EAT THAT FROG! - A BOOK FROM BRIAN TRACY ....2

 12  POWERFUL  LESSONS  FROM  THE  BOOK  -

 " EAT  THAT  FROG "

1. ONE OF THE VERY WORST USES OF TIME IS TO DO SOMETHING VERY WELL THAT NEED NOT BE DONE AT ALL 

2. IF YOU HAVE TWO IMPORTANT TASKS BEFORE YOU, START WITH THE BIGGEST, HARDEST AND MOST IMPORTANT TASK FIRST.

3.THE HARDEST PART OF ANY IMPORTANT TASK  IS GETTING  STARTED ON IT  IN THE FIRST PLACE.

 ONCE YOU ACTUALLY BEGIN WORK  ON A VALUABLE TASK, YOU SEEM TO BE NATURALLY MOTIVATED TO CONTINUE.

4 EVERYONE PROCRASTINATES.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIGH PERFORMERS AND LOW PERFORMERS IS LARGELY DETERMINED BY WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO PROCRASTINATE ON

5. PRATICE  " ZERO - BASED THINKING " IN EVERY PART OF LIFE.

ASK YOURSELF CONTINUALLY, " IF I WERE NOT DOING THIS ALREADY,  KNOWING WHAT I KNOW NOW " WOULD I START DOING IT AGAIN TODAY?"

6.GOALS ARE THE FUEL IN THE FURNACE OF ACHIEVEMENT 

THE BIGGER YOUR GOALS AND THE CLEARER THEY ARE THE MORE EXCITED YOU BECOME  ABOUT ACHIEVING THEM

THE MORE YOU THINK ABOUT GOALS, THE GREATER BECOMES YOUR INNER DRIVE AND DESIRE TO ACCOMPLISH THEM.

7. CONTINUOUS LEARNING IS THE  MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR SUCCESS IN ANY FIELD.

8. PEOPLE WHO TAKE A LONG VIEW OF THEIR LIVES AND CARRERS ALWAYS SEEM TO TAKE MUCH BETTER DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR TIME AND ACTIVITIES THAN PEOPLE WHO GIVE VERY LITTLE THOUGHT TO THE FUTURE.

9. IT IS THE QUALITY OF TIME TO WORK THAT COUNTS AND  THE QUANTITY OF TIME AT HOME THAT MATTERS.

10. SAY NO TO ANYTHING THAT IS NOT A HIGH-VALUE USE  OF YOUR TIME AND YOUR VALUE.

11. REFUSE TO ALLOW A WEAKNESS OR A LACK OF ABILITY  IN ANY AREA TO HOLD  YOU BACK.

EVERYTHING IS LEARNABLE.

AND WHAT OTHERS HAVE LEARNED  YOU CAN LEARN AS WELL.

12. YOU CAN GET YOUR TIME AND LIFE UNDER  CONTROL  ONLY TO THE DEGREE TO WHICH YOU DISCONTINUE  LOWER VALUE ACTIVITIES.