Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time

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Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Apr 17, 2017 - Business & Economics - 144 pages
Achieve work-life balance by conquering procrastination and get your most important work done, now with new chapters on technology and maintaining focus

The fully revised and expanded edition of the global bestseller with over 3 million copies sold world-wide


The saying goes: if the first thing you do each morning is eat a live frog, then you're done with the toughest thing for the day. Eating that frog means tackling your most challenging task-and it's also the one that can have the greatest positive impact on your life.

Productivity and time management coach Brian Tracy shows you how to organize each day so you can zero in on these critical tasks and accomplish them efficiently and effectively.

The 3 essentials of successful time management are decision, discipline, and determination, and Tracy shows you how to dial in these skills using 21 principles and techniques like:

Single handle every task
Upgrade your key skills
Identify your key constraints
Put the pressure on yourself
Slice and dice the task

This life-changing manual will ensure that you get more of your important tasks done today.

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Contents

Eat That Frog
1
1 Set the Table
7
2 Plan Every Day in Advance
12
3 Apply the 8020 rule to Everything
18
4 Consider the Consequences
22
5 Practice Creative Procrastination
30
6 Use the ABCDE Method Continually
34
7 Focus on Key result Areas
38
14 Motivate Yourself into Action
72
15 Technology Is a Terrible Master
76
16 Technology Is a Wonderful Servant
81
17 Focus Your Attention
86
18 Slice and Dice the Task
90
19 Create Large Chunks of Time
94
20 Develop a Sense of Urgency
97
21 Single Handle Every Task
101

8 Apply the Law of Three
44
9 Prepare Thoroughly Before You Begin
52
10 Take It One Oil Barrel at a Time
56
11 Upgrade Your Key Skills
59
12 Identify Your Key Constraints
63
13 Put the Pressure on Yourself
68
Putting It All Together
105
Notes
109
Index
111
Learning resources of Brian Tracy International
115
About the Author
119
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Brian Tracy is chairman and CEO of Brian Tracy International. As a keynote speaker and seminar leader, he addresses more than 250,000 people each year. He is the bestselling author of more than eighty books that have been translated into dozens of languages. He has served as a consultant and trainer to more than 1,000 corporations and more than 10,000 medium-sized enterprises in more than seventy-five countries.

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