Two pointers: 1. Desperation helps. "Necessity is the mother of all invention." If you have to do something, you will. I was never able to launch products on t

Two pointers: 1. Desperation helps. "Necessity is the mother of all invention." If you have to do something, you will. I was never able to launch products on time until I started taking preorders, promising a firm date, and guaranteeing we'd ship by that date. If I negotiate a project management contract, I like to negotiate for "guaranteed xyz milestones by zyx for abc pay" terms. Part of my pay attached to getting things done on time. I once put in 60 hours of work over 3 days to launch on time. (work 20 hours, sleep 4 hours, work 20, sleep 4, work 20, then sleep for like a whole day) (lots and lots and lots of caffeine, half delirious, but we launched on time) (also - not recommended). 2. Manipulate your environment. People tell me I have iron willpower a lot, and they admire that, etc, etc. Bullshit. I try to eat well, but if I have a bunch of chocolate and cookies and junk in my home, I eat it. So? I buy a bunch of clean, healthy, easy to eat food with low barriers. Want to jump on something tomorrow? Make a to-do list for the next day the night before, line up all the materials I need, and make a note, "Don't turn on computer until making these 3 unpleasant tedious phone calls." And so on. Two very related, highly recommended posts: http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/barriers-are-your-enemy/ http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/barriers-are-your-... http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2008/07/habit-change-is-like-chess/ http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2008/07/habit-change-is-lik... Building your environment so success is easy and failure is hard helps a lot. It's hard to brute force willpower yourself against your environment. Changing your environment to suit your goals helps a lot.