• Block time-wasting sites from yourself.

Take a minute to block your computer from letting you go onto sites like Facebook, Twitter, or your email account so you can focus on your most important tasks of the day without interruption.

If you have a Mac, there’s a free app you can find at http:// www.SelfControl.com for this. If you have a PC, go to http:// www.FocalFilter.com for your free app. With both apps, you just identify the sites you want to block yourself from and for how long you’d like to be blocked for.

• Break down overwhelming tasks.

If you’re afraid to start a task that you know you want to get done because it feels overwhelming, that means that it hasn’t been broken down enough. Take any task you want to accomplish and start to simplify it to the easiest levels possible.

• Set up timers for different tasks.

If you go onto http:// rachelrofe.com/ kindle, you can download my favorite productivity tool for free. To use it, you set up all the tasks you’d like to accomplish for the day along with how long you think it will take you to finish them.

• Outsource something.

Take a minute to think about what you need to get done. Is there anything you can delegate? Maybe you can hire someone on Fiverr.com or use someone on MyFancyHands.com to accomplish something for you. Maybe you can put an ad up on oDesk.com or elance.com. If there are ways you can outsource work in a way that’s cost efficient for you, get it off your plate and focus on your core strengths.

Please refer to the book for more details on this activity.