| Title | : | Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1576754227 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781576754221 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 2001 |
Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time Reviews
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A self-development book that seems like a long PowerPoint presentation, with tons of quotes from people I never heard of. So I'm supposed to be inspired and motivated by a certain Jonathan Smerkfeese who says "Procrastination. Such a bad, bad thing"?
What I learned from this book, however, is how to write a self-development book. Let me share these ten easy steps with you:
Step number one: Pick a title. Nothing revolutionary. Any mind-numbing sequence of words can turn into a title. The Princess in the Dungeon? Sure! This could be a book about spotting pedophiles.
Step number two: Start with an introduction filled with over-promises. Don't worry about under-delivering; it's the reader's responsibility to change, yours is to get them all psyched up about needing that change.
Step number three: Come up with chapter titles, and dig for random quotes to use at the beginning of each chapter.
Step number four: Write small paragraphs of supposedly motivating and inspiring bunkum. Write as many paragraphs as possible. Don't be shy, repeat the same point over and over again until you bring it home, then take it out again, then back home again.
Step number five: Do not forget to throw in as many general statements as possible. "A lot of Americans think... All successful people say... Everyone knows that..." The fountain of credibility. This is it. Drink from it and quench everyone's thirst.
Step number six: Include a step-by-step guide to something. Anything. The "step-by-step" part is irrelevant; the order doesn't matter.
Step number seven: Come up with an acronym, then design a method around it. Like, from the top of my head, the S.N.A.C.K. method. What is the mighty S.N.A.C.K. method you ask? I'm glad you got that curiosity gene in you! S.N.A.C.K. stands for Stare Nonchalantly At Cute Kid. Learn to identify people with the S.N.A.C.K. behavior, and you got yourself a certificate, delivered personally from me, on how to spot pedophiles.
Step number eight: Tell people what to do. Tell the reader to close one eye, lift an arm 67° in the air, lean on the fridge, and then proceed to remember all the people they saw in the mall that day, for potential pedophiles.
Step number nine: Go crazy with formatting. Bold, underline and italicize. As Rose Taxtbeest says, "When you italicize words, you actually put pretty dresses on them."
Step number ten: At the end of each chapter, no matter how short and irrelevant, present the reader with a quick summary. Then, add borders to that block of text. Whatever you said there has now become official and formal.
That's it. If you can write/type, you can be an author. There is a readership out there for every kind of hokum. -
I finished this book a couple of days ago..........and I wanted to put a review in right away to get it in at the top of the week, but there was the Super bowl, then Monday I had to make dog food (you did read that correctly), last night Justified was on.....and that needs your full attention. This morning I had class for my Ballot Judge position for the primary March 6 (that promises to be a clusterf#¥k my friends). Now I'm stuck at work, and have to type this out on my IPad which is not the fastest way to type, so that's annoying. Customers keep coming up, wanting to buy something.....the nerve.
Like majority of the human race, I have some procrastination issues,. So I thought I'd pickup the classic, but unfortunately named, Eat That Frog for some guidance. This book is full of great common sense tools to get yourself to do what you'd rather not do. Basically what you need to do is make lists. On the top of that list you put the thing you would rather avoid doing the most. This would be your "Frog". Then do that thing first, or eat that frog......then work your way down that list from the next slightly smaller, less ugly frog, down to prime rib, Oreos, tacos and cherry pie at the end of the list, if you could ever get there.
This book is geared toward the work environment, specificity office type work, which is not what I do. I draw people for a living (from life), so when the author wrote about picking out the most difficult thing you would all day to do first, I imagined picking out the screaming two year old from the crowd first, followed by the stumbleing drunk......ect.
So, I do plan to eat some frogs right after I beat a few people on Words With Friends. -
This is a book that will help you to escape from the habit of procrastination. Before reading this book, please understand that we will all have to procrastinate on one thing or another at some point in our life. So please don't succumb to toxic positivity and unrealistic goals before starting this book. It would be best if you also were careful to avoid procrastination reaching extreme levels that affect the quality of your life.
All the methods mentioned in this book can't be applied in everyone's life. Some methods mentioned by the author were helpful in my case. So please try to find out which one out of the 21 points is more practical in your case before trying to implement them in your life. If you can judiciously use this book by keeping all the points mentioned above in the back of your mind, this book might become beneficial for you.
