<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c406b08f-3001-4904-adee-7b3ada53fc99/BEF39523-8FFC-42B8-9C3B-1D292A8AD69F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/27/quit-procrastinating-20-ways-to-energize-out-of-your-slump/" href="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/27/quit-procrastinating-20-ways-to-energize-out-of-your-slump/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.scotthyoung.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/27/quit-procrastinating-20-ways-to-energize-out-of-your-slump/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG>Stop!</STRONG> - Either continue working fully or stop working entirely, nothing in-between. </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/27/quit-procrastinating-20-ways-to-energize-out-of-your-slump/"><STRONG>Know Your Goal</STRONG> - Take a few seconds to visualize what you want to accomplish.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/27/quit-procrastinating-20-ways-to-energize-out-of-your-slump/"><STRONG>Eat Fruit</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/27/quit-procrastinating-20-ways-to-energize-out-of-your-slump/"><STRONG>Define the Stop Time</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/27/quit-procrastinating-20-ways-to-energize-out-of-your-slump/"><STRONG>Reward After</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/27/quit-procrastinating-20-ways-to-energize-out-of-your-slump/">Early rewards defeat the purpose. Ignored rewards mean you aren’t giving yourself a prize valuable enough to motivate you.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/27/quit-procrastinating-20-ways-to-energize-out-of-your-slump/"><STRONG>Cut Distractions</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/27/quit-procrastinating-20-ways-to-energize-out-of-your-slump/">Chunk out a section of your project the you want to work on next.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/27/quit-procrastinating-20-ways-to-energize-out-of-your-slump/">Seeing the meaning in your tasks should give you a boost of motivation. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/27/quit-procrastinating-20-ways-to-energize-out-of-your-slump/">If it doesn’t, it’s time to seriously question why you are doing it in the first place.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/27/quit-procrastinating-20-ways-to-energize-out-of-your-slump/"><STRONG>Pump the Tunes</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/27/quit-procrastinating-20-ways-to-energize-out-of-your-slump/">Focus on one thing, not two or twenty.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/27/quit-procrastinating-20-ways-to-energize-out-of-your-slump/"><STRONG>Brainstorm </STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/27/quit-procrastinating-20-ways-to-energize-out-of-your-slump/">Shift from a logical task to a creative one. Move from a social task to a solitary one.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/27/quit-procrastinating-20-ways-to-energize-out-of-your-slump/">Switch metaphors in your head to keep your emotions in check.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/27/quit-procrastinating-20-ways-to-energize-out-of-your-slump/">Commit only to working another ten minutes.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/27/quit-procrastinating-20-ways-to-energize-out-of-your-slump/">If your procrastination is happening after a long period of work, your body might be telling you something.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/27/quit-procrastinating-20-ways-to-energize-out-of-your-slump/"><STRONG>Hack the Task </STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/27/quit-procrastinating-20-ways-to-energize-out-of-your-slump/"><STRONG>Deadline It </STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/27/quit-procrastinating-20-ways-to-energize-out-of-your-slump/"><STRONG>Random Activity</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/27/quit-procrastinating-20-ways-to-energize-out-of-your-slump/"><STRONG>Burn Those Ships </STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/27/quit-procrastinating-20-ways-to-energize-out-of-your-slump/"><STRONG>“I’m Procrastinating!”</STRONG></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/BEF39523-8FFC-42B8-9C3B-1D292A8AD69F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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