This document summarizes 21 principles for overcoming procrastination and increasing productivity from Brian Tracy's book "Eat That Frog!". The key principles are: 1) Set clear goals and priorities by writing them down; 2) Plan each day in advance by making to-do lists; 3) Focus on the most important 20% of tasks that yield 80% of results; 4) Consider the long-term consequences of tasks; 5) Categorize tasks into A/B/C priorities and do A tasks first; 6) Identify your key areas of responsibility and weaknesses; 7) Accept that there is never enough time for everything and focus on the most important tasks; 8) Prepare thoroughly before starting tasks; 9
Eat that Frog!
Learn how to stop procrastinating high value tasks that can move your life forward. This book discusses the importance of goal setting, creative procrastination, time management and creating priority ranking for all of your tasks.
This slideshow is a comprehensive overview of Brian Tracy's book Eat That Frog! The basic premise of Eat That Frog is that we should focus on the highest payback, least-appealing task of the day FIRST, before anything else. He asserts that "your ability to select your most important task at each moment, and then to start on that task and get it done both quickly and well, will probably have more of an impact on your success than any other quality or skill you can develop!”
According to the author, an average person who masters this one technique will run circles around a genius who talks a lot and makes wonderful plans, but gets very little done. (I know somebody like this, don’t you?)
Furthermore, he says that "The ability to concentrate on this one important task, single-mindedly, to do it well, and to finish it completely is the key to great success, achievement, status and happiness in life.”
Let's all go eat that frog!
I love Brian Tracy's use of quotes in the book, and have included many of them in the slideshow.
If you're looking to be more productive, stop procrastinating the important stuff (We can all use less procrastination, right?), start procrastinating more creatively (I like the sound of that!), and reach the goals you have yet to attain, I highly recommend utilizing this information!
For another overview of the book, go herehttp://www.empowernetwork.com/teresabrown/eat-that-frog-stop-procrastinating-and-get-more-done/?id=teresabrown and learn more.
Eat that frog today so tomorrow will be a better place :)!
AN ADAPTATION OF BRIAN TRACY\'S TIME MANAGEMENT BEST SELLER "EAT THAT FROG". I HAVE ADDED SOME CAPTIVATING VISUALS TO DRIVE HOME THE POINTS MADE.
Find the book: https://amzn.to/3ccxvsA
More books at my blog: https://www.021.be/books
YouTube: https://youtu.be/3oy-6fGkODo
Eat that Frog; there is this gap between common sense and common action or, in other words, the knowledge we have and what we do with it. To bridge this gap, I summarized this book. At times the book is giving the impression that working hard is the solution. But what I found it is pointing out that we always need the balance. We can only work a lot if we are able to balance it with an enriched life. The book is giving in 21 chapters strategies of how we can do more of the things which have the biggest impact in our lives. Afterall there are always more things than we can do. Thus, we have to find some strategies on how to choose those which are most important to us!
“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
This presentation gives some powerful time management tips that helps with prioritization. Importance of time management cannot be emphasized enough especially in the business world. Good time management skills enhances both personal and professional lives.
Eat that Frog!
Learn how to stop procrastinating high value tasks that can move your life forward. This book discusses the importance of goal setting, creative procrastination, time management and creating priority ranking for all of your tasks.
This slideshow is a comprehensive overview of Brian Tracy's book Eat That Frog! The basic premise of Eat That Frog is that we should focus on the highest payback, least-appealing task of the day FIRST, before anything else. He asserts that "your ability to select your most important task at each moment, and then to start on that task and get it done both quickly and well, will probably have more of an impact on your success than any other quality or skill you can develop!”
According to the author, an average person who masters this one technique will run circles around a genius who talks a lot and makes wonderful plans, but gets very little done. (I know somebody like this, don’t you?)
Furthermore, he says that "The ability to concentrate on this one important task, single-mindedly, to do it well, and to finish it completely is the key to great success, achievement, status and happiness in life.”
Let's all go eat that frog!
