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"Eat That Frog!" Quotes
"Eat That Frog!" by Brian Tracy is a guide on overcoming procrastination by prioritizing and tackling the most challenging tasks first to increase productivity and achieve personal and professional goals.
business & economics | Published in 2008
Quotes
The first rule of frog eating is this: If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first.
The more you discipline yourself to work on those tasks that are of highest value, the more you will accomplish and the better you will feel.
One of the very worst uses of time is to do something very well that need not be done at all.
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, achievement, respect, status, and happiness in life.
Think on paper.
You can only get your time and your life under control to the degree to which you discontinue lower-value activities.
The more you practice setting priorities, the better you will become.
Your ability to set clear, specific goals for yourself, and then to focus on them every day, will do more to guarantee your success than any other single factor.
Successful people are those who are willing to delay gratification and make sacrifices in the short term so that they can enjoy far greater rewards in the long term.
Every minute you spend planning saves ten minutes in execution; this gives you a 1,000 percent Return on Energy!
