A great tip from It’s Your Business: 183 Essential Tips that Will Transform Your Small Business:
“Get difficult or unpleasant tasks done early in the morning. This will relieve much of the anticipated tension of the workday and will help you focus on everything else you have to do later. Even if the results aren’t good, at least you’ll be able to be proactive and move on to the next step instead of having the task hanging over you all day.”
If first thing in the morning isn’t an option (as it often won’t be for high school students), change the rule to, “Start before you have to.”