Today’s highly effective productivity hack:

Feeling lost? That often happens when you’re not clear on what exactly to do next—and then what to do after that. Sound familiar? It does to me, too! It’s easy to set a goal and not work out all of the action steps needed to accomplish your goal–but simple action steps can make all the difference.

An “action step” or a “task” is the one action—or step—you need to take next to move closer to your goal.

When you’ve made your action steps simple and clear they’re easy to accomplish even when you’re tired or unmotivated. When you deal with specifics there should be little, if any, guesswork about what to do.

Plan your next step—because every step contributes towards your goal.