Eat That Frog!,   ISBN:9781427085757

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Eat That Frog offers great common sense advice on how to improve time management skills. In case you're wondering, the name comes from doing the thing first that you dislike most (like, for instance, eating a frog).

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You won't hear anything new here. This thing will only remind you of how to be responsible. Also, 1 CD could have done the job just fine.

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There was so much good information in this book that I can use. There were so many clichés in the book I wanted to gag on them. But, once I got past the clichés I found some solid valuable suggestions on how to approach life goals, not just corporate goals.

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I have always respected Brian Tracy. I had the pleasure to hear him speak at a national sales meeting. He is a great motivator.
RPB Crestline, Ca.

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My natural tendency is to make a list of what needs to be done and to systematically do all the easy things, getting the satisfaction of crossing them off the list, thereby sort of nibbling around the edges of the most important (and dreaded) task. This book recommends that one pick the worst and most dreaded task and do it first. As I recall, the author likens this to eating a live frog, and he says that if you do that for breakfast, nothing will seem that bad by comparison, for the rest of the day.

This book made me aware of my own tendency to do the opposite, and now I do reflect upon what is most important and no matter how daunting the task, start with that one. That way, even if that is all you accomplish, you have done something important.

Yes, it's true, that this isn't a new idea, but there isn't really anything new in any of these advice books on procrastination. What helped me was the immense usefulness of a simple idea that was made memorable by the image of eating a live frog. This one idea changed my approach in a way that made a difference to me. (There are other recommendations, but I don't remember them without going back to the book.)