Triggers are critical to getting less regular tasks done. In Australia, most small businesses used to do their accounts only annually because there was no trigger to do otherwise. Then government introduced a 'trigger' called Business Activity Statement which forces us to do our accounts at least quarterly. (Whether this is more 'good' than 'evil' is debatable!)

You can use triggers – diary entries, for example – to prompt things like a regular review of your plans, or a review of your price lists or sales statistics.

On 'evil' side, a whole host of triggers constantly conspire to remove our focus. In fact an effective way of tackling procrastination is to identify and remove triggers that distract you. For example, turn off prompt that pops up to tell you that "you have new email".

Try focusing on your triggers for a day. Every time you 'change course' during day, consider what it was that caused you to do so. Write these things down. Conversely, when you think about that job which you never seem to get around to, think about developing a trigger to make it happen.

© David Brewster, September 2002 http://www.BusinessSimplification.com.au; mailto:feedback@businesssimplification.com.au

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I talk to a lot of people online, professionals and not so professional with their own domains and custom designed websites.

I also talk to people without their own domain names and I always ask, "Why?"

Usually it is same answer: "I'm just doing it this way until I can afford my own domain name and professional hosting."

Sheesh!

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Don't Fail

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