Consistent Progress on Your Goals

The 20-Second Rule (Activation Energy): Modify your environment by removing distracting items. Annoy yourself when you get distracted (e.g., force yourself to reboot the computer every time you use Facebook).

Plan of Action: Make tasks more accessible and maintain your systems. Default your work environment to help you get things done faster (e.g., use templates and bookmarks).

Implementation: Commit to doing something consistently until it becomes a habit (e.g., coding every day for a week). Keep things in their proper place.

Remember that “common sense isn’t always common practice” (beware of the honeymoon phase of new habits).