Have them create a todo list. Make them write it down. I was like them. I've been programming for over 15 years. I started when I was a kid. When I starte

Have them create a todo list. Make them write it down. I was like them. I've been programming for over 15 years. I started when I was a kid. When I started programming as a profession, I kept the same habits I had when I was doing it for fun. Ie, find hard new stuff I've never done and learn how to do it! I was inventing new problems to solve because I enjoyed learning new things. Unfortunately this isn't a good model for generating money for a smaller company, you don't yet a lot done if you keep task jumping around. When I started to make a list of things to do I could refer to it and ask myself If the task I Wanted to work on was actually necessary. Also, don't overload them with stuff to do. Before I if someone had a request for a change I would switch in the middle of a task and try and complete it. This goes back to the todo list, you learn to focus on one thing at a time.