Eat That Frog – Brian Tracy
Key Themes:
Business, Time Management, Goal Setting, Leverage, Overwhelm
Summary:
Eat That Frog by Brian Tracy is a book for the overwhelmed. Tracy teaches you how to be laser-focused on your critical tasks, planning your day to get the right things done first and fast. Tracy shows you how to keep technology from taking over and outlines twenty-one practical steps you can take to stop procrastinating and get more of the important tasks done – today!
Content Overview:
How many times have you told yourself you need to stop procrastinating and get more of the important things done! How many times have you been overwhelmed with everything you need to do and not known where to start? Tracy recognises that 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 to eat a live frog, you’ll be sure that is probably the worst thing you’ll do all day. Using ‘eat that frog’ as a metaphor for tackling the most challenging task of your day, he shows you how you can have the greatest positive impact on your life.
Eat That Frog! outlines the 21-steps you can take to improve your productivity. It shows you how to arrange and plan each day so you can be focused on your most important tasks and accomplish them without distraction. This book provides the blueprint of how you can improve your efficiency and get stuff done! The book focuses on harnessing effective time management and his model: decision, discipline, and determination.
Tracy also explains how you can use technology effectively – both as a tool to remind yourself of what is your priority and to protect yourself from peripheral interruptions. He also provides his tips for maintaining focus in an era of ongoing distractions, electronic and otherwise.
This seminal book will ensure that you get more of your important tasks done each day.
Rating: 9/10
If procrastination is your problem, this is an excellent book that outlines how you can shift your mindset to order your day to get the most important tasks done first!
Readability: 9/10
Tracy has a great way of cutting through the clutter and providing information in an easily digestible format. His 21-step programme is straightforward and applicable.
Does what it says on the tin: 9/10
Most definitely, with no amphibians harmed in the process. Perfect for helping the overwhelmed and time poor to get more done in less time.