I received two thought- provoking emails almost at the same time recently. Task one comes from email one which requires that I change a few words and the title of my report. Bang, I finished task one almost as soon as I saw the mail. Task two comes from another email which requires me consider A to Z, ground to sky, hair to heel, calculate godzillion of the godzillion, and include them in a report. Guess which task did first? Task one of course. As for task two, it's too much of a hassle to complete it, and I procrastinated, until I couldn't anymore, and completed it at the end of the day. Now, what if we change the tasks to our goals. Which one is more likely to be achieved? I would bet on goal one. But many would argue that such small and simple stuff is ......