How I get my tasks done right

There are very few people in this world who can drive a big task to completion. And that is normal, we all feel lazy when we are burdened with a big task. Our mind automatically starts to entice us with loads of other stuff we could do instead of doing the task at hand.

Well here is what works for me actually. I will take a car cleaning process to make my point. We all know how lazy we feel when we have to clean our cars. One look at the dirty car and we say “Let me do it later. I will finish my other tasks and get back to this one”. And pretty soon we forget about it. Here is what I do —

1. First, identify all the possible things you can clean. For e.g. the mats, the windows, the wiper blades, the tires, the seats, etc.
2. Tell yourself you will only do 5% of the job. I start off by telling myself that I will only clean the wiper blades today. And the rest of the things I can do another day. The mind automatically breaks the task down into “scrubbing the blades with a brush” and then “washing them in running water”. The whole process takes about 15 mins. By this point, the mind is happy since whatever it wanted to do is accomplished.
3. Once a task is done, the mind gets motivated to do another one. So I go for the mats. I get those dirty mats out, dust them, soak them in water, scrub them thoroughly with soap, and finally…