Eat That Frog
I recently listened to the audio recording of
Eat That Frog by Brian Tracy
Tracy mentions at the beginning of the book that you can only teach someone something they already know and that many of this tips might be familiar. That was definitely the case with me. I make lists and prioritize, etc,etc. This book was a nice refresher of those techniques.
The book is well organized and easy to read (or listen too). I usually can’t make it through most self help books but this one was short enough I could stay focused. Well mostly, it did get a bit repetitive and I maybe didn’t give it my full attention at the end but overall it was pretty good.
It’s packed full of tips to get past some of our most common techniques for putting things off. The book helped me get past some serious procrastination at my day job and I’ve used some of the techniques to prioritize my to do list for my art business.
My favorite tip is something I’ve always done naturally. I make master lists with all of my goals and then make smaller lists for each week picking the items I want to accomplish that week. Then most evenings I’ll make a list for the following day. The result is lists all over my house (I’m not much for day planners – although the master list is on my computer in an excel spreadsheet) . I find all those lists a great indication I’m making progress, which inspires me to keep working.
Posted by Lisa in: Book Reviews and Comments
I read this too (probably saw it on Alyson’s site as it’s not the type of book I usually read). The best advice in it for me was to do the thing I most need to do first at the start of my work day. These “big frogs” are the things most people procrastinate.
Have you ever seen the 37-signals Ta Da list: http://www.tadalist.com/
I’m thinking about using it to organize my lists and like that I can access it anywhere there’s the internet. Anyways, it’s a pretty neat little program. And it’s free.
I’ve been spending so much more time in the car since we moved that I really should check out some audio books from the library. thanks for the idea!