I am generally pretty good at getting stuff done. In fact that's my reputation. I am very productive as long as I think the project is interesting or think it will do a lot to help our company and/or customers. I'm really fortunate to get to work on that kind of stuff most of the time.
And then sometimes I get these really sucky projects or parts of projects where I believe my work is not going to produce any fruit for anyone, and where the work is a huge drag, monotonous or difficult, and having no inherent inerestingness about it. And then of course, that work drags on and on because I hate it and cannot get myself engaged enough to get really cooking on it...
What can I do to kick myself into gear when I am working on this kind of thing?