I love Brian Tracy's use of quotes in the book, and have included many of them in the slideshow.
If you're looking to be more productive, stop procrastinating the important stuff (We can all use less procrastination, right?), start procrastinating more creatively (I like the sound of that!), and reach the goals you have yet to attain, I highly recommend utilizing this information!
For another overview of the book, go herehttp://www.empowernetwork.com/teresabrown/eat-that-frog-stop-procrastinating-and-get-more-done/?id=teresabrown and learn more.
Eat that frog today so tomorrow will be a better place :)!
AN ADAPTATION OF BRIAN TRACY\'S TIME MANAGEMENT BEST SELLER "EAT THAT FROG". I HAVE ADDED SOME CAPTIVATING VISUALS TO DRIVE HOME THE POINTS MADE.
Find the book: https://amzn.to/3ccxvsA
More books at my blog: https://www.021.be/books
YouTube: https://youtu.be/3oy-6fGkODo
Eat that Frog; there is this gap between common sense and common action or, in other words, the knowledge we have and what we do with it. To bridge this gap, I summarized this book. At times the book is giving the impression that working hard is the solution. But what I found it is pointing out that we always need the balance. We can only work a lot if we are able to balance it with an enriched life. The book is giving in 21 chapters strategies of how we can do more of the things which have the biggest impact in our lives. Afterall there are always more things than we can do. Thus, we have to find some strategies on how to choose those which are most important to us!
“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
This presentation gives some powerful time management tips that helps with prioritization. Importance of time management cannot be emphasized enough especially in the business world. Good time management skills enhances both personal and professional lives.
Here are few ways to take hold of your day and accomplish more. It's easy to let time slip by and fall into a rut. Use a few of these tools to get more done and let MaidPro check cleaning off your list.
4 STEPS TO EFFECTIVE TIME MANAGEMENT - turning time into productivityTom Fox
4 steps you can do to make your time more productive, better connect what you do to what you achieve, reduce your stress and help better manifest your success. Try these techniques over 2 weeks and you will see results
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A small PPT prepared yesterday while we had to train our employees on Planning & Time Management.Hope its useful for you guys. Any Suggestions do comment. Thanks for taking the time & lets together make the time of our lifes
in this i discussed about time management , its features and principles & the importance of time management and how to prepare the time schedule for our activities
Time Management cannot happen without prioritization. In this presentation there are some powerful time management tips and time management tools. Time management skills for all leaders is a non-negotiable skill.
It's difficult to stay productive when the to-do list keeps growing. Don't burn out. Here are 10 steps to help you stay productive and efficient so you can accomplish what you set out to do.
The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results”
The One Thing explains the success habit to overcome the six lies that block our success, beat the seven thieves that steal time, and leverage the laws of purpose, priority, and productivity.
Here are few ways to take hold of your day and accomplish more. It's easy to let time slip by and fall into a rut. Use a few of these tools to get more done and let MaidPro check cleaning off your list.
4 STEPS TO EFFECTIVE TIME MANAGEMENT - turning time into productivityTom Fox
4 steps you can do to make your time more productive, better connect what you do to what you achieve, reduce your stress and help better manifest your success. Try these techniques over 2 weeks and you will see results
Your Life Satisfaction Score (beta) is an indicator of how you thrive in your life: it reflects how well you shape your lifestyle, habits and behaviors to maximize your overall life satisfaction along the five following dimensions:
►1. Health & fitness, reflecting your physical well-being and healthy habits;
►2. Positive emotions & gratitude, indicating how well you embrace positive emotions;
►3. Skills & expertise, measuring the ability to grow your expertise and achieve something unique;
►4. Social skills & discovery, assessing the strength of your network and your inclination to discover the world;
►5. Leadership & meaning, gauging your compassion, generosity and how much 'you are living the life of your dream'.
Visit www.Authentic-Happiness.com to check your Life Satisfaction score. Free, no registration required.
