5 must try Productivity hacks from the book “Eat that Frog” by Brian Tracy

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General Review:

The book “Eat that Frog” primarily focuses on ways one could be highly productive, efficient, and successful. Procrastination is the pain point here Brian addresses. Spread across 21 chapters, each throws light on a particular method of avoiding laziness, planning, self-discipline, and awareness of being.

What I liked about “Eat that Frog?”

1. Language is easy to understand, and the chapters are crisp without any loaded scientific terms or facts.
2. Each chapter ends with a brief summary that helps you recollect your learnings. Also, at the end of the 21 chapters, an outline of all the methods is briefly mentioned.

5 must-try productivity hacks from this book:

1. Plan, plan,plannn! : Plan each day a day earlier. At the same time, when scheduling for the next day, make sure you prioritize the tasks and pick the most crucial chore first. Similarly, ensure you plan the week and month as well. This can be related to having long-term and short-term goals. Doing this will save you time each day, each week, and, eventually, overall.
2. 30 seconds rule: If given 30 seconds to write about the 3 most important tasks or things in about, then what would they be? Because of time constraints, we tend to focus on the most critical aspects of our life. These would mainly be physical & mental health, career progression, and well-sustained relationships. And that’s what they should usually be. These 3 things are the ones that are of utmost importance and should be given most of your time and energy.
3. “How was your day?” “Amaaziinggg”: Be optimistic. Even if you’re not doing okay. I agree that this might be controversial as some (including me) think we should let our vulnerable selves be. But I have realized that the advice “fake it till you make it” actually works. I’m not all in on this recommendation, but we should give it a conscious try.
4. Go on the digital detox each day: Put your phone off each day, every morning, for a set number of hours, and you will notice that nothing changes. There will be little that you’d be missing out on. In case of an emergency, create provisions for people to reach out to you.
5. Create a sense of urgency: Do each task like you will be going on a vacation for a month from tomorrow, and there’s absolutely no way the work/ task can be done while holidaying.

There were certain turn-offs or conflicting ideas for me that have been mentioned in this book that I’d like to highlight as well, and here are a few of them:

1. “80% of the people don’t care about your problems, and the other 20% are glad you have them.” : I believe in empathy and kindness a lot and find it untrue. At the same time, the statement holds for some cases but counting it as the majority would be unfair.
2. Socializing in this book has been referred to low-value activity. In contrast, it can be highly productive and lead to us having meaningful connections.
3. Working during travel has been encouraged here. While the context of working during the journey is to highlight the importance of uninterrupted work, the trip should be purely for leisure.

That’s all from me for the book “Eat that Frog.” Hoping to read more of such books and share my views on them with you all.

Have you read “Eat that Frog” or wish to read it? I would love to know your thoughts in the comments.

Any constructive feedback is highly appreciated.

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