Too often we spend the first hour or two of our day checking email and seeing what everyone else needs from us, before getting to our own critical to-dos.  The problem with that is that if you postpone your most important task until you take care of everyone else’s needs, the burden of the unfinished task hangs over your head all day, weighing you down with dread and guilt. If you knock it out first thing in the morning, the relief buoys you up all day long, energizing and boosting your productivity as you tackle the rest of the items on your to-do list....