A small PPT prepared yesterday while we had to train our employees on Planning & Time Management.Hope its useful for you guys. Any Suggestions do comment. Thanks for taking the time & lets together make the time of our lifes
in this i discussed about time management , its features and principles & the importance of time management and how to prepare the time schedule for our activities
Time Management cannot happen without prioritization. In this presentation there are some powerful time management tips and time management tools. Time management skills for all leaders is a non-negotiable skill.
It's difficult to stay productive when the to-do list keeps growing. Don't burn out. Here are 10 steps to help you stay productive and efficient so you can accomplish what you set out to do.
The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results”
The One Thing explains the success habit to overcome the six lies that block our success, beat the seven thieves that steal time, and leverage the laws of purpose, priority, and productivity.
Discipline weighs ounces, but regret weighs tons.
The key word is "sacrifice".
It is the ability for you to sacrifice inmediate pleasure or gratification in the present so that you can enjoy greater rewards down the road.
This is fundamentally based on the 12 principles that are significant in goal setting process. Those principles were quoted from a report written by Brian Tracy, one of the world’s success coaches. Furthermore, these concepts help you to achieve your goals successfully within a time that you never thought you would able to Hope, you will achieve your goals with the help of the principles discussed in this. Thank you Brian-all the credits go to you.
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Success is goals and all else is commentary
Success is goals and all else is commentary. This is the great discovery throughout all of human history.
Your life only begins to become a great life when you
1. Clearly identify what it is that you want,
2. Make a plan to achieve it and then
3. Work on that plan every single day.
“The primary reason for failure is that people do not develop new plans to replace those plans that didn’t work.”
The three turning points in my life were these:
First
Discover Self.
I discovered that I was responsible for my life, and for everything that happened to me.
I learned that this life is not a rehearsal for something else. This is the real thing.
In every study of successful people, the acceptance of personal responsibility seems to be the starting point.
Before that, nothing happens. After you accept complete responsibility, your whole life begins to change.
Second
Discovery of goals.
The second turning point for me, which came when I was 24 years old, was my discovery of goals.
Without really knowing what I was doing, I sat down and made a list of 10 things I wanted to accomplish in the foreseeable future. I promptly lost the list. But 30 days later, my whole life had changed. Almost every goal on my list had already been achieved or partially achieved. The third turning point in my life came when I discovered that
“You can learn anything you need to learn to accomplish any goal you can set for yourself.”
Third
No one is smarter than you and no one is better than you.
All business skills, sales skills and moneymaking skills are learnable. Everyone who is good in any area today was once poor in that area. The top people in every field were at one time not even in that field and didn’t even know that that field existed. And what hundreds of thousands of other people have done, you can do as well.
The Goal-Setting Process 1.
Decide exactly what you want in every key area of your life.
Start off by Idealizing. Imagine that there are no limitations on what you can be, have or do. Imagine that you have all the time and money, all the friends and contacts, all the education and experience that you need to accomplish any goal you can set for yourself. Imagine that you could wave a magic wand and make your life perfect in each of the four key areas of life. If your life was perfect in each area, what would it look like?
1. INCOME – how much do you want to earn this year, next year and five years from today?
2. FAMILY – what kind of a lifestyle do you want to create for yourself and your family?
3. HEALTH – how would your health be different if it was perfect in every way?
4. NET WORTH – how much do you want to save and accumulate in the course of your working lifetime?
Three Goal Method – in less than 30 seconds, write down your three most important goals in life, right now.
Write quickly. Whatever your answer to this “Quick List Method
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This Course is to show you how to get ahead more rapidly in your career and to simultaneously enrich your personal life .This course contains twenty one most powerful principles on effectiveness ever discovered .
Motivation no longer be temporary and fleeting, and you’ll be able to tap into productivity easily. But it requires a certain mindset, and a set of practical skills to get you there…This course provides you with 21 practical suggestions to unlock more motivation and higher levels of productivity in your everyday life. From writing effective lists and learning to delegate tasks, to changing your beliefs and overcoming fear, this course teaches workable solutions that will increase your efficiency and allow you to overcome procrastination.
