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ABSTRACTABSTRACT
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PUBLISHERPUBLISHER
CATEGORYCATEGORY
EAT THAT FROG21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating
And Get More Done in Less Time
BUY BOOK
FounderFounder
Investments & real estate development Investments & real estate development
Sales & marketing Sales & marketing
Personal, professional developmentPersonal, professional development
Achieve personal /professional goalsAchieve personal /professional goals
Lifelong habitsLifelong habits
More efficiencyMore efficiency
Due to lack of clarityDue to lack of clarity
Determines successDetermines success
Change the way you workChange the way you work
Leads to accomplishmentLeads to accomplishment
Do things differentlyDo things differently
Identifying most important task
Identifying most important task
Tackle with single-minded focus
Tackle with single-minded focus
Complete itComplete it
Launch directlyLaunch directly
from Amazon.com
Talks to 250,000 people each year
Careers
Brian Tracy International
Prolific author
Berrett-Koehler
© 2001
96 pages
Overall
Applicability
Innovation
Delivery Style
Self Development
Time-management techniques
How to adopt these tools
Task prioritization methods
Achievers
Eat the frog
Most important tasks
Ability to focus
Failure
Identify one skill
Rule for success
Make a list every night
Action
Gain control of your life
Key Ideas
Brian Tracy
Write down your goals
Do it the next day
That would have biggest impact on your career
AMPHIBIANON TOASTAMPHIBIANON TOAST
WINNING IS A HABIT
TIME-MANAGEMENT,PARETO STYLE
LONG - TERMTHINKING
To succeed
THE ABCs OF SUCCESS
KEYRESULTAREAS
THE LAW OFFORCED
EFFICIENCY
IDENTIFY YOUR KEY
CONSTRAINS
BECOMING YOUR CHEER LEADER
EAT THAT FROG
21 Great Ways to Stop ProcrastinatingAnd Get More Done in Less Time
Frogs Tasks you need to doTasks you need to doBut haven’t for some reasonBut haven’t for some reason
Time to learn to snack on frogs
Tackle critical projects/problems
Ability to focus To accomplish taskTo accomplish task
Lack of clarity Impairs actionImpairs action
Develop good work habitsDevelop good work habitsSelect big frogs first
3 qualities to develop successful habits
Decide precisely
Write down
Set deadlines
List what you will need
Make a plan
Take action
Take small steps
Generates 80% revenue
Identify the 20%
Time management
Eat the big frogs first
20-80 rule 20% of all activity
Delay short-term gratification
Think long term
Achieve long-term results
ABCDE method for successMake a list
Complete the tasks in order
Mark A, B, C, D, E priorities
Improve performance
Allocate resources
Improve weakestkey area first
Identify key result areasIdentify key result areas
Strengthen
Job expandsFills time you allow for itFills time you allow for it
AskWhat is highest value activity?What is highest value activity?
What is that will have significant impact?
What is that will have significant impact?
What is highest and best use of time, right now?
What is highest and best use of time, right now?
Also can be forced to be done faster
Critical building block
Constraints
Identify limiting factors
Take responsibility
For success
Affect completion of job
Smoothen work flow
Determine what to do to improve
ChallengeMeet it by cheering yourself on
Be eternal optimist
Always talk to yourself positively
Resolve to remain cheerful, upbeat
Visualize goals
Eat the frogEvery day
Change
"Time management is really life management."
"The hardest part of any important task is getting started on it in the first place."
"Many people confuse activity with accomplishment."
"Clearly written goals have a wonderful effect on your thinking. They motivate you and galvanize you into action."
EAT THAT FROG
21 Great Ways to Stop ProcrastinatingAnd Get More Done in Less Time
AMPHIBIANON TOASTAMPHIBIANON TOAST
Worst thing you can doWorst thing you can do
Tasks you need to doTasks you need to do
But haven’t for some reasonBut haven’t for some reason
Snack on difficult problemsSnack on difficult problems
Accomplish the most important taskAccomplish the most important task
Achieve successAchieve success
Obscure true goals/objectivesObscure true goals/objectives
Impairs actionImpairs action
OverwhelmsOverwhelmsPaucity of timePaucity of time
Eat itEat itAddress the problemAddress the problem
Eaten a frog?
