Want to have a highly productive week and accomplish all or most of what you set out to do? Then start Monday morning with any of three quick micro-challenges that will set you up to reach your goals. Or, if you want, you can do them all--which will take ten minutes or less.

You start the week with big ideas about what you'll get done between Monday morning and Friday afternoon. By the time Friday afternoon rolls around, much of what you planned hasn't happened. Some of that may be inevitable if you found yourself dealing with urgent matters you didn't know about when the week began. But some of it is because you got sidetracked, lost sight of your priorities, or got bogged down in things that really weren't that important.

While there will always be unexpected issues to deal with, doing a few simple exercises--or micro-challenges--will set you up for a more mindful week and help keep you on track even through interruptions and demands on your time. All you need is a piece of paper (or journal), a pen, and ten minutes of your time…