As well as acquiring real world skills that you can put into practice immediately, we’ll also tackle time management and look at how to make your most unpleasant tasks fun and engaging. Boost your self-esteem and rid yourself of stress by becoming the hyper efficient, super productive person you always wanted to be.
By the time you finish this course, you’ll have an arsenal of skills that will allow you to banish procrastination and start living a productive, efficient and happier life. From breaking down bigger tasks into more manageable chunks, to tackling jobs you find scary or despise, this course will motivate you to take control of your life and get the job done.
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When a procrastinator procrastinates, he or she doesn’t sit down and starts a rational thinking process about how to waste time. .
But neither does it just kinda happen. That might be what it feels like, but underneath that feeling, there’s an unconscious decision-making process going on which drives us to act a certain way in certain situations.
Whether you procrastinate occasionally, or do it hardcore, this course is for you.
Around 20% of the population admits to be a chronical procrastinator. 20%. That’s one out of every five individuals. And if you’re reading this, chances are you are one of them.And me, I was one too. I know everything about the guilt and the shame, the hours ticking away doing something completely different than what I was supposed to do... until a couple of years ago, I was really sabotaging myself. I was hating myself for it, but it seemed stronger than myself.
But today, I'm not a procrastinator anymore. What happened?
The psychological model used to dive into our subconscious d
Procrastination is force inside all of us. It is the result of our routines, well-being, attitudes, and behaviour, but the good news is that we can control the context in which procrastination either thrives or dies.
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1. Eat That Frog!21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time!
by Brian Tracy.!
A Book Summary on
According to Brian, eating your frog is about tackling your most
important, daunting tasks, and getting them done. The concept is
similar to how you eat an elephant...one bite at a time. Brian's
main point is that you eat your most ugliest frog first, the next
ugliest, and so on, until all your frogs are done. When you "eat
your frog," you feel empowered, happier, energized and are
more productive, i.e., you get more done.!
2. “Time management is life management,
so these principles apply to any aspect of
your life, especially your business when
you're just getting started and working on
it part time. The idea is to take control
over what you do and choose the
important tasks over the unimportant.
This is a key determinate of success.
Brian Tracy!
Principle 1: Set the Table!
This principle is about
determining what you want
to accomplish. It's about
getting clarity about your
goals and objectives. One
of the biggest reasons
people procrastinate is
vagueness and confusion
about what they want to
do.
Brian introduces his first Rule
of Success: Think on paper.
Do you know that people
who have clear written
goals accomplish 5 to 10
times more than people
who don't?!
3. The 7 steps formula for setting and achieving goals!
1. Decide exactly what you want to do (one of the worst time wasters is doing something
well that doesn't need to be at all).!
2. Write your goal down. Writing your goal down crystallizes and put energy behind it
because it becomes real.!
3. Set a deadline on you goal. This gives you a sense of urgency with a beginning and
end.!
4. Make a list of everything you think you need to do to achieve the goal. A visual picture
give you a path to follow and increases the likelihood of success.!
5. Organize the list into a plan by priority and sequence. You can draw a map of your
plan like a flow chart to help you visualize the steps.!
6. Take action immediately. "Execution is everything."!
7. Resolve to do something everyday that takes you closer to your goal. Schedule your
activities and never miss a day.!
Principle 2: Plan Each Day in
Advance
This is basically making a to-do list.
Just like eating an elephant, you eat
a frog one bite at a time. Break you
task down into steps. "Thinking and
planning unlock your mental
powers, trigger you creativity, and
increase your mental and physical
energies.“ The better you plan, the
easier to overcome procrastination,
to get started, and to keep going.
Brian claims that every minute you
spend planning will save as much as
ten minutes in execution. So if you
spend 10 to 12 minutes planning,
you'll save at least 2 hours (100-120
minutes) in wasted time and effort -
very impressive.!
4. The Six P’s Formula for this principle!!
Proper Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance.!!
