Before starting anything you should always ask yourself, "What are the potential consequences of doing or not doing this task?"Future intent influences and often determined present actions.

 Make better decisions about time

Every great man have become great, every successful man has succeeded, in proportion as he has confined his powers to one particular channel. -Orison swett marden

Consider the consequences

There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.

Obey the law of forced efficiency

﻿Only engage and the mind grows heated begin it and the work will be completed. ﻿

The things that matter most must never be at the mercy of the things that matter least.

Successful people have a clear future orientation they think 5,10 and 20 years out into the future.

Long-term thinking improves short-term decision making

Successful people are those who are willing to delay gratification and make sacrifices in the short term so that they can enjoy far greater rewards in the long term.The time is going to pass anyway. The only question is how you use it and where you are going to end up at the end of the weeks and months that pass.

 Think about the long term

1.what are my highest value activities?2. What can I and only I do, that if done well, will make a real difference?3. What is the most valuable use of my time right now?

Three questions for maximum productivity

Under the pressure of deadlines, often self created through Procrastination, People suffer greater stress, make mistakes and have to redo more task than under any other conditions. It is much better to plan your time carefully in advance and then build in a sizable buffers to compensate for an Unexpected delay and diversions.

 Deadlines lines are an excuse

It's time to stop procrastinating and get more of the important things done! After all, successful people don't try to do everything. They focus on their most important tasks and get those 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! shows you how to organize each day so you can zero in on these critical tasks and accomplish them efficiently and effectively. The core of what is vital to effective time management is: decision, discipline, and determination. And in this fully revised and updated edition, Tracy adds two new chapters. The first explains how you can use technology to remind yourself of what is most important and protect yourself from what is least important. The second offers advice for maintaining focus in our era of constant distractions, electronic and otherwise. This life-changing book will ensure that you get more of your important tasks done today.

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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!

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.

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