Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less TimeNEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED The legendary Eat That Frog! (more than 1.5 million copies sold worldwide and translated into 42 languages) will change your life. There just isn't enough time for everything on our "To Do" list—and there never will be. Successful people don't try to do everything. They learn to focus on the most important tasks and make sure they get done. There's an old saying that if the first thing you do each morning is to eat a live frog, you'll have the satisfaction of knowing that it's probably the worst thing you'll do all day. Using “eat that frog” as a metaphor for tackling the most challenging task of your day—the one you are most likely to procrastinate on, but also probably the one that can have the greatest positive impact on your life—Eat That Frog! shows you how to zero in on these critical tasks and organize your day. You'll not only get more done faster, but get the right things done. Bestselling author Brian Tracy cuts to the core of what is vital to effective time management: decision, discipline, and determination. In this fully revised and updated second edition, he provides brand new information on how to keep technology from dominating your time. He details twenty-one practical and doable steps that will help you stop procrastinating and get more of the important tasks done—today! |
Contents
Eat That Frog | |
Set the Table | |
Plan Every Day in Advance | |
Apply the 8020 Rule to Everything | |
Consider the Consequences | |
Practice Creative Procrastination | |
Use the ABCDE Method Continually | |
Focus on Key Result Areas | |
Apply the Law of Three | |
Prepare Thoroughly Before You Begin | |
Take It One Oil Barrel at a Time 11 Upgrade Your Key Skills 12 Leverage Your Special Talents 13 Identify Your Key Constraints 14 Put the Pressur... | |
Create Large Chunks of Time 20 Develop a Sense of Urgency 21 Single Handle Every Task | |
Putting It All Together Index | |
Learning Resources of Brian Tracy International About the Author | |
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Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in ... Brian Tracy No preview available - 2007 |
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