21 ways to stop procrastination
1. Write your goals and objectives before you start and set the table.
2. Plan every day in advance by writing it down on paper.
3. Apply the 80/20 Rule to everything by concentrating on the top 20 percent, which contributes to 80 percent of your results
4. Consider the positive and negative consequences of your most important tasks and priorities.
5. Try to put off the tasks that are less useful by creative procrastination.
6. Use the ABCDE Method continually for prioritizing and doing the first things first.
7. Focus on key result areas that you need to produce a result to complete your job well
8. Identify the three things (The Law of Three) you do in your work that account for 90 percent of your contribution, and try to complete them first before doing anything else.
9. Prepare thoroughly before you begin by keeping all the necessary work materials near you.
10. Break your work into simpler steps and try to complete them one by one (Take it one oil barrel at a time).
11. Upgrade your key skills to complete your job quickly
12. Leverage your special talents by finding your strong area and doing it in the best possible way.
13. Identify your key constraints to increase productivity by decreasing the troubles you will have to face.
14. Put the pressure on yourself by imagining that you have to leave town for a month, and work as if you had to get all your major tasks completed before you left.
15. Find the time of the day when your productivity is high and try to do the demanding tasks at that time and thus maximize your personal power
16. Motivate yourself into action by trying to find the positive in every situation.
17. Use technology to increase productivity without getting addicted to it (Get out of the technological time sinks)
18. Slice and dice the task and start small like Kaizen.
19. Create large chunks of time and use the majority of the time for your important tasks.
20. Develop a sense of urgency by trying to do things quickly and perfectly.
21. Single-handle every task by setting priorities and starting immediately on your most important task, and then work without stopping until the job is 100 percent complete.
Some of the above points might appear silly to some of you. I must confess that a few of them are indeed silly if we consider the practical aspect compared to a few people's maturity level and personality. But I must admit that some other points mentioned above are beneficial and has the power to change your life in the best possible manner. -
The whole book boils down to "do the hardest task first" and "make checklists." Not exactly rocket science, but I gotta admit I'm finding myself using the catchy phrase "Eat That Frog!" as a reminder to stop putting off daunting tasks. And I love checklists. Since I'm currently in a moment of high stress time management, it's exactly what I needed to hear. To really save time, listen to the audio version. It's unabridged and only 2.5 hours.
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“لاتفرحوا يا بناتي وأبنائي بقراءة الكتب السهلة؛ لأن المرء حين يقرأ لا يفهم إلا ما يعرف،
فإذا فهمتم ما تقرأونه فهذا يعني أنكم تعرفونه ويكون دور الكتاب هو التذكير ليس أكثر”
يُذكرني عنوان الكتاب بالمقولة السابقة لـ دكتور عبد الكريم بكار :
والعنوان أيضًا "ابدأ بالأهم ولو كان صعبًا" هو أفصح ما في الكتاب؛
وما احتواه من أفكار تدور حوله؛
وكلها تحاول اقناعنا بـ
التركيز على الأهم؛ فـ حياتنا محدودة،
وهي أقصر من أن نبعثرها بين الأهم وذاك غيرالجدير بأولوية أوقاتنا،
ثمّ البدء فورًا بـ تنفيذ ما قررنا أهميته،
وبالطبع نؤديه بـ اتقان. -
Eat your big and ugliest frog first
As disgusting as it may sound, if you put it into practical use, the results would be extremely good. This books is a slim one, follows a particular style and offers practical advice. This book is aimed at any working professional with tips and tricks to improve your productivity and do good in life in general.
Any working professional who’s having a tough time at work, doing overtime and under achieving then this book is a must read. It offers 21 rules right from organising your work place, prioritising your tasks and decent amount of practical advice to shift your mindset towards success.
