10 highlights from book “Eat the Frog – Brian Tracy “

Eat the Frog
Eat the Frog

1. Do the biggest, important, most difficult, worst task at start. (We have to do it at any cost, so do it at start which will help you in removing procrastination).

2. Time management is life management. It’s really the management of the sequence of events in your life. It’s the ability to choose what you do first, what you do second, and what you do later.

3. You cannot save time. You can only spend time differently. You cannot save time because the time just tick and ticks. But you can spend it differently, on higher value tasks. Some people earn $10/hr and some earn $100/hr. The difference is not intelligence, not ability, not natural talent; it’s just simply that higher earning people spend their time on more valuable things.

4. Sometimes you look at the items on your to-do list and say, would it matter at all if this were done in the first place. And if the answer is no, don’t do it.

5. Remember, never worry about something you can’t change. And you can’t change a past event.

6. If you are in KWINK situation means having stress or bad experience, ask yourself a question : “If I was not now doing this today, knowing what I now know, would I start it up again today?” if your answer is, no I wouldn’t get into this situation again today, then the next question is how do I get out, and how fast? How can I discontinue this, and how quickly? It may be related to personal relationships, business, investment or any thing.

7. The great secret of success is to do fewer things but do more important things, and do more of them, do them longer, and get better at them, until you get into the habit of only working at the things that make a big difference.

8. In selling there are seven key skills. They are: prospecting, establishing rapport, identifying needs accurately, presenting your product or service as the best choice, answering objections, closing the sale, and getting re-sales and referrals.

9. Cluster similar tasks.

10. Create list -> Set priorities -> Do it now. Follow 80/20 rule – start work on the top 20 of activities that account for 80% of the value.