Eat That Frog, a book written by Brian Tracy, covers many different ways of overcoming procrastination and it makes it very accessible for people to apply the techniques. It has 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time. Here we share key ones.
Write Everything Down: Brian Tracy, like many time management experts, utilizes the power of writing things down – especially when it comes to planning and goal setting. Throughout the book the author encourages you to try out different exercises but he also encourages you to do them on pen and paper. In today’s world you can translate most of the writing into digital capturing but there is something to writing it down on paper – a goal written down on a piece of paper has a different effect than something typed up in a text file.
Eat That Frog: This phrase is derived from a quote of Mark Twain, who famously said: “Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.”
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The idea behind it is that each morning if you complete a task that you will most likely procrastinate on, you go about your day knowing you’ve done it and the rest of your day will be easy in comparison. For example, let’s say you have to do laundry, grocery shopping and prepare a report on the same day, and you know that you hate doing laundry.
According to the book, the way to prioritise your to do list is to start doing the task that you will most likely procrastinate on. In this case, it would recommend that you do your laundry first before you do anything else. Once you have gotten the dreadful task out of the way, going grocery shopping and preparing a report don’t look that bad in comparison and you will feel more empowerment. It’s a very simple technique but one of the most powerful. It has been a big game changer for many in the amount of work they can do in a day. If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first.
Success Habits: There are a lot of good habits introduced throughout the book and the author wants you to learn all of them to help you succeed in your career. Brian Tracy puts it eloquently how important habits are: Your success in life is the sum of your habits.
One of the mindsets given about this is that you want to develop the habit of starting and completing tasks – do that and you will enjoy success. There are many more in the book that anyone can incorporate – no matter if you are a beginner or an advanced student of time management.
Purpose of Time Management: It’s nice to be able to do effectively work on projects and be more organised, but you have to remember that time management is a means to an end. The real purpose of time management, according to Brian Tracy, is to free up time to live life and to enjoy it with the people you care about. So plan your time well and enjoy a higher quality of life.
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