If you are a business owner, there is one think you know as fact – sometimes you have to do things you hate. I’m not talking about moral or ethical (hopefully) things but tasks that need completing yet you don’t want to do them. How can you overcome your disdain for a certain task and get the result you want?

1. Get Out a Sheet of Paper and a Pen
I am a very visual person and chances are you are too, so grab that good ole’ notepad and writing utensil. Write today’s date in the top right-hand corner of the paper under the heading “I Started:”. In big, capital letters across the top of the paper write down the task that needs to be completed. On the first line below that, in your normal handwriting, inscribe the following: “I am fully capable of finishing the above task in record time and with ease.” This might sound crazy, but you need your brain/mind-power on your side if you’re going to accomplish the task at the top of the paper.

2. Benefits of Finishing Your Task
Next, write down the pros (or benefits) of finishing the task you wrote down. Make sure to include every one you can think of. Again, this is to help you realize the importance of accomplishing what is set before you. By the way, if you prefer to do this on the computer, go right ahead!

3. Action Steps to Take
Move down a few lines on the paper and center up what you are about to write down. Jot down the numbers 1 through (at least) 5 going down about two inches off-center of the page. Think of a minimum of five steps that need to be fulfilled in order to complete your undertaking. After you have written those down, take a moment to see if there is anyone else that can take care of any or all of the steps. If there is, take this opportunity to delegate those items to someone else. Don’t feel like you have to do everything because it is never the best use of your time to do everything.

4. One Step at a Time
Begin chipping away at what you wrote down at the top of the page by completing each action step (or having someone else complete them) one-by-one. Though this entire process may sound very simple, sometimes it helps to hear someone else tell you what works. Once you have finished every step you are now done what that task you never wanted to finish in the first place. Congratulations!

5. File Away for Posterity’s Sake
Find a place in your filing cabinet to start a new folder. Label this folder “I Finished It!” Put the finish date right under the start date in the top corner of the paper. File this paper away in the new folder you just created. Look back in the folder from time to time just to see what you are capable of accomplishing when you put your mind to it. You are able to do what ever you set your mind to!

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