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

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Almost everyone today has too much to do and too little time. In this book Brian Tracy presents 21 tips to help you stop procrastinating and get more done in less time. This practical action guide is built on 30 years of time-management study–it’s for anyone who feels overwhelmed or wants to be more effective in planning, prioritizing and achieving more results in less time. This Eat That Frog summary highlights the 21 points, and zooms in on a few of them in detail. Eat That Frog: An Overview Make a plan. Organize your list by priority and sequence. Decide what you need to do first and what you can do later. Even better, lay out your plan visually in the form of a series of boxes and circles on a sheet of paper. You’ll be amazed at how much easier it is to achieve your goal when you break it down into individual tasks 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.” The best way to overcome procrastination and make a big job doable is to focus on completing it one step at a time.

An ‘E’ task is defined as something that you can eliminate altogether, and it won’t make any real difference.” Single Handle Every Task. Set clear priorities and start immediately on your most important task. Work without stopping until the job is 100% complete. This is the real key to high performance and maximum personal productivity While “Eat That Frog!” primarily targets professional productivity, its strategies can be applied to your personal life as well. Time management, goal setting, and overcoming procrastination are all crucial skills for managing personal commitments and maintaining a balanced lifestyle. For example, implementing creative procrastination allows you to prioritize tasks and intentionally delay less significant tasks, which can lead to a more balanced and fulfilling personal life. Comparisons and Critiques Similar Books and Theories The raw materials of personal performance are your physical, mental and emotional energies. To be productive and happy, guard and nurture your energy levels at all times.There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.” Of course, you can always experiment with the exact number of tasks. Agile Results calls for 3 tasks a day, and the Ivy Lee method calls for 6. But I’d encourage you to try out the most extreme version first. There’s something about the extreme simplicity and hyper-focus of just one task that I’ve found makes this method particularly effective. Why Eat The Frog works

What are the key skills that can help you the most to achieve better and faster results? What are the core competencies that you will need to have in the future to lead your field? Continually review your life and work to find time-consuming tasks and activities that you can abandon. Cut down on television watching and instead spend the time with your family, read, exercise, or do something else that enhances the quality of your life.” The more you work non-stop on a single task, the more you move down the “Efficiency Curve.” You get more and more high-quality work done in less and less time. So that’s where the name of the book comes from. “Eat that frog!” means to start your day with the biggest, most important, and most dreaded task. It’s also the task you are most likely to procrastinate on.

Bria Tracy says you should evaluate your task list using this method frequently. As time passes, priorities often change, and you want to make sure that your prioritization reflects those changes.