Eat That Frog!: Get More Of The Important Things Done Today

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Single handling requires that once you begin, you keep working at the task without diversion or distraction until the job is 100 percent complete.”

Continually visualize your goals and talk to yourself in a positive way. You’ll feel focused and energized. And you’ll become more eager to get started and keep going. #16 Practice Creative Procrastination Master List: everything you want to do some time in the future. The place where you capture every idea that comes to or every new task or responsibility that comes up You create your emotions by how you talk to yourself. What you tell yourself about people and situations determines whether they motivate or discourage you.Never stop learning. Read in your field one hour each day. Take courses and seminars. Listen to audio programs in your car. A" tasks are things you must do; they're your frogs. If you have more than one must-do task, you can prioritize further by adding numbers: A-1, A-2, A-3, etc. One of the simplest and yet most powerful ways to get yourself started is to repeat the words ‘Do it now! Do it now! Do it now!’ over and over to yourself.” If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first.”

When you work on your most important tasks at a high and continuous level of activity, you can actually enter into an amazing mental state called ‘flow.’” Scientific research tells us that there's a connection between sleep and productivity and gives us ways to take better and more refreshing breaks. Make a list. Add everything you are going to have to do to achieve your goal. As you think of new activities, add them to your list. Keep building your list until it is complete Technology has enormous benefits, but if you don’t take control of it, it may end up controlling you. Brian Tracy, a renowned motivational speaker and author, wrote the book “Eat That Frog! 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time.” It was first published in 2001 and has since become a popular resource in productivity and time management circles. Key ConceptsInstead of procrastinating when it comes to your frogs, Tracy recommends procrastinating intentionally on your 80% tasks. Use this question to guide your career for the rest of your life. Ask your boss, coworkers, friends, and family. When you have an answer, work to bring up your performance in this area. #7 Obey the Law of Forced Efficiency

Do now: list everything to be done in the next 24 hours, list all projects. For each goal/project, prioritize and sequence the tasks involved. Consider the Consequences: Consider immediate and long-term effects of tasks, and prioritize those with significant impacts on your goals. Keep asking: What’s the one thing which, if I did really well, could create the biggest positive impact in my work and life? Apply this question to find the best thing to do every hour, starting right now. Eat That Frog: 21 Steps To eat a large frog, take it one bite at a time. Discipline yourself to take it just one step at a time. Your job is to go as far as you can see. You will then see far enough to go further. The next step will soon become clear to you. Furthermore, people with specific, written goals achieve far more than those who haven’t articulated their goals, yet only a handful of people have specific goals.

3. Select Your Most Important Task

Maximize Your Personal Powers. Identify your periods of highest mental and physical energy each day. Structure your most important and demanding tasks around these times. Get lots of rest so you can perform at your best Successful people are able to look 10 or 20 years into the future, and make decisions today that are consistent with their desired long-term future, including making short-term sacrifices. When considering whether to do or not do something, ask yourself if it has any consequences for your long-term vision. Rather than set deadlines for everything and feel stressed for missing most of them, focus on the most important task, and give it 20% extra time, so you can do it really well. 3 Questions to Find Focus It’s like preparing to cook something—you assemble the ingredients and utensils on your counter before you start so you don’t have to look for something in the middle of following the recipe. Once you start your work task, you need to be able to keep going with interruption.