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Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time (BK Life) (平装)
by Brian Tracy
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Time management, Productivity, Self improvement, Personal success |
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For people who are overwhelmed by tasks of all sizes, this book provides the 21 most effective methods for conquering procrastination and accomplishing more. |
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Steve Nakamoto (MSL quote), USA
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I've been listening to Brian Tracy audio cassette programs since the mid-1980's and have always been impressed with his committment to research and the high-quality of advice. He has always been a prolific producer of self-improvement materials without the hype of a Tony Robbins. In "Eat the Frog" Brian chunks down and simplifies the time management process into 21 easy and clear steps with action steps at the end. This book may be the best book for many people who want to accomplish goals and manage their life. I think every company should buy copies of this book and give them to their representatives especially if they need something to read for air travel. You can get the gist of it in a day, but use it for a lifetime. I know that Brian could have written a 300 page book if he wanted to, but this one is handy, simple, and profound. For me personally, I'd like to see a second edition of the book with some diagrams, cartoons, and pictures. That would make this book a little more interesting and fun. |
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Cedar Lee (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-26 00:00>
This past year I have been in the process of establishing myself as a professional painter. This book is short, sweet, and simple, and has helped me enormously. Tracy presents his advice in a way that is easy to follow and motivates you to try it. I used the advice in this book to clarify, organize, and take steps towards all the goals in my life, and now I am seeing my art career (and other facets of my life) take off after only a few months. I recommend this book highly. After reading it I even bought a second copy for a friend. |
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Kay Gibbs (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-26 00:00>
I posted a review on Psychology of Achievement about this CD and so I won't be too redundant here. In that post I mentioned that I had quit college and went to work and that I had been a great listener of rock music and TV, even as a child. I failed to mention that I became a smoker, a drinker and eventually ended up homeless and I attribute that, in part, to what I was putting into my mind, and what I was making my mind do, that was benefitting someone else and not me or my personal life. I was waging a battle in my mind as my father had taught me to read only educational stuff, but I rebelled and ended up on the streets penniless. I read educational stuff but not to the extent that I had watched TV or listened to music. They were my priorities. Getting the latest music CD was a must or seeing the latest Drama was my goal. You can see how it paid off.
I finally got a copy of Psychology of Achievement and I realized immediately what I had been missing when I quit college (my father died my freshman year), I needed that coaching and we all can benefit from some kind of coaching in whatever we do. You don't have to be in business or a salesman to listen to these ideas, you can apply them to your personal life. I also purchased, Psychocybernetics by Maxwell Maltz, but unfortunately this has not been availale in audio, it should be and I think it is an excellent book to use in conjunction with Tracy's works.
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Mark Shehowski (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-26 00:00>
This book is perhaps the best by Brian Tracy and his most overlooked. Why is it that some people think you need a 400 page tome that essentiallys ays nothing? And why is it that some people think a book has to be written by a college prof with certain letters after their name to be practical and useful?
My experience h as b een that most of those books and classes taught by those people are essentially useless and the instructors have no real world experience. Keep in mind, these people make money teaching and have never owned a business, been in sales and so on.
Brian Tracy has been there and created as well as turned around many businesses. He is a super successful salesman. And he is also highly educated in the mainstream manner, although that is of least significance to me.
As a 30+ something husband and father of two, time is of the essence for me. I need to maximize every moment. Get the most from my business and spend as much free time as possible with family. I don't have time to read 400+ page tomes of essentially worthless information.
Tracy narrows the essentials down in a easy to read book. Highly recommended for all achievers. |
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Wilson Ng (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-26 00:00>
It is a great book instead of a less than palatable title, but it totally agrees with the basic premise of the book, which is that Eating a frog is a metaphor that means doing the most important thing that matters most first thing in the morning. This is the task you are most likely to put off, it being most likely UNPLEASANT, but also probably the one that will have the greatest possible impact on your life.
The book makes the premise ( which I wholeheartedly agree) that there is never time to do everything on your to do list, and there will never be. Thus, instead of reading so many books on how to organize your life, and try to do the yeoman's job of chasing the completion of all tasks, you have to accept the fact that if you cannot get everything done, you might as well focus on the most important task first.
This goes back to the 80:20 rule, which is that the most important top 20 percent of all your task will most likely determine 80 percent of your success, and instead of ticking it off one by one ( most people do their task list in list order, or worst, do the easiest always first), there is a good basis to believe you can be more success just focusing on these top 20 percent.
