This week's WorldWit features a story by Karen Leland on how to tackle work projects by breaking them down into steps. She even uses an example near and dear to a freelancer's heart, that of putting together a book proposal. "In the computer world, chunking means to break things into bits. To chunk down is to move from a whole to its parts; to chunk up is to move from parts to a whole, or from the specific to the general," she says. "Chunking your projects and goals down into smaller pieces will help you take action more quickly and easily, while at the same time helping to combat the feeling of too much to do."

Other sage wisdom? Plan your time, and take credit for your success.