All you need is paper and pen.!
Always work from a list - if something new comes up, add it to the list.!
Keep a master list of everything.!
Make a list for different purposes.!
Keep a monthly list, which you make at the end of each month for the following month.!
Keep a weekly list, which you make at the end of the week for the following week.!
Keep a daily list, which you make as the end of the day for the following day.!
Principle 3: Apply the 80/20 Rule!
This principle says that 20% of your
activities will account for 80% of your
results, even when all your activities
take the same amount of time to do.
The activities that give you the most
return on your investment are your
frogs.
Where you focus your time is the
difference between being busy and
accomplishing something. You want
to eliminate or spend less time on
your low-value tasks. Your most
valuable tasks are the hardest and
most complex, but give you the most
bang for you time, so ask yourself if
the task is a 20% task. Brian's rule here
is "Resist the temptation to clear up
small thing first."!
5. !"A part of you mind loves to be busy working on significant
tasks that can really make a difference. Your job is to feed
this part of your mind continually."!
Principle 4: Consider
the Consequences
"The mark of a superior
thinker is his or her ability to
accurately predict the
consequences of doing
or not doing anything."
Thinking through the
consequences gives you
an idea if an activity is
important and is a way to
determine the
significance of a task. Any
important task will have
long-term potential
consequences.
6. "the long-time perspective is the
most accurate single predictor
of upward social and economic
mobility in America" (a rare trait
in our instant gratification
world). Your attitude towards
time has an impact on your
behavior and choices. Thinking
about the long-term impact will
help you make better decisions”
Dr Edward Banfield, from Harvard University,!
thus, one of Brian's rules:
"Long-term thinking improves
short-term decision making."!
Having a future orientation (5,
10, 20 years out) will allow you
to analyze choices and will
make your behaviors
consistent with the future you
want. Ask yourself, "What are
the potential consequences of
doing or not doing this task?"!
7. "Failures do what is tension-
relieving while winners do
what is goal achieving."
Dennis Waitley, a motivational speaker
Make important tasks a top priority
and start them now. Time is passing
anyway, so decide how you will
spend it and where you want to
end up. Thinking about the
consequences of your choices,
decisions, and behaviors is the best
way to determine your priorities.!
Principle 5: Practice the
ABCDE Method Continually
The ABCDE method is a priority
setting technique to help you
be more efficient and effective.
The premise behind the
technique is that the more you
invest in planning and setting
priorities, the more important
things you will do and do faster
once you start.
You start by listing everything
you have to do for the day and
categorize everything into A, B,
C, D, or E.
8. An "A" is something that is very important that you must do or there will be serious
consequences (this is your frog.)!
A "B" is something you should do that has mild consequences (Brian calls these
your tadpoles). A "C" is something that would be nice to do but there are no
consequences.!
A "D" is something that you can delegate to someone, which frees up time for
you to work your A.!
An "E" is something you can eliminate because it makes not difference at all.!
Category : A, B, C, D, E!!
Principle 6: Focus on Key Result Areas
This principle is about focusing on what
you are working towards. Every job can
be broken down into "key result areas,"
which are results you must achieve and
for which you are responsible. For
example, the key result areas for
management are planning, organizing,
staffing, delegating, supervising,
measuring, and reporting.
Identify your key result areas and list
your responsibilities for each. Then
grade yourself on a scale of 1-10 in
each result area. Where are you
strong? Where are you weak? Are you
getting results or underperforming?
Brian's rule for this area is "Your weakest
key result area sets the height at which
you can use all your other skills and
abilities." Essentially, your weakest area
limits your overall performance.
9. Principle 7: Obey the Law of
Forced Efficiency
"There is never enough time to do
everything, but there is always enough
time to do the most important thing."
Brian's rule that applies here is "There
will never be enough time to do
everything you have to do." (That's a
hard pill to swallow and something we
probably subconsciously know but
don't accept.) A fact Brian states in his
book is that the average person is
working at 110-130% of capacity, which
means you will never get caught up.
