We all put things off, procrastinate and make excuses for our tardiness. Then just when you think you've been good by actually getting ahead of schedule, your family give you a hard time.

This is all because I managed to get almost two weeks ahead of schedule by eating every window in our chocolate Advent Calendar right up to December 17th - all in just three days. I thought I was being organised the rest of the Heppell family took the pip!

I am of course only joking (honest!) as the discipline of only opening one window a day is very much a part of the advent experience. It reminds us that doing something every day can be far more rewarding than a bust of activity, then nothing, followed by a catch up burst a few weeks later.

So how disciplined are you?  Can you do a little something every day for your own personal development or are you a 'fits and starts' type of individual? 

My team have set up a Michael Heppell advent calendar online with some special gifts and surprises behind every day. 

You can visit the page here or via a direct link from our homepage.  Be sure to come back every day until Christmas. And tell your friends to go to www.bit.ly/mhadvent - as these gifts are for sharing.