Effective planning is crucial for productivity. Tracy suggests spending a few minutes each evening planning your tasks for the next day. This habit ensures you start each day with a clear focus, knowing what needs to be done. “Every minute you spend in planning saves ten minutes in execution; this gives you a 1,000 percent Return on Energy!”

Plan Every Day In Advance (Blueprint)

<ul><li>Identify and concentrate on tasks that directly impact your key result areas. </li><li>Tracy emphasizes that excelling in these core areas is crucial for success. </li><li>By focusing on what truly matters, you can achieve significant results and maintain a high level of performance.</li></ul> “Your most valuable asset can be your willingness to persist longer than anyone else.”

Focus on Key Result Areas (Core Strengths)

<ul><li>Clear goals are your roadmap to success. </li><li>Brian Tracy emphasizes that knowing exactly what you want is the first step toward achieving it. </li><li>When you have a clear destination, you can plan your route and measure your progress. </li></ul> “Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.”

Set Clear Goals (GPS For Success)

<ol><li>Focus on the 20% of tasks that generate 80% of the results.</li><li> Identify and prioritize these high-impact tasks to maximize productivity. </li><li>Tracy highlights that not all tasks are created equal, and prioritising effectively is key to achieving more.</li></ol>“One of the very worst uses of time is to do something very well that need not be done at all.”

Apply the 80/20 Principle (Pareto Principle)

<ol><li>Tracy advises making the most of limited resources and time. </li><li>By applying the law of forced efficiency, you push yourself to complete tasks within the constraints you have. </li><li>This approach enhances productivity and drives you to find innovative solutions. </li></ol> “There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.”

Apply the Law of Forced Efficiency (Time Management)

1. Set Clear Goals (GPS for Success)
2. Plan Every Day in Advance (Blueprint)
3. Apply the 80/20 Rule (Pareto Principle)
4. Consider the Consequences (Long-term Vision)
5. Practice the ABCDE Method (Task Prioritization)
6. Focus on Key Result Areas (Core Strengths)
7. Apply the Law of Forced Efficiency (Time Management)

Topics You Will Be Learning Today

Thinking long-term helps prioritize tasks. Tracy advises evaluating the potential impact of tasks and choosing those with the most significant positive consequences. This approach ensures your efforts lead to meaningful progress. “The key to success is action, and the essential in action is perseverance.”

Consider the Consequences (Long-Term Vision)

Eat that frog! If the first thing you do each morning is to eat a live frog, you can go through the day with the satisfaction of knowing that this is probably the worst thing that is going to happen to you all day long.

One of the best ways to overcome procrastination is to get started and keep going. It’s the habit of starting and finishing that builds momentum and ultimately success.

<ul><li>Tracy introduces the ABCDE method to prioritize tasks based on their importance and urgency. </li><li>Assign A to must-do tasks, B to should-do tasks, C to nice-to-do tasks, D to delegate tasks, and E to eliminate tasks. </li><li>This method streamlines your to-do list and enhances efficiency. </li></ul> “If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first.”

Practice the ABCDE Method (Task Prioritisation)

Master productivity and defeat procrastination with Brian Tracy's "Eat That Frog." Start thriving today!

The motivational classic with more than 1.5 million copies sold will help you stop procrastinating and get more of the important things done—today!   There just isn’t enough time for everything on our to-do list—and there never will be. Successful people don’t try to do everything. They learn to focus on the most important tasks and make sure those get done. They eat their frogs.   There’s an old saying that if the first thing you do each morning is eat a live frog, you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing you’re done with the worst thing you’ll have to do all day. For Tracy, eating a frog is a metaphor for tackling your most challenging task—but also the one that can have the greatest positive impact on your life. Eat That Frog—Snapshots shows you how to organize each day so you can zero in on these critical tasks and accomplish them efficiently and effectively.   In this fully redesigned and illustrative edition, Tracy explains how you can use technology to remind yourself of what is most important and protect yourself from what is least important. But one thing remains unchanged: Brian Tracy cuts to the core of what is vital to effective time management: decision, discipline, and determination. This life-changing book will ensure that you get more of your important tasks done—today!

productivity

Productivity

marketingandsales

Marketing & Sales

timemanagement

Time Management

entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship

books

Books

Brian Tracy is Chairman and CEO of Brian Tracy International, a company specializing in the training and development of individuals and organizations.He has consulted for more than 1,000 companies and addressed more than 5,000,000 people in 5,000 talks and seminars throughout the US, Canada and 55 other countries worldwide. As a Keynote speaker and seminar leader, he addresses more than 250,000 people each year.Brian has studied, researched, written and spoken for 30 years in the fields of economics, history, business, philosophy and psychology. He is the top selling author of over 45 books that have been translated into dozens of languages.

BRIAN TRACY

Similar ideas

Start with the easiest part

Obstacles to Getting Stuff Done

The Wild Procrastinator