So that means you need to stay on top
of your most important responsibilities.
People create more stress for
themselves when they procrastinate
and put themselves under the pressure
of a deadline. When you're up against
a deadline, you tend to make more
mistakes.!
Principle 8: Prepare Thoroughly Before You Begin
This principle means preparing and having everything you need ready
before you begin your task. Have everything you need readily available
in front of you. Remove everything that's not going to help you. Create a
workspace you'll enjoy working in.
10. Principle 9: Do Your Homework
"Learn what you need to learn so that you can do your work in an excellent fashion."
Other reasons for procrastination are feelings of inadequacy, lack of confidence, and
lack of competence in a key area of a task. To overcome these issues, work on your
development. Professional development is one of the best time savers there is. Brian's
rule here is "Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field."
Keep on improving your skills.
Principle 10: Leverage Your Special Talents
Identify your unique skills and commit yourself to becoming good in these areas,
then apply your knowledge and skills (no one can ever take those away). Ask
yourself, "What am I really good at?" "What do I enjoy the most about my work?"
"What has been most responsible for my success in the past?" "If I could do any
job at all, what job would it be?"! Focus on your best energies and abilities.
11. Principle 11: Identify Your
Key Constraints
Limiting factors affect how
quickly and how well you get
your task done. They are the
critical path or choke point to
achieving your goal. Identify
your limiting factors by asking
yourself what is holding you
back, then focus on alleviating
those factors as much as
possible.
Getting rid of those limiting
factors usually brings more
progress in a shorter time than
anything else.
Principle 12: Take it One Oil Barrel at a Time
An saying about tackling anything is "by the yard, it's hard, but inch by inch, it's a cinch." Taking
an "one oil barrel at a time" is the same concept. Brian talks about a trip in Algeria through the
Sahara Desert. Because of the vastness of the desert and the lack of landmarks, the French had
placed empty oil barrels on the road as markers. The barrels were placed 5 kilometers apart, so
you could always see the next barrel. So the meaning of this principle is to go as far as you can
see, and when you get there, you can see farther. Step out on faith, have confidence, and the
next step will become clear.
12. Principle 13: Put Pressure on Yourself
The intent behind this principle is to take charge of you life before you end up waiting for a
rescue that will never come. Be a leader, someone who can work without supervision,
which according to Brian is only about 2% of people. Set standards for yourself higher than
you would for others and go the extra mile. This is all about self-esteem, which is your
reputation of yourself, as defined by psychologist Nathaniel Brandon. Everything you do
affects your self esteem. Push yourself and you'll feel better about you.
Principle 14: Maximize Your Personal Powers
Physical, mental, and emotional energies make up your personal performance and
productivity. So guard and nurture your energy level. Rest when you need to. When
you're rested, you get much more done. A general rule is that productivity tends to
decline after about 8-9 hours. Identify the times you are at your best and use that
time to work on your frogs. Take time out to rest, rejuvenate, eat well, and exercise.
13. Principle 15: Motivate Yourself
Into Action
This principle is about controlling your
thoughts and being your own
cheerleader. Coach and encourage
yourself. How you talk to yourself
determines your emotional response.
How you interpret things that happen
to you determines how you feel. How
you feel can motivate or de-motivate
you. Become an optimist and don't let
setbacks and negativity affect your
mood.
"In study after study, psychologists have
determined that 'optimism' is the most
important quality you can develop for
personal and professional success and
happiness."
Principle 16: Practice
Creative Procrastination
This is a personal performance
principle about putting off doing
smaller, less ugly frogs. Ultimately,
you can't do everything (remember
Principle 7, Obey the Law for Force
Efficiency?), so procrastinate on low
value activities (bonus: you get to
choose which ones). This is a matter
of setting priorities, something you
do more of and sooner, and setting
"posteriorities," something you do less
of and later.
The rule that applies here is "You can
set your time and your life under
control only to the degree to which
you discontinue lower value
activities."