This book can be completed in a single stretch but it’s highly encouraged to take your time, absorb the content and put it into practical use and keep revisiting from time-to-time when you feel like you’re getting side tracked. -
Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time, Brian Tracy
تاریخ نخستین خوانش: ششم ژانویه سال 2009 میلادی
عنوان: قورباغه را قورت بده - بیست و یک روش برای غلبه بر تنبلی؛ نویسنده: برایان تریسی؛ مترجم: اشرف رحمانی؛ کورش طارمی؛ تهران، راشید، 1382؛ در 198 ص؛ شابک: 9647851057؛ چاپ دوم 1382؛ چهارم تا هشتم 1383؛ نهم تا پانزدهم 1384؛ چاپ هفدهم 1385؛ تا بیست و سوم 1387؛ تا بیست و ششم 1388؛ شابک: 9789647851053؛ چاپ بیست و نهم 1392؛ در 224 ص؛ موضوع: اهمالکاری - قرن 21 م
نمیدانم چرا این کتاب را چاپ کرده اند، گویا برخی موارد بیست و یک گانه را مو به مو رعایت میکنند. ا. شربیانی -
This book may be better for doers than thinkers. I read it about a year ago, and really liked it. A lot. It gave me a good kick start to getting things done. But then procrastination crept back, and the frog effect wore off. I'm a right-brain thinker, so I probably should have just tattooed the saying on the back of my hand.
I've just started reading "The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play" by Neil Fiore, and it's a better fit for me. "Eat That Frog" is excellent, but it didn't sufficiently address the reasoning behind my not getting stuff done. That is: fear of failure, a terrible fear of being criticized for everything I do (geez, even when I grind my coffee I can hear my Dad's voice: "You need to grind those beans a little finer/coarser"), fear of doing something so well that I'll never be able to replicate the job, fear that if I complete "this task" that I'll then have to move on to "that hideous task" ...
Yeah, so I'm just doing a little self-analysis on myself, and once that's done I'll be perfect, and I'll probably reread this book on occasion just to keep me on track.
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Brian Tracy gives simple and easily acted-upon suggestions for stream lining and maximizing your productivity. The title itself, Eat That Frog!, refers to completing the biggest, ugliest task you may have on your plate on any given day. If you do whatever that is first (the frog), in the morning when you're at your most energetic and before anything else distracts you, then at least you can say you got something done today. Most everything else will seem almost easy by comparison... at least, that's the theory.
At first, I thought all of the ideas in this book sounded almost too simple. But as the short audiobook continued, it became more clear just why Tracy is considered one of the leaders in his field of expertise.
Taken altogether, this book gives someone the tools to turn their life around (if they're in a bad place) or take them to the next level, if they're already on their way. It's not just about learning tools to boost your efficiency, it's also about discovering what you do best and then prioritizing doing THAT to the best of your ability.
The most intriguing idea in here, to me, was "practice creative procrastination". As we couldn't possibly get everything done that we ever have to do in one day, by doing the things that MUST get done, you can procrastinate on the things that won't sink the ship if they're left undone. You're doing things, yet not doing things and feeding the inner procrastinator. It's like having your cake and eating it too.
I'm not a big procrastinator. What I am is a collector of ideas and methods. I'm always open to improving myself or the way that I do things. In fact, I can be too gung-ho when it comes to implementing some of the ideas I read in self-help books. For example, a couple years ago I changed my life through "the magic of tidying up" and was so successful at removing the knick-knacks littering the house that my husband thought I was moving out.
But seriously, I can take things to the extreme. So, I'm encouraged that this book mainly consists of writing lists, scheduling and prioritizing tasks. That shouldn't freak out the hubby.
And I do find myself doing other, less important things when a big, fat frog of a chore is staring me in the face. At least now, I'm aware of what I'm doing and knowledge is the first step on the road to change.
Recommended for readers looking for a few simple tips to maximize their productivity. -
سیزده-چهارده سال پیش تابستون وقتی کنکور کارشناسی رو دادم, خوشحال و رها و بالبال زنان به یه کتابفروشی جدید نزدیک خونمون سر زدم و درحالیکه به این فکر میکردم که امسال تابستون میخوام چیزای جدید یاد بگیرم که به درد دوران دانشگاه بخوره(فکر میکردم دارم وارد دوره بزرگسالی میشم), رو به پسر جوان چندشی (چون هر کتابی برمیداشتم میگفت چه جالب که سلیقه اونم همینه! :پوکرفیس :عوق) که اونجا بود گفتم رمان نمیخوام. میخوام چیز یاد بگیرم
ـ مثلا چی؟
+ نمیدونم. چیزای خوب
و چند تا از این کتابایی که امروز اسم زرد روشون میذارم جلوم ردیف کرد و من این رو انتخاب کردم چون از هر نوع قورباغه متنفر بوده و هستم و گفتم به یه نوعش لااقل غلبه کنم. و این بار نوعش از نوع بزرگترین و سخت ترین کار در هر روز از زندگی بود.