Frogs everywhere
Time to eat frogs
Tackle critical projects/problems
Learn to focus
Lack of clarity complicates
Choose the biggest frog
Develop good work habits Success followsSuccess follows
Creatively & effectively
In single-minded fashion In single-minded fashion
Make choicesMake choices
Need disciplineNeed discipline
Need determinationNeed determination
Decide Decide What you wantWhat you want
WriteWriteGoals downGoals down
Set deadlinesSet deadlinesFor achievementFor achievement
List List
Make plansMake plansOrganize by priorityOrganize by priority
Take actionTake actionDon’t hesitateDon’t hesitate
Take a small step everydayTake a small step everyday
Towards goalTowards goal
Till you achieveTill you achieve
Leads to failure/disappointmentLeads to failure/disappointment
Develop successful habits
Learn to think on paper
Push forward
Action without planning
Create different lists
Master lists
Weekly lists
Daily lists
WINNING IS A HABIT
What you will need to do to achieve
Monthly lists
Vilfredo Pareto
20% of all activity
Generates 80% revenue
Applies to all activity2/10 items on your list2/10 items on your list
80% returns80% returns
Hardest partGetting startedGetting started
Eat the big frogs first
TIME-MANAGEMENT,PARETO STYLE
Time management
1895 - 20-80 rule
Take control of sequence of events
Think long term"Simply put, some people are doing better than others because they do certain things differently and they do the right things right."
"You can get control of your time and your life only by changing the way you think, work and deal with the never-ending river of responsibilities that flows over you each day."
"Clarity is the most important concept in personal productivity."
EAT THAT FROG
21 Great Ways to Stop ProcrastinatingAnd Get More Done in Less Time
LONG - TERMTHINKING
For success
Ask questions What if you don’t do this?What if you don’t do this?
Give yourself a motive for choices
Delay short-term gratification Achieve long-term results
Succeed
Success As simple as ABC + DE As simple as ABC + DE
ABCDE method for success
Make a listMake a list
Mark A, B, C, D, E prioritiesMark A, B, C, D, E priorities
Complete the tasks in orderComplete the tasks in order
A first, B next…A first, B next…
C? Maybe not at allC? Maybe not at all
Delegate DDelegate D
Eliminate EEliminate EPractice ABCDE method Positive impact on life Positive impact on life
THE ABCs OF SUCCESS
KEY RESULT AREAS
Improve performance
Identify key result areasIdentify key result areas
For salesperson
For salesperson
Allocate resources
Weakestkey area
ProspectingProspecting
Making presentations
Making presentations
Closing businessClosing business
After sales serviceAfter sales service
Admin duties/paperwork
Admin duties/paperwork
To handle key areas
Defines ceiling of performance
Anchor which keeps you from sailing
Improve
Strengthen
To improve overall performance
"The key to success is action."
""An average person who develops the habit of setting clear priorities and getting important tasks completed quickly will run circles around a genius who talks a lot and makes wonderful plans but gets very little done."
"The ability to concentrate single-mindedly on your most important task, to do it well and to finish it completely, is the key to great success."
EAT THAT FROG
21 Great Ways to Stop ProcrastinatingAnd Get More Done in Less Time
THE LAW OFFORCED
EFFICIENCY
Job expandsFills time you allow for it
Also can be forced to be done faster
Address this
Ask questionsWhat is that will have significant impact?
What is highest and best use of time, right now?
Manage time better
What is highest value activity?
Critical building block
Smoothen work flow
Resolve choke points
80% problems from 20% obstacles
Constraints
Identify limiting factors
Take responsibility Determine what to do to improve
IDENTIFYYOUR KEY
CONSTRAINS
What's holding you back?
For success
Affect completion of job
80-20 rule
BECOMING YOUR CHEER LEADER
Change Is a challenge
Meet it by cheering yourself on
Respond positively
Steer a clear course
Always talk to yourself positively Affirm
Resolve to remain cheerful, upbeat
Difficulties come to instruct, not obstruct
Visualize goals
Have a positiveattitude
Break them down
Work with urgency
Eat the frogEvery day
Be eternal optimist Rely on yourself
Undeterred by minor setbacks
Imagine success
Tackle difficult tasks first