Pretending to have a hard deadline if I don't have one. Gotta trick my brain in putting some effort into it.

Nice! I use mind-games as well.

@Jumpshot44
Glad to know I'm not the only one.

This is key for me also. Especially if it's a trivial task that doesn't require learning new stuff, it gets put down on the to-do just untill deadline. Setting my own deadlines on a constantly visible remainders helps to cheat the brain.