14. Principle 17: Do the Most Difficult Task First
This is the hardest, most difficult principle because you're "eating your frog." Brian outlines 7
steps to gain this skill (these steps are a nice summary of the some of the principles we
have already covered):
1. At the end of the day/weekend, make a list of everything you have to do the next day.!
2. Review the list using the ABCDE method combined with the 80/20 rule.!
3. Select you A1 task, the one with the most severe consequences.!
4. Gather everything you need to start and finish the task; get it ready to start the next morning.!
5. Clear your workspace so you're only ready to start your A1 task.!
6. Discipline yourself to get up, get ready, and start the task without interruptions before
you do anything else.!
7. Do this for 21 days (creates the habit).
Principle 18: Slice and Dice the Task
This principle is the "salami slice" approach to getting work done. Do one slice of the task at
a time. Psychologically, it's easier to do a smaller piece that to start on the whole job-like
eating an elephant. We tend to want to do another slice when we get done with one.
People have a deep subconscious need to bring finality to a task, the "urge to
completion." We feel happier and more powerful when we start and finish a task because
endorphins are released-the bigger the task, the bigger the sense of accomplishment.
This approach is also known as the "Swiss cheese" method; you punch a hole in the task by
spending a specific amount of time on the task.
15. Principle 19: Create Large Chunks of Time
This principle is about scheduling time to work on large tasks. To make significant progress
on your tasks, you need blocks of high-value, high productivity time. The key is to plan your
day in advance and schedule fixed blocks of time, especially for things you don't enjoy
doing. Make an appointment with yourself (sounds a lot like Principle 2, Plan Each Day in
Advance). Eliminate distractions and work nonstop. "Deliberately and creatively organize
the concentrated time periods you need to get your key jobs done well and on schedule."
Principle 20: Develop a Sense
of Urgency
The basis of this principle is to be
action-oriented. A sense of
urgency is an "inner drive and
desire to get on with the job quickly
and get it done fast." Take the time
to think, plan, and set priorities,
then work them. Create a mental
state of "flow," which is the "highest
human state of performance and
productivity.“
In the "flow" state, you feel elated,
clear, calm, efficient, happy, and
accurate. Everything you do seems
effortless. You function at a higher
plane of clarity, creativity, and
competence. You are more
sensitive and aware.
16. Developing a "sense of urgency" triggers the flow state.
Race against yourself; develop a "bias for action." Develop
a fast tempo which goes hand and hand with success.!
Principle 21: Single Hand
Every Task
This principle is about concentrating single-
mindedly on your frog until it's done, which
is the key to high level performance and
personal productivity. Hard, concentrated
work precedes every great achievement.
You can reduce the time to finish a task by
50% or more when you concentrate single-
mindedly, according to Brian.
Starting and stopping can increase the
time to finish a task by an estimated 500%
because you have to get reacquainted
with the task and overcome inertia to get
started again. When you stop, you break
the cycle and move backwards. Develop
momentum by getting into a "productive
work rhythm." "The more you discipline
yourself to working non-stop on a single
task, the more you move forward along
the 'efficiency curve.'" You get more high
quality work done in less time.
17. 1. Set the table.!
2. Plan every day in advance.!
3. Apply the 80/20 rule to everything.!
4. Consider the consequences.!
5. Practice the ABCDE method continually.!
6. Focus on key result areas.!
7. Obey the Law of Forced Efficiency.!
8. Prepare thoroughly before you begin.!
9. Do you homework.!
10. Leverage your key special talents.!
11. Identify your key restraints.!
12. Take it one oil barrel at a time.!
13. Put the pressure on yourself.!
14. Maximize your personal powers.!
15. Motivate yourself into action.!
16. Practice creative procrastination.!
17. Do the most difficult task first.!
18. Slice and dice the task.!
19. Create large chunks of time.!
20. Develop a sense of urgency.!
21. Single-handle every task.!
21 principles for overcoming procrastination so you can "eat your frog."!!
Eat a Frog Today!!