Monday, May 21, 2012

Eat That Frog

Good Morning my Family !

My message today is on Procrastination which is one of the biggest struggles I have . I picked up a book called Eat that Frog ( 21 ways to stop procrastinating and get more done in less time) - the intro to this book is what I'd like to share today.

This is a wonderful time to be alive. There have never been more possibilities and opportunities for you to achieve more of your goals than exist today. As perhaps never before in human history, you are actually drowning in options. In fact, there are so many good things that you can do, that your ability to decide among them may be the critical determinant of what you accomplish in Life.

If you are like most people today, you are overwhelmed with too much to do and too little time. As you struggle to get caught up, new tasks and responsibilities just keep rolling in, like the waves of the ocean. Because of this, you will never be able to do everything you have to do. You will never be caught up. You will always be behind in some of your tasks and responsibilities, and probably in many of them.

For this reason, and perhaps more than ever before, your ability to select your most important task at each moment, and then to get started on that task and to get it done both quickly and well, will probably have more of an impact on your success than any other quality or skill you can develop.

An average person who develops the habit of setting clear priorities and getting important tasks completed quickly will run circles around a genius who talks a lot and makes wonderful plans but who gets very little done.

Mark Twain once said that if the first thing you do each morning is to eat a live frog, you can go through the day with the satisfaction of knowing that that is probably the worst thing that is going to happen to you all day long .

Pretty good advice if I do say so myself. I Love you my family and pray that we can set clear priorities in life. I often think I'm way to busy for anything - instead of clearing the path I find a new one. Well no more :) Wish everyone a Happy Monday - Make it a Great day!!

Love, Preston

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