Eat your frog
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Your
frog is your biggest, most important task. It is the one you are most
likely to put off and the one which is likely to have the most impact
on your life. And think, if you don't eat your frog today, it will
become bigger and uglier and more difficult to eat!
So, develop new habits today to complete your most difficult tasks,
and raise your confidence, energy and self-esteem.
Let's look at some of the rules of success.
1. Before you eat your frog, you need to determine what it is.
Clarify what you want to achieve. When you are clear about your
goals, it makes it easier to overcome procrastination. If you set a
time deadline on the achievement of your goal, it makes it easier to
measure your success.
2. It may help you to break down your goal into specific tasks, then
start on the first step. Small steps each day will help to make it
happen.
3. Consider what tasks will give you the best outcome and return on
your time. The 80/20 rule may help. This means that 20% of all
your activities will account for 80% of your results. If you
achieve the most important things, you will get the best return on
your time.
4. When you are prioritising your tasks, consider the consequences
of doing or not doing something. This will help you to evaluate the
significance of the most important tasks.
5. When you have decided what you are going to do, prepare
thoroughly before you begin. So clear your desk and have everything
you need laid out in front of you before you start.
6. Planning is essential when you want to eat your frog. Plan every
day in advance. Every minute you spend planing can save you 5-10
minutes in actually doing the task. Now you need to decide which
part of the frog you want to eat first!
You
now have some great actions to help you to achieve success. But how
do you know what really has to be done?