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Have you ever had one of those days where you felt like you didn’t get anything done? You lay down in bed at night and can’t figure out how a whole day passed by with no progress and you are discouraged.
How would you like to never feel like that again? By choosing to “Eat That Frog” hopelessness will be replaced with intentionality and a sense of accomplishment! Here’s how!
Brian Tracy wrote the book, Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
Tracy explains that to “eat that frog” you decide what you worst, hardest, or most dreaded task is (this is the frog) and you do it first! By getting that one dreaded task finished, you will feel like you’ve accomplished something (which builds momentum wanting to eat the next frog on your list).
One of the biggest reasons I love this idea is because my life is unpredictable. It has been for years. I am most productive about 10 A.M. However, between my husband, kids, and appointments, I rarely get to work during this time.
By eating my frog first thing, that job is finished and no matter what happens later on in the day, I got something important to me completed off of my list. (And if I do get some time to work when I’m most productive, I can eat a few frogs, which really makes me feel like I accomplished something!)
When I had 4 kids in diapers, this concept saved my sanity because most days I did only get one thing done! It kept me from feeling desperate and depressed. Now that they are older, in more activities, and we have busier lives this still helps me every day with managing my time.
If you’ve never tried this approach to time management, I’d definitely give it a try. You never know, it might change your life, too!
Your Challenge: What is your “frog”?
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I really like Brian Tracy’s books. I have this one but haven’t read it yet. I read No Excuses last year and it changed the way I do and approach things. Another good one I am reading now is The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson.
I’m going to have to check those out! Thank you for sharing with me!
I found your blog through the Modest Monday linkup.
I love this post! It’s so simple but it makes SO much sense 🙂
My daily ‘frog’ is the dishes. I used to have a dishwasher but then we moved to a house without one and it doesn’t have a spot for one. We plan on remodeling the kitchen in the spring but until then, I’m stuck doing them by hand. I feel like I never catch up except for rare times. But those times I do finish all the dishes feels SO good!
I’ve heard of this concept before. I love how you say that when you feel like you got nothing done all day, it makes you feel depressed.
I need to do a bit more eating of frogs first. Thanks.
Another thing I did the other day when I felt kind of useless is I just recorded how much time I spent on what. Sometimes I lose time in a black hole and am not sure what exactly I did with my time (oh yes, I forgot I spent 20 minutes removing black semi gloss paint from the front door of our rental apartment. No, I hadn’t planned on doing that, but it WAS important.)
I’ve tried to keep track of my time like that before too and it does help! I’m not very good at staying the course for the whole day though! 😉
Thank you so much for sharing at the Thank Goodness It’s Thursday link party, Jenny. I’m glad I found you and I’m a new follower.
Sarah, I’m happy you’re here! 🙂
This post really makes sense to me and it’s something that I strive to practice but still lack in doing daily. Thank you for sharing this with us at last week’s Teach Me Tuesday Linky Party! We hope to see you there again tonight starting @ 9pm est:)
I read about this last year. It is so helpful. Thx for linking it up at the Thoughtful Spot!