Introduction :Brian Tracy Eat That Frog Summary

Had you ever experienced procrastination? Had you delayed your tasks? So this Book is going to answer the reasons behind procrastination and how you can overcome such bad habits that are ruining success .This blog is all about Brian Tracy eat that frog summary.

Everyone wants success but don’t know success is directly linked with their habits. One of bad habits most of us have gone through is wasting time and waiting for the moment to come.

PROCRASTINATION DELAYS THE OUTCOME

According to researches, procrastination is the biggest lethal habit that refrain us from getting out goals .So here ,we are going to discuss how one can throw such habits from life.

AUTHOR

EAT THAT FROG is a best self help book written by famous author Brian Tracy who’s a motivational speaker , psychologist who had worked up to 30 years .He had written around 70 books .

This book is for all those who are suppressed under the work and don’t know where to start So here is the detail summary and review of Eat that frog Book by Brian Tracy.

BRIAN TRACY EAT THAT FROG SUMMARY

Brain Tracy uses a best metaphorical phrase by saying Eat that frog . Probably you must be confused by reading name of Book .

• Its a term by Mark Twain as he said its the worst thing you can eat .

Frog stands for every the task we have to complete but we are delaying it, it’s the skill we want to learn but not starting it. According to author ,we have to do such tasks to save our time.

Here are 21 tips by Author on saving time and the strategies on increasing productivity.

21 Tips On Saving Time (Eat That Frog Book)

3DS

This term stand for three things:

• Decision
• Discipline
• Determination

According to author ,these 3 things contribute to success. If someone is well in making decisions after thinking deeply, along he has discipline that means the way he do such things plus the determination, his will to achieve goals .These all things Help in getting goals.

SET THE TABLE

This term emphasizes that we should know our goals .Our goals should be crystal clear in front of our eyes. If one can identify what he need in his life ,he can get them.

This term by Brian Tracy is for all those who are struggling and thinking where to begin.

MAKE PLANS

Plans are necessary as they give direction to our goals we want in life. Try to write them on diary your plans .

For example

If you have to do 3 things in day, arrange them on diary on basis of importance of tasks and then try to do them by following your schedule.

This thing help us in getting tasks completed and reduce procrastination.

80/20 RULE

This rule is also called as Pareto principal on name of Vilfredo Pareto .It’s like the term achieve more with less time. According to this principle eighty percent of results depends on our twenty percent of work or effort.

This means out outcomes depend on efforts .

For example

Company output depends on workers 20 percent effort.

KNOW THE OUTCOMES

Before starting any task, one know the hurdles in the way.

A bigger task requires hurdles but that’s what defines it’s worth. Writer emphasizes we should know the consequences of tasks as this Help us in making mind.

IS PROCRASTINATION OK?

This concept is elaborated by Brian Tracy by giving example. According to him if heavy luxurious breakfast is offer to you and then the frog to eat, what you should do? Normally we would go for breakfast, but author says we should eat that frog first.

Let me explain the frog is like a big task and the break fast is a small task. Brian Tracy tells us to do and give priority to big tasks first ,as this gonna increase our productivity and save our time. Then go for small tasks or you can delay them if they are not so important. Its where procrastination is acceptable.

ABCDE METHOD

According to this method ,arrange everyday tasks in list on basis of importance in a given sequence. Then go to do them, from top to bottom. This thing help us getting work done and eliminate our habit of delaying work.

This is a good strategy for students who have to perform many activities after school ,college .They should try this concept given by Brian Tracy in his book Eat that frog.

FOCUS ON KEY RESULT AREA

Key result areas is basically the goals many companies set to achieve their goals. This lessons us to identify our key result areas and to get maximum output.

It means for example our sales, our revenue, economy goals .

LAW OF THREE

Here author instruct us to identify our 3 main goals in life .After identifying those tasks ,focus on them and try to achieve them so time would save .

PREPARATION

One should be prepared before starting anything. Brian Tracy emphasizes on the point of preparing yourself before taking actions.

For example

if am a graphic designer, before starting work ,I must be aware of software, tools that are needed for my task .this means I must be prepared first .

SKILLS UPGRADE

Sometimes in our life we consider our self failure and worthless .This thing leads to procrastination as we think we lack skills .According to author ,we should upgrade our skills to get desire things.

If someone is a writer but isn’t getting attention, he should work more on his or her self to get maximum outputs.

KNOW YOUR WEAKNESS

Brain Tracy named this as constraints. These are our weaknesses, that create obstacles in our path to success. This book tells us that we should know our cons and know how to get rid of them to get maximum productivity.

PRESSURE IMPORTANCE

Some people can work in pressure and some ain’t do that .Eat that frog book suggests us to impose pressure on our selves as this thing reminds us of goals.

We should be Self driven to do tasks”

It means we should create pressure on our self to get tasks completed.

PERSONAL POWERS

Our body need rest , care. A healthy mind need many activities done to perform best functions.

For example

Author suggests us to keep mine healthy by doing exercises ,along with maintaining sleep cycle so this thing help brain .So brain gonna focus properly on tasks and we can perform them in a better way.

MOTIVATION

There writer emphasizes on a point that we should motivate ourselves. Remember action cure fear and the motivation comes from action. So without wasting time ,we should take actions and get out tasks accomplish.

TECHNOLOGY

No one can deny the impact of technology in this modern era. It has have plenty of pros for us. But there are some cons of technology according to Brian Tracy concept.

For example

Mobile phone, it has huge number of benefits but some of us spend a lot of time on it .This thing waste out time and made us a procrastinator. This thing swept us away from getting goals.

SLICE TASKS

In the book Eat that frog by Brian Tracy, he advised us to divide bigger tasks into smaller ones .This thing helps in reducing complexity of tasks and help in making them simple .

For example as many of people who want to start reading but they don’t know where to start and how to read books.

They should first try to read short book first as this is the simple way to read books. After then, they can easily read lengthy ones .

TIME

• We should manage our time.
• We must know when and how to perform tasks.

URGENCY

This means we should focus on goals as urgent .This thing brings momentum to get success.

This sense of urgency helps us in knowing the importance of task. This help us to finish tasks on time .

SINGLE HANDLING

Single handling means we should focus on one goal at one time. We can’t travel in two boats at the same time.

Author suggests us to focus deeply on one task until it is completely. After finishing this task, we should move to the next one.

Those who focus on many take can’t get even one completed and brings to them nothing but just procrastination. By applying this tip, one can become productive and get his or her work completed.

CONCLUSION :EAT THAT FROG BOOK REVIEW

The blog was all about BRIAN TRACY EAT THAT FROG SUMMARY. The book is highly recommended for readers who want to improve their habit of delaying tasks. The best thing i loved about this book is it is written in a very simple way and discussed worthy points in  a good away.

Everyone who want to develop good habits and want to be more productive ,must read this book.

LESSONS FROM EAT THAT FROG BOOK

• Be productive
• make plans
• focus on goals
• do important tasks first
• divide tasks into smaller ones
• find your skills