پرانتز باز
لازم به ذکره که چند تا کتاب کاترین پاندر هم بهم معرفی کرد که خریده بودم و لعنت خدایان بهش :| پرانتز بسته
باید طبق گفته کتاب سعی میکردم هر روز برنامهریزی و اولیت بندی داشته باشم و هرجوری هست سخت ترین و زشت ترین و چندش ترین و بزرگترین قورباغه ی اون روز رو قورت بدم که برای بقیه روز رها باشم از سنگینی اون وزنه.
برای من۱۷-۱۸ ساله ای که به این مهارت ها آشنایی نداشتم و نهایت مهارتم پر کردن ساعات درس خوندن دفتر برنامهریزی قلمچی بود, این کتاب فوق العاده بود اون روزا. به لطف این کتاب من تونستم با روند فکری آدمای موفق آشنا بشم و الگو بگیرم.
امروز نزدیک ۱۳ ساله که من تقریبا برای هر سال و ماه و هفته و روزم برنامه دارم و اگر هم که نرسم تمام کارای از پیش تعیین شده رو انجام بدم, حتما بزرگترین و زشت ترین قورباغه روزمو در اکثر مواقع قورت میدم که تا آخر روز توی گلوم نمونه و خفهم نکنه.
معتقدم هرکتابی زمانی داره
اگه من اون زمان این کتابو نمیخوندم, با توجه به مسیر کلی زندگیم تا امروز, فکر میکنم دیر یا زود با آزمون و خطا بالاخره با این نوع برنامه ریزی آشنا میشدم به هر حال و باز هم همین آدم همیشه-برنامه-بریز امروز بودم تقریبا. اما در زمان مناسب اینو خوندم و خب کلی در زمان صرفه جویی شد برام چون معتقدم واقعا لازم نیست صددرصد چیزها رو خود آدم تجربه کنه و گاهی بهتره از تجربههای دیگران استفاده کنه و سریعتر راهش رو هموار کنه. اصلا امروز ما کانسپت منتور رو واسه همین داریم. شاید از نظر بعضیا این نوعی از تنبلی و راحت به مقصد رسیدن باشه ولی من اسم اینو هوشمندی و صرفهجویی در وقت میذارم که در موارد مختلف برای من نتیجه داده
سرعت زندگی بالا و بالاتر میره و ما باید یاد بگیریم باهاش هماهنگ باشیم
پس اگه امروز به این کتاب حس بدی ندارم و به جای یک ستاره بهش دو میدم چون دقیقا وقتی خوندم که درستترین زمان برای من واسه یادگیری همچین مهارتی بود
اگه امروز اولین بار بود که میخوندمش فک میکنم همون واکنشی رو نشون میدادم که امروز به کتابای دیگه تریسی و افرادی مثل اون نشون میدم "نه بابا غیب میگیا! اینو که ننه بزرگ منم میدونه!(میدونه آیا؟)" خب بله میتونست امروز غیب بگه چون من اینو در مسیرم آلردی خودم یاد گرفته بودم مثلا.
اما امروز به این فکر میکنم که همین الان یه آدم شاید سی-چهل ساله هم مثلا هنوز به هر دلیلی یاد نگرفته زندگیشو ارگنایز کنه و اولویت های روزشو مشخص کنه. خب به نظر من در واکنش اول: وا مصیبتا! اما دوباره به خودم یادآوری میکنم که شاید اون آدم مثل من این شانس رو به هر دلیلی نداشته در گذشته. اما میتونه بازم یاد بگیره و بعد از این برنامهریزی داشته باشه. خیلی بهتر از اینه که تا ۹۰ سالگی سردرگم بمونه
پ.ن. دارم تمرین میکنم که به اینجور کتابها با دید متعادلی نگاه کنم
که البته اصلا شامل اون کتابای شارلاتانی چهار اثر و راز و یه-گوشه-بشین-جمله-مثبت-بگو-جادو-میشه و اینجور چیزا نمیشه این موضوع. اونا از هر نظری به درد نخورن چون به هیچ وجه باعث پروداکتیویتی نمیشن و نه حتا باعث شناخت آدم از خودش.
