Tips to Help You Finally Get Things Done and Stop Procrastinating Start by establishing clarity around your goals.

By Jack Canfield

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Many of us procrastinate tasks until the last minute, but it can't last forever. Sometimes, we need a push to get past the tendency to put stuff off.

In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner Jack Canfield offers a few tip to help stop youputting off your big projects. Start by making a clear decision to complete your goal. Next, try to make a public declaration about completing your goal. Then, consider breaking down big tasks into smaller tasks -- Canfield calls this method "chunking it down."

Click the video to hear all of Jack Canfield's tips for checking off those tasks on your to-do list.

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