[Book] Eat That Frog by Brain Tracy

[JohnLeyo]

Do you struggle with procrastination? Do you keep delaying your work until the last minute? do you know want to know how to overcome procrastination and get more done in less time? This video shares 20 valuable lessons from the book Eat That Frog by Brain Tracy on how to overcome procrastination and get more things done in less time.

Here are 20 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time – Eat That Frog by Brain Tracy

Brian Tracey puts together a book full of useful ideas on how to be more productive.

His chapter summaries on p113 are a good resource to review.

1. Set the table: Decide what you want
2. Plan the day in advance: Think on paper
3. Apply the 80/20 rule: 20% of activity produces 80% of the results
4. Consider the consequences: of your 20% activities
5. Practice creative procrastination: put off things of low value
6. Use the A B C D E Method continually: prioritize
7. Focus on key result areas: concentrate on results you HAVE to have
8. The Law of Three: ID and focus on the top three before anything else
9. Prepare thoroughly before you begin: get set up to get things done
10. Take it one oil barrel at a time: do it one step at a time
11. Upgrade your key skills: sharpen your sword to do more and better
12. Leverage your special talents:do things are good at wholeheartedly
13. Identify your key constraints: get rid of bottlenecks, choke points
14. Put pressure on yourself: think like you are on vacation tomorrow
15. Maximize your personal power: work hard at your best times of day 
16. Motivate yourself into action: look at the positive now and move on
17. Get out of tech sinks: tech stuff can be time killers
18. Slice and dice the task: break it down, do one piece
19. Create large chunks of time: to focus on certain things
20. Develop sense of urgency: move fast on key tasks
21. Single handle every task: start and fully complete most imp't task
 

[Lynnel]

Oh no, is everyone doing some book review project gonna report the same book with his video about the very same book ?

And here I was so glad Frode stopped self-promoting !

[egoeimai]

I've read that. Its fine.