1. Your ‘frog’ is your biggest, most important task
2. If you have two frogs, eat the ‘ugliest’ one first
3. If you have to eat a frog, don’t procrastinate on it
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The more one seeks to rise into height and light, the more vigorously do ones roots struggle earthward, downward, into the dark, the deep — into evil.
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Eat That Frog!
Your “frog” is your most important task, the one you are most likely to procrastinate on if you don’t do something about it.
If you have two important tasks, start your day with the biggest, hardest, and most important task first. Focus on completing it before you go to the next one....
If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And if it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first.
MARK TWAIN
Do your BIG THING in the morning.
Eat the frog, your frog is the most important thing to you.
Do that first.
While the frog is your worst task, it is also the one that you are going to get the most satisfaction from completing.
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