7 habits of the Highly Ineffective Person

1. You're lazy and don't care. ---Example: Get up at noon. Make pancakes and coffee. Put a DVD on and get back in bed to watch it. When that movie is done, put in your other movie, which you've already watched 12 times.

2. You're forgetful: Know it is your brother's birthday coming up soon, although you are kind of vague on the exact date. Forget to get him a present. At his birthday party, apologize and tell him you will mail him his present very soon. Forget about it until about a month later. Write yourself a note that you need to get him a present. Lose that note in your highly disorganized desk area. Remember several months later at your other brother's birthday. Get both of them a present so that you don't forget brother No. 2's birthday present.

3. You're a procrastinator: Get to work a half-hour late. Apologize to boss. Take 15 minutes to make a new pot of coffee. Turn on your computer. Take a half hour to talk to your co-worker who stops by, telling her about your weekend and how much fun it was. Take all your pencils and sharpen each one. Surf the internet all the while glancing over your shoulder to make sure your boss isn't watching. No it's lunch time so you go to lunch. After lunch, it's the weekly birthday party/wedding shower birthday celebration. Take an hour to eat cake and socialize.

4. You hate schedules: Decide to not have a calendar or appointment book this year because it takes too much effort to maintain.

5. You lock yourself out of your car and home at least once a month: Lock your keys out of your car just as you get to school. Call a locksmith and wait by your car for an hour until he gets there. As you get your backpack and keys out of your car, realize class is out. Get back in your car and drive home.

6. You love piles: Keep reshuffling your piles of papers and books in your room. Straighten the piles, one for bills, one for your to-dos and one for old bills. When they accidently fall over and mix, reshuffle them around. Intend to file them away but decide you can do that tomorrow.

7. You don't have a 7th habit yet. But you are sure to form another.