Steven Robbins here. Welcome to the Get It Done Guys, quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

It's Monday morning. I've put off writing this episode for days and days. This is especially

poignant, indeed, a tragedy of near Shakespearean proportions, because this episode is all about step two in my new book.

And for those of you who haven't read the book yet, because you're still waiting for your 10 copies to arrive,

step two is stop procrastinating.

I don't know why I do it.

I have eight articles on my almost overdue list. You'd think I would spend the morning

writing them. No. I spent half the morning talking with a conference organizer about keynoting an event

when I could have scheduled our call for tomorrow. I spent the rest of the morning answering

personal email, checking my Facebook status, and categorizing a few pictures. Yes, it turns out that

Steven Robbins, host of the Get It Done guy, is only human. Well, mostly, I mean, if you don't

count my bionic leg or my robotic eye with its built-in laser death ray. To stop procrastinating,

stop thinking. My thinking when I procrastinate goes something like this.

I have so much writing to do.

It'll take so much time.

I have to clear my mind first.

I need a big block of free time where I can just let my mind roam free.

Since I have these emails to answer and photos to file,

I'll get them off my mind by doing them really quickly.

Then my mind will be free and clear and ready to write.

Emails answered.

Photos filed.

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