Over at WebCudgel.com there is an interesting technique that may help you (or your significant others) get motivated to do work around the house.
Enter in: Home Contracts (in the form of workorders submitted by the family)
Now, when Toni needs Dan to do something around the house, she just creates a workorder like he normally would for a client and this now sits in his stack of work to do. It makes the request more official in his mind and it actually has more importance in his daily routine.
LifeHack: Home Contracts [WebCudgel.com]