The ability to concentrate single-mindedly on your most important task, to do it well and to finish it completely is the key!
Be Selective!
Your “frog” is your biggest, most important task.
The first rule:
- If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first (If you have two important tasks before you, start with the biggest, hardest and most important task first)
The routine of “eating your frog” before do anything else and without taking too much time to think about it.
Take action immediately!
The completion of an important task triggers the release of “endorphins” in your brain 🧠
No shortcuts!
Practice is the key to mastering any skill.
(Example: musician and Carnegie Hall)
3Ds of new habit formation:
- Decision
- Discipline
- Determination
21 ways to stop procrastination
- Set the table
Clarity is the most important concept in personal productivity. clarity
Think on paper! write
Only 3% of adults have clear, written goals statistics written_goals
Decide exactly what you want!
One of the very worst uses of time is to do something very well that need not be done at all! doing_right
- Before you begin scrambling up the ladder of success, make sure that it is leaning against the right building - Stephen Covey
Set a deadline on your goal; set subdeadlines if necessary.
Make a list of everything that you can think of that you are going to have to do to achieve your goal.
As you think of new activities, add them to your list.
Organize the list into a plan. (Decide what has to be done before something else and what needs to be done afterward) plan
Plan Every Day in Advance!
- Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now! - Alan Lakein
“How do you eat an elephant?”
• One bite at a time!
Six-P formula:
“Proper Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance”
Different lists for different purposes.
Master list - things you want to do sometime in the future
Monthly list - you make at the end of the month for the month ahead
Weekly list - where you plan your entire week in advance
Think on paper. Always work from a list.
Apply “Pareto Principle”(80/20 rule) To Everything
20% of your activities will account for 80% of your results.
Before you begin work, always ask yourself: “Is this task in the top 20% of my activities or in the bottom 80%?”
Rule: Resist the temptation to clear up small things first!
Consider the consequences! consequences
Rule: Long-term thinking improves short-term decision making.
What are the potential consequences of doing or not doing this task? question
Time is going to pass anyway! The only question is how you use it and where you are gonna end up at the end of the weeks or months that pass.
The Low of Forced Efficiency