Brian Tracy - Eat That Frog! Action Workbook: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time

Eat That Frog!

ACTION WORKBOOK

ACTION WORKBOOK

Brian Tracy

Eat That Frog! Action Workbook

Copyright 2017 by Brian Tracy
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Paperback print edition ISBN 978-1-5230-8470-8
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2017-1

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Eat That Frog!

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To my remarkable daughter Catherine,
an amazing girl with a wonderful mind
and an incredible future lying before her

Thanks for picking up this book. If youre working through Eat That Frog!or just living a normal lifeyou know that theres simply never enough time to do every thing that needs doing. As much as you might keep alive the idea that youll eventually get caught up, you wont. All you can do to get control over your life is change the way you spend your timeshifting it away from some things, and toward others. While you cant do every thing, you can always do something.

This workbook is set up to help you take action. Packed full of prompts for self-reflection and useful organizational tips and tools, its aim is to give you every thing you need to think on paper and bring about real improvements in performance. It just might change your life.

Besides exercises that align with the key principles from Eat That Frog!, the workbook periodically includes the example of Shane, a narrative character introduced in the following section, working through her own struggles with procrastination and productivity.

Youll also find a Digital Resources page in the back of the workbook with a link to free charts and graphs from the chapter exercises. Print them out and use them again and again. You may also use the workbook in conjunction with the Eat That Frog! Video Training Program, which presents each chapter of the Eat That Frog! book and invites you to do the exercises in the workbook before moving on to the next lesson.

Without further ado, take action. Get more done. Eat that frog!

Like many people, Shane finds herself at a crossroads in her professional life. Shes a middle manager at a reputable firm and likes her job well enough. She has good health care, enjoys her coworkers, and makes enough money to pay her bills, take the occasional vacation, and save a little on the side. But pushing papers isnt her real passionchocolate is. For years, shes been concocting confections in her home kitchen, tweaking recipes and testing them out on an all-too-willing focus group of family and friends. Recently, she decided to take her treats to the massesor at least to the weekend farmers market in her neighborhood. She rented out a corner of a commercial kitchen in the warehouse district, where she spends some evenings preparing and packaging the treats shell hawk every Sunday. At the market, she gets a great responseand even has some loyal, repeat customersbut the haul she brings in isnt nearly enough to let her quit her day job. Shes convinced that if she really wants to grow her business and be successful in the long term, it will really help to get her MBA. But how will she find the time to do it all, and also have some semblance of a personal life? In the face of so many competing priorities, she finds herself procrastinatinginstead of moving surely and confidently toward her goals, she waffles, gets lost in social media streams, and is often un-focused. Papers are strewn across her desk, and the tasks just keep mounting. If shes going to keep her head above water, she needs to make some changes.

Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement. The bigger your goals and the clearer they are, the more excited you become about achieving them. The more you think about your goals, the greater become your inner drive and your desire to accomplish them.

1. With written goals, youll be far more productive and efficient than people who just carry goals around in their heads. Use the space below to make a list of 10 goals you want to accomplish in the next year. Write your goals as though a year has already passed and they are now a reality. If you have trouble getting them down on your own, consider talking to your boss or a trusted confidant.

Goal 1: ____________________________
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Goal 2: ____________________________
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