Can you hear that? The sound in the distance? It’s the faint drum of a rapidly approaching deadline, and it’s getting louder every minute.

The finishing line for the working year is coming up, and it signals the last frantic rush of activity before we collapse onto the beach or a couch for the summer break. And right now, workers around the country are scrambling to cross things off their to-do list that they’ve been putting off all year.

As author Brian Tracy said, if it’s your job to eat a frog, you’re best to do it first thing in the morning.Credit: Fairfax

What this looks like will be individual for each person. It might be a long list of client calls you’ve been meaning to make for months, signing off an important contract, or finally getting all your expense invoices into the system so you can be reimbursed before the holidays.

Whatever tasks you’ve been avoiding, there’s nothing like the........

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