Achieve work-life balance by conquering procrastination and get your most important work done, now with new chapters on technology and maintaining focus
The fully revised and expanded edition of the global bestseller with over 3 million copies sold world-wide
The saying goes: if the first thing you do each morning is eat a live frog, then you’re done with the toughest thing for the day. Eating that frog means tackling your most challenging task-and it’s also the one that can have the greatest positive impact on your life.
Productivity and time management coach Brian Tracy shows you how to organize each day so you can zero in on these critical tasks and accomplish them efficiently and effectively.
The 3 essentials of successful time management are decision, discipline, and determination, and Tracy shows you how to dial in these skills using 21 principles and techniques like:
Single handle every task
Upgrade your key skills
Identify your key constraints
Put the pressure on yourself
Slice and dice the task
This life-changing manual will ensure that you get more of your important tasks done today.
قائمة المحتويات
contents
Preface ix
Introduction: Eat That Frog 1
1 Set the Table 7
2 Plan Every Day in Advance 12
3 Apply the 80/20 rule to Everything 18
4 Consider the Consequences 22
5 Practice Creative Procrastination 30
6 Use the ABCDE Method Continually 34
7 Focus on Key result Areas 38
8 Apply the Law of Three 44
9 Prepare Thoroughly Before You Begin 52
10 Take It One Oil Barrel at a Time 56
11 Upgrade Your Key Skills 59
12 Identify Your Key Constraints 63
13 Put the Pressure on Yourself 68
14 Motivate Yourself into Action 72
15 Technology Is a Terrible Master 76
16 Technology Is a Wonderful Servant 81
17 Focus Your Attention 86
18 Slice and Dice the Task 90
19 Create Large Chunks of Time 94
20 Develop a Sense of Urgency 97
21 Single Handle Every Task 101
Conclusion: Putting It All Together 105
Notes 109
Index 111
Learning resources of Brian Tracy International 115
About the Author 119
عن المؤلف
Brian Tracy is chairman and CEO of Brian Tracy International. As a keynote speaker and seminar leader, he addresses more than 250, 000 people each year. He is the bestselling author of more than eighty books that have been translated into dozens of languages. He has served as a consultant and trainer to more than 1, 000 corporations and more than 10, 000 medium-sized enterprises in more than seventy-five countries.