Irza Fidah's Key Ideas from Eat That Frog
by Brian Tracy

Twenty percent of your activities will account for 80 percent of your results. Always concentrate your efforts on that top 20 percent.

Your most important tasks and priorities are those that can have the most serious consequences, positive or negative, on your life or work. Focus on these above all else.

Since you can't do everything, you must learn to deliberately put off those tasks that are low value so that you have enough time to do the few things that really count.

Before to begin work on a list of tasks, take a few moments to organize them by value and priority so you can be sure of working on your most important activities.

Identify and determine those results that you absolutely, positively have to get to do your job well, and work on them all day long.

Identify the three thing you do in your work that account for 90 percent of your contribution, and focus on getting them done before anything else. You will then have more time for your family and personal life.

Have everything you need at hand before you start. Assemble all the papers, information, tools, work materials, and numbers you might require so that you can get started and keep going.

You can accomplish the biggest and most complicated job if you just complete it one step at a time.

The more knowledgeable and skilled you become at your key tasks, the faster you start them and the sooner to get them done.

Determine exactly what it is that you are very good at doing, or could be very good at, and throw your whole heart into doing those specific things very, very well.

Determine the bottlenecks or choke points, internal or external, that set the speed at which you achieve your most important goals, and focus on alleviating them.

Imagine that you have to leave town for a month, and work as if you had to get all your major tasks completed before you left.

Identify your periods of highest mental and physical energy each day, and structure your most important and demanding tasks around these times. Get lots of rest so you can perform at your best.

Be your own cheerleader. Look for the good in every situation. Focus on the solution rather than the problem. Always be optimistic and constructive.

Use technology to improve the quality of your communications, but do not allow yourself to become a slave to it. Learn to occasionally turn things off and leave them off.

Break large, complex tasks down into bite-sized pieces, and then do just one small part of the task to get started.

Organize your days around large blocks of time where you can concentrate for extended periods on your most important tasks.

Make a habit of moving fast on your key tasks. Become known as a person who does things quickly and well.

Set clear priorities, start immediately on your most important task, and then work without stopping until the job is 100 percent complete. This is the real key to high performance and maximum personal productivity.