Carl's manager assigned him the task of running a self audit on the department. Carl was overwhelmed by the task. Every time he requested information from someone, he would spend 20 minutes chatting, he constantly check email and immediately reply to all messages. Carol knew that he was falling behind, but it did little to motivate him. After an interesting exchange with his manager, he realized that he needed to take action. He broke the audit down into smaller segments and avoided chatting with people.

He even established set times to check email. After a few days, Karl began to see progress. This motivated him to continue the work. Despite the setback, Pearl managed to finish on time