Eat That Frog!
When you first start doing work for the day, whether it be at a job or at your own home, what do you tend to accomplish first?
Looking back on the past week or so, do you notice that you tend to accomplish the “easier” things first, just to get them out of the way?
If so, you should try doing the exact opposite of that.
This is a concept I first heard from Brian Tracy, one of the leading personal development moguls of this day. I’ve been listening to him for years now and what he speaks is pure gold.
Imagine having to eat a live frog each morning as the first thing you did for that day. Unless you like eating live frogs, I’m guessing it wouldn’t be a very pleasant time for you. But what happens AFTER you’re done?
You would realize that you’ve just accomplished probably the hardest thing that your going to come across for the entire day. The most unpleasant, most unsatisfying thing you have to do in an entire day has already been completed.
NOW how would you feel, knowing that every single other thing you would do today would be much easier than what you already accomplished?
Believe me, you would feel much better. You can now look at the day from a new angle, a new perspective, with a more positive outlook. The rest of your activities would seem trivial as compared to what you’ve already accomplished, and therefore you would not only get more done because you realized it’s not as hard as you think, but you’d also enjoy it more!
Now, obviously you probably don’t have to do anything like a eat a frog each morning, but this can work with any part of your life. If you hate working out, make that the first thing you do in the morning. Then it’s done! If you don’t like writing but have to do some for work, do it first thing and get it over with.
The best part about this is the fact that in most cases the thing you want to do the least is the thing that needs to be done the most. If there’s nothing that you don’t enjoy doing, just switch it around a bit and do the thing that is the most urgent.
This will push your personal productivity through the roof. Your co-workers will begin to think of you as the person who “always has everything done early” and your bosses will take notice – which is always a great thing.
The next time you need to get a project done, do it early. Work on it first thing each morning until it’s done. If you can do it all in one sitting, that’s even better! Not only will your personal productivity get better, but you have a better chance of getting a raise and advancing in your career as well.
Now get to work on that project that’s staring you in the face!
PS – By the way, Brian over at www.geniustypes.com (his link is also under my blogroll) is giving away a Free Day Planner and Time Management System. I just won a book from him last week so maybe this’ll be my lucky week again!
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