How do you get yourself motivated when working on a difficult work project?

Question

How do you get yourself motivated when working on a difficult work project?
Do you have any tips or ideas on what to tell yourself if you need to work for long periods of time without much help by yourself Meaning Im trying to be positive, what keeps you feeling positive?

Answer

For me, I break the project down into smaller pieces. Then I look at the pieces and figure out whats going to take the most time, what needs done first, what part will be the most fun, etc. Ive found that breaking a bigdifficult project into smaller pieces makes the whole thing just seem more manageable somehow.brbrFirst on the list any of the quotmustdosquot things I need before anything else can get done, or things that have a hard and fast deadline I like to get the deadlines out of the way right away. Next on my list comes the things I really dont want to do that way, its over and done with, and it all gets better from there. From there, I just kindof keep going until Ive gotten to the quotmost funquot thing on the list I save that for last, almost like a reward for a job well done.brbrIve got a goal to work towards doing the fun thing, I get the stupid details I dont want to deal with out of the way first, and if I get interrupted, I can go back, and check a bunch of things off my list even if theyre tiny baby steps.