حرف الان از یادگیری مهارتهاست.
فقط تنها نکته ای که باید حواسمونو خیلی جمع کنیم اینه که در دام خوندن این کتابا به خاطر اینکه صرفا حس خوبی بهمون میده نیفتیم.
بخونیم و عمل کنیم.
و انتظار معجزه و نتیجه سریع هم نداشته باشیم.
هر مهارت مثل یه دونه ست که میکاریم و باید طولانی و با دقت و با حوصله بهش رسیدگی کنیم تا نتیجه بده
وگرنه روزی در ۹۰ سالگی به خودمون میایم و میبینیم با ۱۸ سالگی مون هیچ فرقی نکردیم
و اون موقع دیگه این یه مصیبت واقعیه چون وقتمون تمومه و ما با حالی بدتر از همیشه باید دنیا رو ترک کنیم -
The dictionary meaning of the word procrastination is “the action of delaying or postponing something”. However, the real meaning is “the creative reason you are showcasing, for not finishing something”. The quick response from our mind is that if procrastinating is bad, how can we overcome it. That’s where this quick read “Eat that Frog” by Brian Tracy helps.
The name of the book is also one of the main concepts taught and its name is derived from a quote from Mark Twain, who famously said:
"Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day."
The idea is that if you finish a task that you're inclined to procrastinate on each morning, you can go about your day knowing you've completed it, and the rest of your day will be easy in comparison.
There are 21 chapters and each chapter introduces a different idea, tip, or technique that will help you overcome procrastination and get more things done.
3 things I liked:
1. The principle of handling the biggest and most difficult task first is solid and in most scenarios, I cannot argue with the logic of doing so.
2. The book does not provide a complete, step-by-step strategy, but if you are new to time management and productivity, “Eat That Frog!” book is a great introduction, as it provides the reader with some food for thought and a good amount of ideas to try if you’re serious about being more productive daily.
3. Lays out actionable tasks at the end of each chapter that you can use to help become more organized and procrastinate less.
Grab your copy
here. -
چکیده من از کل کتاب :
میزتان را مرتب کنید
برای هر روزتان از روز قبل با نوشتن یک لیست، برنامه ریزی کنید
اولویت و زمانبندی کنید و مهمترین کارها را اول انجام دهید
خودتان را تحت فشار قرار دهید
به جای فکر کردن ، عمل کنید -
This is a great book, and to tell you the truth, I’ve got frogs jumping all over my desk and they are the mean and ugly kind. I know the rules, I know the techniques and I’ll happily return to them as soon as I finish reading all my GR Friends’ reviews, and the stack of books on my computer, tablets, and telephones – and oh, I really want to tackle that closet, and try some new recipes, oh, oh, and I’d like to go out for half an hour to see what’s new at the supermarket, the deck could really use a scrub, I haven’t taken my walk yet today, and I absolutely have to update and reload my Xiaomi box with the latest apps for movies and TV programs that I will never watch. That list on my desk grows longer and longer, as I add more and more things that I really want to prioritize.
What’s a person to do? I love all my bad habits and vices. Let’s face it, the more interests and opportunities for immediate gratification available, the less likely I’ll be willing to squander all those delectable endorphins on eating frogs!
When the frogs are threatening to eat me, that is when I step up to the plate and get the jobs done.
Seriously though, if you haven’t figured out these methods on your own, or if you need to be reminded how great you’ll feel if you can sleep all night without worrying about all the work piling up on your desk, you really should read Tracey’s book. -
كتيب بسيط مفيد للأشخاص الذين يعانون من الإهمال والتكاسل والمماطلة ،يقدّم الكاتب 21 نصيحة غيرت حياته جذريا ...فتحوّل من شاب ترك مقاعد الدراسة ، وعامل في الميناء إلى رجل أعمال يملك الكثير من العقارات والشركات وكاتب للعشرات من الكتب في مجال تنمية الذات وريادة الأعمال ..
النصائح الـ 21 أغلبها مكررة .. ولب الكتاب هو الآتي :
- قم بالأعمال الأهم أوّلا وإن كانت الأصعب ، ثم انتقل للأعمال الباقية
- ضع خططا سنوية ، شهرية ،أسبوعية و يومية.
-رتب مهامك اليومية في اليوم الليلة السابقة ورتبها من الأهم للغير هام .
