking tasks off my to-do list and I find the momentum keeps me going. I always knew that about myself--my productivity has always been very spikey--but this experience was truly eye opening.