The legendary Eat That Frog! (more than 450,000 copies sold and translated into 23 languages) provides the 21 most effective methods for conquering procrastination and accomplishing more. This new edition is revised and updated throughout, and includes brand new information on how to keep technology from dominating our time.

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Great Little Book for Reinforcement - 2009-11-03
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Brian Tracy is one of my favorite authors on setting and working toward goals. I've read numerous other authors who all add their own distinct niche to the subject, but when I want to be encouraged or refocused, I turn to Brian Tracy. His "Goals" book is my favorite, but it is much longer than "Eat that Frog." The quick read of Eat that Frog is perfect reinforcement to stay focused on your main tasks.

I give it a four stars instead of five because it left out one of the best pieces of advice Brian Tracy has ever offered: review your goals daily by writing them daily. This is such an important concept. To put another way: That which gets your attention determines your direction which then determines your destination (Andy Stanley " The Principle of the Path). The more we keep our goals in the forefront of our mind, the more our mind will focus our actions toward accomplishing those tasks.

Again, this book is a quick read and the audiobook is less than three hours long. You can read (or listen to) it in an afternoon or take it a chapter or two a day. Solid, straightforward book.

Excellent Book - 2009-10-20
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Eat That Frog is an excellent anti-procrastination book. Much of procrastination comes from doing a dreaded task, even if that task is important to you or others. Using this metaphor, the author breaks down these issues and encourages you to do that which you have been putting off. I now refer to my most important project of the day as 'eating my frog'.

Regarding the reviewers who have stated that information later in the book is contrary to the author's overall view, I disagree. You can use more than one method when it comes to achieving your goals. Just because you are working on your most important project doesn't mean that you can't break it down in to manageable parts, or set aside a specific time to work on it, or use other techniques to accomplish what you need to do.

Reads like crib notes from too many motivational speakers - 2009-11-07
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While this book does have some interesting ideas, none of them is very well developed. If you feel like you need to be more productive, this book will only make you feel guilty, with suggestions like "if this isn't the most important thing in your life, why are you wasting your time on it?" The author says in the introduction that he got where he is in life by asking successful people about their productivity habits, then emulating them, and this comes through in the book: it reads like a collection of his notes from those conversations. If you've never read a productivity book before, this might be an interesting whirl-wind introduction, but really, why waste your time on it?

Eat That Frog! - 2009-09-25
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There's just never enough time in a day. We try to manage our time better. We make lists. We work longer hours. Still, the work just never seems to get done.

Right off, Eat That Frog! states that no amount of organization or hard work is going to make us more productive. There are so many hours in the day. That can't be changed.

Instead, we need to look at our work differently. Not only do we have to prioritize but we have to do so properly. It won't help to do a hundred things in a day if these activities aren't actually creating revenue or aren't the best use of our time. Instead, we have to find that one task that is most important to do each day and complete it, even if that job isn't glamorous or fun. It might even be plain ugly (hence eat that frog). From there, we can eat the next biggest frog and so on.

Essentially, Eat That Frog! shows us how to clarify our vision. Then, we can make the best use of our time. Most of what we do each day is a waste of time anyway.

Not as stated - 2009-09-15
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The book's cover was in good shape, but there was writing and underlining in pen through about 15+ pages. This would have easily been seen by the merchant. I am dissapointed that this was not represented in the description. Will be leary of buying from this merchant in the future.

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