Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time

In our world, and especially in our business world, you are paid and promoted for getting specific, measurable results. You are paid for making a valuable contribution

If you have to eat a live frog at all, it doesn't pay to sit and look at it for very long.

Simply put, some people are doing better than others because they do things differently and they do the right things right. Especially, successful, happy, prosperous people use their time far, far better than the average person.

your ability to select your most important task at each moment, and then to get started on that task and to get it done both quickly and well, will probably have more of an impact on your success than any other quality or skill you can develop.

Continually remind yourself

“Failure to execute” is one of the biggest problems in organizations today. Many people confuse activity with accomplishment. They talk continually, hold endless meetings, and make wonderful plans, but in the final analysis, no one does the job and gets the results required.

It is also the one task that can have the greatest positive impact on your life and results at the moment.

especially for making the most important contribution that is expected of you.

The key to reaching high levels of performance and productivity is to develop the lifelong habit of tackling your major task first thing each morning.