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

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Repeat to yourself, “I have what it takes” to build confidence and overcome doubt. When people ask how you are, respond, “I feel great” regardless of how you feel or how things are going. You have the ability to choose your attitude in any circumstance: choose to be positive. Live by the 80/20 rule: 20% of your efforts will produce 80% of your results. Focus on doing the few things that make the most difference. Remember from the research on procrastination that once you’ve started a task, it’s actually not nearly as bad as you thought. It’s actually kind of fun. Making progress feels good. And before you know it, you’re enjoying an upward spiral of self-generating satisfaction, progress, self-efficacy, and so on. Tracy says that the first step in proper planning is having a list of tasks you need to complete. He recommends keeping multiple lists: Do something every day to advance your goal: Put it on your schedule. For example, make a certain number of cold calls or exercise for 45 minutes. Don’t miss a day. Keep pressing forward.

The second rule of frog eating is this: If you have to eat a live frog at all, it doesn’t pay to sit and look at it for very long.” If you’re able to get the most important things done consistently and efficiently, you can outperform the smartest person who fails to follow through. Mark Twain had a metaphor for getting hard things done: if you have to eat a live frog, do it right away and everything after that will be easier by comparison. Step number nine: Go crazy with formatting. Bold, underline and italicize. As Rose Taxtbeest says, "When you italicize words, you actually put pretty dresses on them." Clear off your desk or workspace so that you only have one task in front of you. If necessary, put everything on the floor or on the table behind you.Consider the Consequences. Your most important tasks are the ones with the most consequences in your life. Focus on these above all else List the three most important goals in: career, family, financial, health, development, social/community, problems/concerns. Spend quality time at work and quantity time at home. Take one full day off every week and regular vacations each year. This includes both long weekends and longer breaks

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.Look at your work activities and identify the tasks that you could delegate or eliminate to free up more time for the work that really counts.”