Eat that Frog - Quotes | Brian Tracy

A few quotes from Eat that Frog by Brian Tracy:

• One of the very worst uses of time is to do something very well that need not to be done at all.
• If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first. This is another way of saying that if you have two important tasks before you, start with the biggest, hardest, and most important task first.
• 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.
• Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. NAPOLEON HILL”
• Rule: Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field.
• People who take a long view of their lives and careers always seem to make much better decisions about their time and activities than people who give very little thought to the future.
• The Key to Success is Action
• Rule: It is the quality of time at work that counts and the quantity of time at home that matters.
• Say no to anything that is not a high-value use of your time and your life.
• If you have to eat a live frog at all, it doesn't pay to sit and look at it for very long.
• The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.
• What one skill, if I developed and did it in an excellent fashion, would have the greatest positive impact on my career?
• The only way to overcome your fears is to do the thing you fear.
• Before you begin scrambling up the ladder of success, make sure that it is leaning against the right building
• Read in your field for at least one hour every day.
• Your “frog” is your biggest, most important task, the one you are most likely to procrastinate on if you don't do something about it. It is also the one task that can have the greatest positive impact on your life and results at the moment.
• Concentrate all your thoughts on the task at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
• Think on paper.
• Take it one oil barrel at a time: You can accomplish the biggest and most complicated job if you just complete it one step at a time.
• Single handle every task: Set clear priorities, start immediately on your most important task, and then work without stopping until the job is 100 percent complete.
• Concentrate single-mindedly on your most important task, to do it well and to finish it completely
• Practice is the key to mastering any skill.
• A great life, a great career is built by performing one task at a time, quickly and well, and then going on to the next task.
• Your job is to identify your special areas of uniqueness and then to commit yourself to becoming very, very good in those areas.
• Resist the temptation to clear up small things first.
• Get up a little earlier in the morning and read for thirty to sixty minutes in a book or magazine that contains information that can help you to be more effective and productive at what you do.