-رتب مكان العمل ليكون كلّ شيء مريحا وجذابا ، وضع كلّ شيء أمامك قبل الانطلاق في المهمة.
-لا يوجد وقت كاف لفعل كلّ شيء ، لكننا نملك وقتا كافيا لفعل الأشياء المهمة .
- قوّ مواهبك الخاصة.
-التعلم المستمر مطلوب للنجاح في أي مجال كان والتدريب اليومي على أمر معيّن يصنع فرقا جوهريا.
-التفرغ التام لانجاز المهام الكبرى.
-الاخلاص والثقة المطلقة بقدراتك.
-اضغط على نفسك لتؤدي العمل حتى يصبح عادة ولا تنتظر أن يذكرك أحد دوما بواجباتك.
- ضع وقتا محددا لانجاز كل مهمة أو نشاط.
-مارس التأجيل الايجابي
فيديو لبريان تراسي -طاقة إيجابية رهيبة- راق لي
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w_ao...
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"There is never enough time to do everything you have to do. You are literally swamped with work and personal responsibilities, projects, stacks of magazines to read....But the fact is you are never going to caught up. You will never get on top of your tasks"
The key is: Prioritize your tasks!
That's the book in three words! But how?! Brian Tracy will show you how in this book, Eat That Frog! The ugly one first!
Very practical book. You would love this book if you actually applied the exercises throughout the book, and re-read it again and again. Books that are for personal development or business require active reading, taking notes, and reading again, until the knowledge you learn becomes a part of you. I have an audio copy and I still listen to it every once on a while, whenever I feel I'm getting behind on some tasks, or whenever I stop practicing some of it's methods. This books helped me a lot and it still helping me all the time. From the ABCD method, the creative procrastination, developing plans, considering the consequences, and much more.
This is my all time reference for better future, since I first read it. I wish I was told about this book early in time. Very early. It's a very useful tool, applicable methods. -
Brian Tracey puts together a book full of useful ideas on how to be more productive.
His chapter summaries on p113 are a good resource to review.
1. Set the table: Decide what you want
2. Plan the day in advance: Think on paper
3. Apply the 80/20 rule: 20% of activity produces 80% of the results
4. Consider the consequences: of your 20% activities
5. Practice creative procrastination: put off things of low value
6. Use the A B C D E Method continually: prioritize
7. Focus on key result areas: concentrate on results you HAVE to have
8. The Law of Three: ID and focus on the top three before anything else
9. Prepare thoroughly before you begin: get set up to get things done
10. Take it one oil barrel at a time: do it one step at a time
11. Upgrade your key skills: sharpen your sword to do more and better
12. Leverage your special talents:do things are good at wholeheartedly
13. Identify your key constraints: get rid of bottlenecks, choke points
14. Put pressure on yourself: think like you are on vacation tomorrow
15. Maximize your personal power: work hard at your best times of day
16. Motivate yourself into action: look at the positive now and move on
17. Get out of tech sinks: tech stuff can be time killers
18. Slice and dice the task: break it down, do one piece
19. Create large chunks of time: to focus on certain things
20. Develop sense of urgency: move fast on key tasks
21. Single handle every task: start and fully complete most imp't task
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سه بار تلاش کردم که بخونمش ولی هر سه بار بیشتر از ۵۰ صفحه نخوندم!
وقتی میخواین کتاب انگیزشی بنویسید و یه جورایی《راز موفقیت》! خودتون رو فریاد بزنید، حداقل یه چیزی بنویسید که بشه خوند!
و اما حقیقت ماجرا!
چه بخوایم قبول کنیم و چه نه، حقیقت اینه که این افراد به ظاهر موفق که ۱۰۰۰ تا کتاب راجع به موفقیت و اینجور چیز ها نوشتن، در اصل با نوشتن اونا پول درآوردن و به آرزوهاشون رسیدن، ما با خرید آت و آشغال هایی که تحویلمون میدن داریم راه رو برای اونا باز میکنیم.
حقیقتش اینه که من باز هم از این چرت و پرت ها میخرم، چون هنوز امیدم رو از دست ندادم، شاید یه روز کتابی رو پیدا کنم بتونم به بقیه معرفیش کنم و باعث تغییر واقعی سبک زندگی و بهبود اون بشه، اما فعلا هرچیزی که خوندم رو یا نصفه رها کردم یا بعد از تموم کردنش یه نفس راحت کشیدم و رفتم که مثل همیشه زندگیم رو بکنم.
