Creating Clarity from Chaos » Time Managment http://businessclarity.net A Resource for Business, Career & Personal Development Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:22:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Eat That Frog http://businessclarity.net/eat-that-frog/ http://businessclarity.net/eat-that-frog/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:20:37 +0000 ged http://businessclarity.net/?p=844   Title: Eat That Frog   Author: Brian Tracy is an internationally renowned self help author and speaker. He has published over forty books and presented many courses   Category:
  • Business
  • Time Management
  What the book is about:   This is a book about time management and provides twenty one ways to overcome one of its main enemies “Procrastination”.The title of the book refers to the idea that eating a frog as an action would be very unpleasant.

If the first action (Your personal frog eating) that you complete each day is your worst possible task, any further tasks you undertake will seem easy.

The frog is an analogy for each individual’s event (that they are procrastinating about) and each individual must identify their own specific frog before they can eat it.

Goal setting is an important practice for time management and we are told that we need clarity and definition in what we are trying to achieve to help us proceed.

We are advised that just like any skill that we wish to develop, time management must be practised regularly.

As time management is about efficiency (more done in less time) it is of no surprise that there is a section on the 80 / 20 rule.

 

Starting the day with high value tasks until this becomes a habit is also a useful tip.

The strategies provided are very much in the vein of a Nike “Just do it” attitude.   Would I buy this book:

YES

    A concise reference book that provides many tools to assist in developing the skills of time management.   What I liked about this book:   The quote from Steven Covey: “Before you start scrambling up the ladder of success make sure that it is leaning against the correct building”   What I thought could have been improved in this book:   As with other books which I have recommended, I couldn’t find anything major to improve on. Should anyone else have a view on things that could have been improved please feel free to comment on my blog.   Formats available:  
  • Hard Back 
  • Paper Back
  • Audio book
  • Audio Download
  • Kindle
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