Book Summary- Eat that frog: 5 Great ways to stop procrastinating and get more done in less time. idea given by brain tracy
Almost every young person I knew when I was growing up were emotionally attached to football. These guys would spend hours watching soccer and many other hours arguing about who they thought the best players and teams were.
As time went by, I started meeting another group of people who waste so much time on political arguments, who would win elections and who the best candidate was.
But, somehow, I am able to keep my head straight, stay focus and achieve 10 times more than many of my mates. How do I do it? I have formed the habit of goal setting since I was about 16 years old, so my goals always keep me from time-wasting activities.
One of the most important lessons from Brain Tracy in Eat That Frog is;
If you want to be productive, set inspiring goals.
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Let’s move to the second lesson. Sometimes in the past, I would wake up to my mail, move to social media to see who liked and commented on my post and enjoy some Youtube video.
I could enjoy few comedy skirts and spend few hours doing some other pleasant stuffs. Then after the middle of the day, I’ll then pretend as though I love to be productive, get to my laptop and touch few of the important things I thought I should do.
Then I realized that, the whole day is gone and I’m asking myself, “what have I done the whole of today?”. that time you know you should slap yourself.
If this usually happens to you, let me know in the comment. But why is it so easy for us to waste our days on little pleasures? It’s because we’re lazy and I mean it.
Every one of us is lazy and we enjoy messing around. However, if we can get our minds to focus on important things, pursuing those important things becomes 10 times easier.
The best way we can do this is to set daily goals, known as TO-DO-LIST. In my experience, I found that, making 3-5 to-do-list keep me from messing around and wasting my time.
The second most important lessons in eat that frog is; if you want to be more productive, make a to-do-list
Now,let’s face it! Nobody loves to work. Nobody loves to face challenges. Nobody loves to get the work done. TV is interesting as well as youtube, facebook, instagram, etc.
How I wish there’s life without pains and hustles? Unfortunately, adam and eve were the only human who ever experienced such paradise.
The rest of us have to do the hard work of getting things done, I’m sorry. So how can you be more productive? Wake up each day to eat the ugliest frogs, first.
After you’ve made a list of the important things you’ll love to get done, the next thing you’ll want to do is to figure out 2-5 of those things that could have more profound impact on the projects you have at hand or your life’s progress.
Yes, I’m talking about 80/20 Pareto Principle. 20% of your to-do-list is going to be responsible for 80% of your daily productivity, so focus on those important 20%, first.
Painfully enough, those 20% are usually the toughest. You know those things you really want to procrastinate? No. Don’t procrastinate them!
The third most important lesson in eat that frog is; Do the most important things in your to-do-list. First thing, every day.
I remember growing up as young boy in a small town. I love so much reading that I would be reading as I walked on the streets.
If you live in the city, please , don’t read on a crowded street. Instead of reading on the streets, you can turn your car to a university by listening to various audio training programs.
Brain Tracy claims that you can actually get an equivalent of a university degree in a few years, simply by listening to audio training programs in your car.
So, how does reading improve your productivity? The more knowledgeable you’re about your profession, the smarter you’ll become at getting results you desire.
I keep the thing randomly and after some time. I try to find it. It will be hard stuff to me. So ask help to my brother too. To search the particular thing that I want.
You ever find yourself looking for your pen, phone, wristwatch or even shoes? If I checked in to your office today, how tidy will it be? For most of the people or us, nothing has a place and an untidy office is a sign of hard work.
Well, Brain Tracy have an good and better advice for us; keeping the things in respective place which will greatly improve our productivity.
I’ve learned this since I first read eat that frog and I’ve improved my productivity greatly. Yes, I still misplaced my token and scatter things and have untidy office sometimes, I think this blog will serve as reminder for me.
The fifth important lesson in eat that frog is; to increase your productivity, organize your life and office.
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