Brian Tracy focuses on three vital rules of effective personal time management: decision, discipline and determination. The book presents 21 ways to do this. It is a short, practical book of only 144 pages, but nevertheless presents much more substance than many books thicker in size. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-26 00:00>
To give you a better idea of the content of this book, below please find what the twenty one great ways are (available in both contents and conclusion pages):-
1. Set the table (goal setting)
2. Plan everyday in advance
3. Apply the 80/20 rule to everything
4. Consider the sequences
5. Practice the ABCDE Method continually (rating and prioritizing)
6. Focus on key result areas
7. Obey the Law of Forced Efficiency (do the most important first)
8. Prepare thoroughly before you begin
9. Do your homework
10. Leverage your special talents
11. Identify you key contraints
12. Take it one oil barrel at a time
13. Put the pressure on yourself
14. Maximize your personal powers
15. Motivate yourself into action
16. Practice creative procrastination
17. Do the most difficult task first
18. Slive and dice the task
19. Create large chunks of time
20. Develop a sense of urgency
21. Single handle every task
As you may see, some ways or chapters do overlap. However, the book is not that repetitive and it's a fun read with the author's excellent writing skill. In case you just want a short and interesting book (the title is great) that focuses on procrastination with less coverage of time and life management, this is it. Nevertheless, a drawback may be that many ideas here had been presented in the author's previous books. (I had read three Tracy books before this) Anyway, wish you all tasty frog (things that you keep procrastinating) meals! Enjoy! |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-26 00:00>
I've had this frog sitting on my nightstand for several weeks now. It wasn't a particularly gross looking frog, it's just that I had too many other frogs that I needed to eat. Well, I finally sat down and ate it up...and enjoyed every minute of it! Yum! I now know that I will be eating many more frogs, even the really disgusting ones. I know how to sort them out so that I don't have to overeat, or eat the wrong ones first. (Can't have dessert before the main course!) I would recommend eating this frog to anyone who wants to be more successful than they already are. If you're content in your situation, then don't bother because you won't get the point.
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Stephen Cords (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-26 00:00>
I was one of the worst procrastinators on the planet until I got this book. A set of stairs outside my home that needed fixing actually got to the point that they were dangerous before I went out, ripped them off and replaced them. Why? I feared the frog that lived there. I was convinced that the project would take a full day (at least) and would probably need a professional carpenter before I was through. I read this book and decided that the stairs were my first frog. That sucker slid down my throat in an hour and a half and the stairs are strong and attractive.
In case you haven't gotten the analogy yet (or read about the book in the editorial review), the frog of the title represents the biggest, worst, most dreaded task on your plate for any given day. If you put it off and put it off it's possible to worry about the the job longer than it will take to finish it. Even worse, the frog may grow because you've let it go for so long and then swallowing the damnable amphibian becomes nigh impossible.
There are loads of other great information on how to determine what your particular frog may be, the best way to approach it and other time management techniques included as well, but the title really says it all. After the frog goes down the hatch the rest of the day is yours. Open wide and say ribbit!
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-26 00:00>
In Eat that Frog, motivational speaker and author Brian Tracy supplies 21 recommendations for better time management to be more productive with less procrastinating. Although it took me over a year to actually get around to reading this book after I purchased it, once I had read it I found it to be both entertaining and helpful. The clever theme from which the title is derived is the premise that if you start your day by "eating a live frog" you know that the most unpleasant part of the day is behind you. By metaphor, the same principle applies if you tackle the most difficult or unpleasant task of the day first. These tend to be the most important tasks, but often the very same tasks that we avoid or procrastinate upon. Since nothing is gained by staring at the frog, you might as well eat and get it over with. This cutesy presentation is actually amusing and entertaining and makes for light and enjoyable reading. Although much of what the author presents is rather intuitive and obvious, such as breaking large daunting tasking into multiple smaller and more manageable tasks, the reader inspired to read this material will find additional motivation within its pages. Since reading the book about six months ago, I have been more productive at tasks that I need to do, but don't WANT to do. Simple advice is often the best advice.
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Liora Hess (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-26 00:00>
Eat that Frog is an excellent motivational book. The complaints I see by most here are along the lines that there's nothing new in this book. To me, there's nothing new in MOST self help books. After all, we each know that the way to stop procrastinating is to just do what we dread, the way to lose weight is to burn off more calories than we consume, the way to keep house is to clean and organize on a regular basis, and so on. What we seek is some motivation and some reasoning for doing what we dislike doing.
Brian Tracy gives this motivation and reasoning. This is a short, fast read. As the author says, it doesn't go into all the psychology of procrastination; rather, it gets right to the action. Brian Tracy covers such things as determining priorities, delegating and eliminating some tasks, knowing what's okay to procrastinate about, and whether to tackle your "frog" (your big task that will lend the greatest results) first or a lesser priority task.
The result is a clear, concise book that is helpful and shows that by regularly eating your frogs first, you develop a habit that makes it easier to accomplish more than the average person and do it with increasingly less effort. An excellent, worthwhile book that you will likely refer to time and time again.
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