اگه حوصله خوندن کتاب های این شکلی رو ندارید، نخونید!
شاید بعضی از پیشنهاد هاش بدرد بخوره، اما همون پیشنهاد هارو با صرف ۳ دقیقه میتونید تو فضای مجازی پیدا کنید، پس پولتون و وقتتون رو هدر ندید. -
I saw the author, Brian Tracy, several years ago at a seminar as a motivational speaker and became a fan. Needed some extra motivation on getting tasks done recently and 'Eat That Frog' definitely helps with re-prioritizing things on the task list and making a plan to get them done. Listening to the audio book is even that more effective. Here are the notes I made while listening (his major principles):
Decide what I want. Plan every day in advance. 20% of my activities are 80% of my results - and these are the tasks we usually procrastinate the most on. Consider the consequences of not completing the tasks. Prioritize the task list, start with the most important. Focus on my key result areas. Always do the most important things first. Continually upgrade my skills, even if only for 15 minutes a day. Leverage my special talents. Identify the constraints and find ways to alleviate them. Break down huge tasks into smaller steps. Pressure myself with a sense of urgency. Figure out my high points of energy in the day and schedule my most demanding tasks then. Be optimistic and focus on the solution, not the problem. I am allowed to procrastinate on low value tasks. Do the most difficult task (frog) first thing in the mroning. Create larger blocks of time for key tasks. Do nothing else until your main task is done - no multi-tasking. -
🙋After a long time, I finally picked up a self-help book which I have been wanting to read for years.
For a pro who's amazing at procastination, I have been procrastinating doing the same but this time I had to pick it up and actually read the physical copy so that I get the maximum benefit out of it.
First of all, it doesn't preach.
Second, it doesn't tell you fixed rules.
Third, it is not intimidating.
Fourth, there are no unnecessary details.
Fifth, it talks about only one topic, that is, get the most difficult or that one thing that would benefit you the most to be done with realistic, efficient ways and methods.
The summary towards the end of each chapter keeps you focused and evaluate. But I love the summary towards the end of the book so much! It is everything I needed.
I love how this book focused on only one topic but elaborating various methods or means to achieve this one task.
The chapters are really short. The writing doesn't waste words. It is as real as it gets.
This book is actually helping me these days and I am so glad a self-help book actually works. I have been following this concept for the past one month. And I am still following it. Surprisingly surprising myself ☺️
So is it effective? You bet! -
برای من 20 درصد اول کتاب بهترین قسمتش بود به نظرم بقیه کتاب جنبه ی تکرار داشت . البته جزو کتاب هایی که خوب ادم بعضی وقتها یه چند ورقی ازش بخونه واسه دوباره انرژی گرفتن
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التهم هذا الضفدع
عنوان غريب ولكن ليس غريب علي من يعرف المثل الذي يقول : يقال علي مر السنين أنه إذا كان أول شئ تفعله كل صباح هو أكل ضفدع حي فإنك ستكون راضيا طوال اليوم لأنك تعرف أن هذا سيكون أسوء شئ يحدث لك طيلة النهار
الضفدع هنا هو الأمور الثقيلة في يومك والتي تأجلها وتبدأ بالامور السهلة المحببه لتصل في النهاية إلي عدم انجاز اي شئ في يومك
كتاب عملي جدا يتضمن ٢١ طريقة لتنظيم أعمالك يوميا والتخلص من المماطلة والتسويف -
A very basic collection of tips to beat procrastination. Geared very much toward sales and "business" people. Nothing really groundbreaking.
I was intrigued by how much the advice ran completely counter to much more valuable (to me) guide for professional creatives found in
The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice. In contrast to that book's encouragement to respect your natural rhythms, take rest, and refill the well, Eat That Frog seemed more about ignoring your intuition and grinding away at thankless chores until you somehow "arrive" as a success.
Maybe that was the real problem for me. There was nothing here about enjoying the process, or the satisfaction of mastery. It was all about beating yourself into submission to win some external success, like a raise or a promotion.
