Eat That Frog!

One simple secret to stop procrastination can be found in an old saying that goes………
“If the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning is eat a live frog, then nothing worse can happen for the rest of the day!”

What’s your frog?  I know my frog will probably be totally different than your frog.
Brain Tracy is one of America’s leading authors on the development of human potential.   In his book “Eat That Frog”, he says that your frog should be the most difficult item on your ‘things to do’ list.

What’s that thing you want to put off?  What is the thing you dread the most?
When you wake up in the morning what is it that is hanging over you head like a dark cloud.  Eat that frog first so it isn’t there croaking at you all day long, continually reminding you to eat it.

Sometimes I make a task or job bigger than it really is.  In my mind I focus on it so much, dreading it, and that is what keeps me from attacking it.  In my experience, I have found that when I finally did knuckle down and do that dreaded thing, most often it really wasn’t as bad as I conjured it up to be.  And what a relief it was to get it over with.  I then asked myself why in the world did I put that off so long!

After it is all over I feel so free and relieved.  It motivates me to make another decision to discipline myself and determine to stop the croaking of another frog.

Our ability to consistently choose between an important and an unimportant task is a key to our success in our life and work.  Force yourself to eat that frog, whatever it is.  As a result you will be much happier and obviously you will accomplish more just by having done it.
 

Have a great day!

Lynn Jones

http://www.idealprofitsystem.com