I think Steve hit the nail on the head with the Rudder of the Day post. When I get right to work in the morning on something important, I tend to have a good productive day.
On the other hand, if I check email, news, blogs, or forums first, the day can quickly turn into a low-motivation one.
One thing that I've found to help is that when I get derailed in the morning, I'll turn "the minute I get back from lunch" into the Rudder for the afternoon.
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