The link reminded me of the book '7 Habits of Highly Effective People' in the book, the author talks about 'Non urgent, Important work' this is basically where you want to get to.
I since read an excellent blog post on goal setting (
http://foreverjobless.com/the-definitive-guide-to-accomplishing-your-goals/), now every Monday lunch-time I review my goals (daily, yearly, total) .
I also automate a text which I receive every day at 7am (week day's only!!) with a reminder of my goal (using 'If this then that' - It's free).
What's more I've broken my goals down into chunks, written them up on a whiteboard (right behind the laptop I'm typing this on) and tick them as I pass them.
Finally, I've created the habit (read the book 'The Power of Habit') to journal every morning and night, part of this journalling process is citing what would make the day great and finally in the evening how I could have made the day better.
By reminding myself constantly it gives me quite the nudge.
Come to think of it I actually have quite a lot of automated reminders/habits helping me achieve my goals, but it wasn't alway's this way.
Build them one habit at a time and if you can get an 'accountability partner'.
Now, go get stuff done!
Sam