Book Byte #91 "Eat that Frog" by Brian Tracy
21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
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📣 Curious Quotes from the Author
“One of the very worst uses of time is to do something very well that need not to be done at all.”
“...you cannot eat every tadpole and frog in the pond, but you can eat the biggest and ugliest one, and that will be enough, at least for the time being.
“If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first."
This is another way of saying that if you have two important tasks before you, start with the biggest, hardest, and most important task first.”
“The hardest part of any important task is getting started on it in the first place. Once you actually begin work on a valuable task, you seem to be naturally motivated to continue.”
“Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. NAPOLEON HILL”
“Rule: Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field.”
“Everyone procrastinates. The difference between high performers and low performers is largely determined by what they choose to procrastinate on.”
“Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement. The bigger your goals and the clearer they are, the more excited you become about achieving them. The more you think about your goals, the greater becomes your inner drive and desire to accomplish them.”
“People who take a long view of their lives and careers always seem to make much better decisions about their time and activities than people who give very little thought to the future.”
“The Key to Success is Action”
“The most valuable tasks you can do each day are often the hardest and most complex. But the payoff and rewards for completing these tasks efficiently can be tremendous.”
“This is a wonderful time to be alive. There have never been more possibilities and opportunities for you to achieve more of your goals than exist today.”
“As Pat Riley, the basketball coach, said, "Anytime you stop striving to get better, you're bound to get worse.”
“The law of Forced Efficiency says that "There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.”
“Galileo once wrote, "You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.”
“Rule: It is the quality of time at work that counts and the quantity of time at home that matters.”
📚 Cognition of the Book’s Big Idea:
Defeat procrastination by determining who you are and what you want to accomplish. Face your constraints, schedule your time, and eat your frogs! When you prioritize your most critical chores, you will train yourself to stay on track for success.
Keep a to-do list.
People who work from lists are more productive than those who do not. A to-do list keeps you on track and provides satisfaction at the end of the day.
“There is an old saying that "by the yard it's hard; but inch by inch, anything's a cinch!”
“You can get your time and your life under control only to the degree to which you discontinue lower-value activities.”
“If you have to eat a live frog at all, it doesn't pay to sit and look at it for very long.”
“The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.”
“What are your three most important business or career goals right now? What are your three most important family or relationship goals right now? What are your three most important financial goals right now? What are your three most important health goals right now? What are your three most important personal and professional development goals right now? What are your three most important social and community goals right now? What are your three biggest problems or concerns in life right now?”
🛠️Fixing the Tech Industry
Sometimes as Techies, we like obsessing over simple things. We attribute it to our work ethic and our sense of pride in our work.
While this serves us well for the most part, there are some times that it can become a detriment to our productivity. We might want to try out a piece of software and configure it more in depth than we really need to, to get it just right…
We should only reach for the point that we understand the solution we are creating and just leave it at good enough. It will help our mental health more than anything you could imagine.
🤝Collaborate with others with this Social Media Prompt:
What is one problem you are facing that you know has a good enough solution but you haven’t actually gone through with it yet?