Answer: Do these things:
- Practice doing the (morally) right thing.
- Finish off incomplete tasks.
- Do the chucky, difficult things you’ve been putting off that need to be done.
- Do things that are likely to give you a high return on your effort.
- Do things you’ve promised to do.
- Do things that will advance your important goals.
- Do things that will push you through your mental bottlenecks.
- Work at creating good habits.
- Spend time thinking i.e. clarifying desired outcomes, planning, mentally rehearsing doing the right actions, checking on progress, and reviewing outcomes.
- Learn important skills.
- Say Yes! to important things and No! to time-wasting things.
- Should I be struck by an urge to do something I’ve been putting off, stop everything and do it!
- Do something on my list of things to do that I suddenly feel very interested in.
- Do things that make me feel proud of myself.
- Do deliberate practice to improve my skills.
- Create checklists ( cognitive nets), memorize them and use them to help me remember–especially when I’m cognitively overloaded.
- Spend time telling my brain what I want–hopefully it will do the rest!
- Spend time saying “thank you”, “well done”, “I’m sorry”, “I admire the way you…”.
- Spend time really listening to others.
- Spend time focusing really hard on whatever you’re doing.
- Spend time planning and reflecting and being present in the moment.
- Spend time counting your blessings.
- Spend time turning my big talk into action.