Your success in life and work will be determined by the
kinds of habits that you develop over time. The habit of
setting priorities, overcoming procrastination, and get-
ting on with your most important task is a mental and
physical skill. As such, this habit is learnable through
practice and repetition, over and over again, until it
locks into your subconscious mind and becomes a per-
manent part of your behavior. Once it becomes a habit,
it becomes both automatic and easy to do.
This habit of starting and completing important
tasks has an immediate and continuous payoff. You are
designed mentally and emotionally in such a way that
task completion gives you a positive feeling. It makes
you happy. It makes you feel like a winner.
Whenever you complete a task of any size or impor-
tance, you feel a surge of energy, enthusiasm, and self-
esteem. The more important the completed task, the
happier, more confident, and more powerful you feel
about yourself and your world.
The completion of an important task triggers the re-
lease of endorphins in your brain. These endorphins give
you a natural “high.” The endorphin rush that follows
successful completion of any task makes you feel more
positive, personable, creative, and confident.
