Additional techniques for linking daily behaviors and long-term projects include: * Remind yourself what to do to support your purpose. Put up reminder notes around your house to keep your purpose front and center.

* Figure out how long specific tasks take so you won't skip out by telling yourself it takes too long or you don't have energy. At one point I decided I would get more serious about keeping up my database. I had told myself it was too big a hassle to do and I would wait until I had a lot and then find someone to do it for me. I was embarrassed to discover entering new contacts weekly actually took fifteen to twenty minutes.

* Use lost, or fiddle time, to punch a hole in a bigger project. I always take work with me when I go on appointments. I can read an article, review my appointments for next day, make a quick call on my cell phone in those times that would other wise be wasted.

* Build in an artificial deadline and put yourself on a schedule. Play a game with yourself, and even reward yourself, for being a good kid when you've done one of those necessary but not fun little jobs.

* Give yourself credit for what you have done and hassles and work it was to accomplish it. I live in a wonderful town. When I tell people where I live, their reaction is usually "You're so lucky to get to live there." Luck had nothing to do with it. It's part of a project I have in giving myself business and life style I want.

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Business coach Pat Wiklund works with entrepreneurs who want to make and keep more money from their businesses. Assess your one-person business with her free business tune up ecourse: pat3-32222@autocontractor.com. Contact Pat at pat@leadinganorganizationofone.com.