Even when the author mentions the now basic idea of getting into flow (
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience) he completely misstates the entire concept, claiming that the trick to achieving it was to be work ever faster and somehow force your brain into some sort of mental hyperspeed, an idea that is found nowhere in Csíkszentmihályi's book.
The more I remember about this book, the less I like it.
Bottom line: If you're looking for a short collection of oversimplified self-psychology hacks to help you climb the corporate ladder, that this might be the book for you.
If you're looking for anything deeper, keep moving. -
کتاب خوبی است برای کسانی که کتاب را فقط نمی خوانند، بلکه گام به گام نوشته ها را در زندگی محک می زنند.
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LESEEMPFEHLUNG | 4,5/5 ⭐️
Für alle, die produktiver & erfolgreicher werden möchten: absolute Empfehlung!
Aber man sollte aufpassen, dass man sich da nicht verrennt & am Ende an Burnout erkrankt.
Job & Erfolg sind definitiv nicht alles.
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Το Φάε το βάτραχό σου είναι ομολογουμένως ένας πιασάρικος τίτλος (κρίμα που είναι εμπνευσμένος απ' τον
Mark Twain) αλλά τα εντυπωσιακά του βιβλίου ξεκινούν και τελειώνουν εδώ. Προσωπικά, θα το συνόψιζα στα εξής:
- Κάνε τη δυσκολότερη και σημαντικότερη δουλειά πρώτα
- Ξεκίνα χθες
- Ξεκουράσου
- Πάμε πάλι απ' την αρχή
Δεν το θες τόσο σύντομο; Άντε να στο κάνω μια σελίδα Α4 το πολύ. Ο Brian Tracy το έγραψε βιβλίο 144 σελίδων, αποδεικνύοντας περίτρανα ότι είναι μανούλα στην παπάντζα. Αναρωτιέμαι γιατί δεν έγινα κι εγώ μοτιβέισιοναλ σπίκερ και ιντραπρενέουρ να χεστώ στο τάληρο. Ας είναι...
Το αριστούργημά μας γράφτηκε το 2001 και δείχνει τόσο τα χρόνια του όσο και τις αδυναμίες του. Απευθύνεται σχεδόν αποκλειστικά σε δουλειές γραφείου, βρίθει λέξεων όπως career, business και corporate, μας λέει να βάζουμε μακροπρόθεσμους επιχειρηματικούς στόχους 20ετίας (η οικονομική κρίση του 2008 κι ο κορωνοϊός γελούν συνωμοτικά εδώ) και όπως όλοι ανεξαιρέτως οι επιτυχημένοι επιχειρηματίες, λησμονούν να συμπεριλάβουν στις αλάνθαστες συμβουλές τις ευτυχείς συγκυρίες που τους επέτρεψαν να ξεπεράσουν τις όποιες δυσκολίες. Εντελώς συμπτωματικά.
Αν με ρωτάτε, δε βρίσκω τι πρακτική εφαρμογή μπορεί να έχει ένα ανάγνωσμα του είδους σε μια χώρα όπου οι μισοί είναι άνεργοι, οι άλλοι μισοί δουλεύουν στον τομέα της εστίασης κι όλοι μαζί ονειρεύονται είτε να μπουν στο δημόσιο ή να γίνουν ΓιουΤιούμπερζ. Ένα απ' τα 21 (ψέματα - τρία, τέσσερα είναι) τιπς του κυρίου Tracy ��ίναι να μη σπαταλάμε το χρόνο μας σε ζητήματα ήσσονος σημασίας. Στα πλαίσια αυτής της συμβουλής, λοιπόν, πηδήξτε το βιβλίο αυτό και διαβάστε την περίληψη ή δείτε κάνα αντίστοιχο δίλεπτο βιντεάκι που να το συνοψίζει.
You're welcome.
1.5/5 αλλά είμαι στις καλές μου. -
4.00⭐️
GENRE - SELF HELP
Eat that Frog!!! A book on how to get any job done and be more productive in your Work, Business or that matter life.
Author Brian Tracy has given systematic Tips and Tricks to be more productive at your work and in life!The book is written in simple language and the author has used quotes to motivate as well as give example of situations where in the tips that he has given have been utilised and have given good results.
If you are someone who often spends time procrastinating at work and is left often confused thinking from where to begin this book may provide you some answers.A highly recommended book for everyone who wants to organise their personal life or their work or business.
Thank you 😊
