There is a great tool available called LetterMeLater which allows you to queue e-mail messages to be sent for a future date. It’s great for when a client or colleague asks me to send them an e-mail in a week on a task he or she needs to complete. Rather than writing a to-do to send the email on the appropriate date and time, get the to-do done now by queuing the message in LetterMeLater.

If it were possible, delegation would be my answer for everything. Cooking, exercise, brushing my teeth . . . Oh, Jeeves? My good man, would you come here? Hmm, what if we could delegate childbirth? I guess that’d be called surrogating, not delegating. Seriously though, I use any and all available resources to make “the magic” happen. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying dump all your workload on some poor unsuspecting employee. I’m merely suggesting that you focus on what you like. What you do well. Those areas where you are practically guaranteed NOT to procrastinate. I mean really, who procrastinates when it’s time to open a Christmas present or cash a nice fat bonus check? Not I. And I’ll bet, not you either.