In order to be successful in what you do, there is a certain level of discipline and organization required. If one does not obtain these skills, it will result in inefficiency and low quality of work. The purpose of “Eat That Frog”, by Brian Tracy, is to suggests ways for individuals to develop these skills of productive procrastination, planning, distribution of effort, and many other key elements in order to reach their full potential in any particular field. If these methods are applied correctly, it is sure to increase productivity. When it comes to me personally, I have had trouble with my time management lately. It has become difficult for me to balance my school work and my social life. The main reason for this is I am still …show more content…
One of those includes planning everyday in advance. This means making a list of goals for the day every morning, as well as making lists of goals for the week, month, and year. This helps you visualize exactly what you need to and when you need to do it by, making your objectives more clear. A quote in the book that stood out to me is “Planning is bringing the future into the present so you can do something about it now.” Meaning that if you do not plan, you are not properly preparing yourself for what there is to come. After making these lists, you must use rules such as the 80/20 Rule, the ABCDE Method, and the Law of Three to help in prioritization. “Eat That Frog” is an excellent step by step guide in gaining control of your time and life by changing the way you think. Tracy gives extremely informative instructions on managing your time by determining what activities are worth putting your effort into, and what activities are not. His methods are simple, but make a huge difference in production. I look forward to applying these teachings to my everyday life and seeing how much it impacts my
During this time management exercise, I realize I have a few troubled areas in my day that I need to improve. When
There are many roadblocks to successful time management. Three of the biggest time squeezers are family, work, and school. Managing all these things actually begins with prioritizing. You must first focus on getting organized. You can make your life a lot easier by defining where and when everything is. As a result, you will avoid becoming overwhelmed.
Thomas Jefferson once said, ¨Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the only thing he can afford to lose¨. What he is saying is that you should use your time wisely. By using your time wisely you can have more free time, feel less stressed, and even get your work done and go to two football games in the same week. Managing your time is the best thing you can do for yourself and your sanity.
I have always faced various challenges when it comes to managing my time. Some of the challenges I have are procrastination, knowing my priorities, and getting my priorities in order. I am very easily distracted and distractions are what causes me to procrastinate. I will tell myself that I will do something in five minutes, but then those five minutes go by and I tell myself another five minutes and so on. Putting time off is a way of telling myself that my priorities are not
In today's busy lifestyle, many people do not manage their time wisely. We make way too many excuses instead of making results. We often say we don't have time to do certain things, when in reality, we have plenty of time, we just don't use it wisely. We tend to spend too much time watching television or on social media instead of completing tasks or assignments that need completing.
In the past, while working on my first degree, I had not needed much preparation time, owing to the fact that it was a general studies degree with only 100 level classes. Now, as I prepare to take more advanced courses, I will need to develop my planning process in order to ensure that I am operating within the intent of the established criteria. I have become, in my daily work duties, used to the “Army Style” of
Besides this omission by Kalat, he still provided an accurate and detailed account of the research article written by Ariely and Wertenbroch. This article is essential in understanding procrastination and answered throughly the three questions it posed. 1.) Are people willing to impose deadlines, with substantial consequences if they are not met, on themselves: yes. 2.) Are these self-imposed deadlines actually helpful in improving overall performance:
Thesis: Procrastination is the main result of disorganization whether it’s at home, work or school.
It is safe to assume that at any given time, you will struggle to make time for yourself amid your busy schedule. There are too many things to do, places to be, and people to tend to. What ultimately happens is that you end up neglecting the most important person which is YOU.
One of the most difficult obstacles in achieving personal self-development is the lack of a good action plan. It is not a difficult task, but requires learning to be efficiently executed. The result should be an effective practise to reach my goal. This is done by the inclusion of an Action Plan, which will assist in reaching my goal and narrow my focus and drive to achieve that goal. To enable me to create an Action Plan, I first need to list particulars of thing needed to do to accomplish my goal. This is done by
Attention Getter: A famous author by the name of Wayne Dyer once said, “Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is incredibly heavy.”(1) In todays society it seems as if procrastination has become a normal and acceptable thing to do. It is often joked about amongst schoolmates and co-workers around the world. Nothing seems to get done until it absolutely needs to get done, then everyone runs around getting things done quickly and often times inaccurately. The trouble with this mentality however is that some things will never get done because something will come up tomorrow or the next day and what you are putting off now gets pushed even further back. Today I will persuade you to stop this habit from continuing. I will be explaining the problems we face when dealing with procrastination as well as how to deal with it and actions you can take to prevent it in the future.
Habit 2 : Begin With the End in Mind. The habit of personal leadership. In this habit, we begin each day, week, project, etc. with a clear vision of our direction and destination. This habit inculcates the ability to create our desired results mentally first in accordance to our guiding principles, and then maintain this vision throughout our daily activities. Part of the process of developing this habit is to develop a personal mission statement, philosophy, or creed. This mission statement focus on what you want to be and do. Your planning activities then can always be refer back to this mission statement so you can maintain a proper perspective on where you are headed and how you hope to get there. This
Set deadlines for yourself and strive hard to complete tasks ahead of the deadlines. Do not
Have you ever had an essay due in three weeks and thought to yourself, “I’ve got time. I’ll just do it later”? Does staying up studying for an exam until 3 am in the morning sound familiar? How about running to class because you were working on a project until the very last second? If any of these unfortunate situations sound relatively familiar, you have endured the horrendous event of procrastination at some point of your jam-packed life. The one secret that nobody is enforcing on your young life is the extreme power of time management. In Chapter 5, the topics we address are as follows:
Planning is not only about knowing what to do, when to do and who will do it, but it is also about defining the path towards attaining the