What should you do/to keep this from happening?// First,/you must make it through the Critical Entrance.// This means stopping whatever you’re doing/when it’s time to begin the task.// You put away all distractions and get started.// This is the hardest part,/because this is where the monkey puts up his fiercest resistance.// He absolutely hates stopping something fun/to start something hard.// You need to be the strongest.// If you can get started/and force the monkey into the Dark Woods,/you’ve broken a bit of his will.//
　　The Dark Woods is where you’re working.// It’s not a fun place to be,/and the monkey wants nothing to do with it.// To make things harder,/the Dark Woods is surrounded by the Dark Playground.// And the monkey will try as hard as he can/to leave the Dark Woods.//
　　If you can power through a bit of the Dark Woods,/something funny happens.// Making progress on a task/produces positive feelings of accomplishment/and raises your self-esteem.// When you feel a jolt of self-satisfaction,/the monkey finds a High Self-Esteem Banana in his path.// It doesn’t suppress his resistance entirely,/but it goes a long way toward distracting him/for a while;/you’ll find that the urge to procrastinate has diminished.// If you continue along,/something magical happens.// Once you get two-thirds of the way through a task,/you start to feel great about things/and suddenly, the end is in sight.// This is the Tipping Point.//