- Learning to focus on what matters most.
- Finding ways to get more done in less time, which will ultimately lead to more success and, more importantly, more time to enjoy that success.
“Eat That Frog” Technique
Brian Tracy wrote a book called “Eat That Frog,” and it's probably his most well-known and best-selling book of all the volumes of books that he's written, and it's all about time management. In the book, it is a compilation and analysis of all of the greatest, most impactful, and most well-known time management and prioritization techniques that we know. It's chock-full of good stuff. The three things that I love the most are:- Time blocking
- Making good lists
- Eliminating multitasking
Time Blocking
That first piece, time blocking: it’s about bunching your tasks together, finding the things you need to get done on a certain day, and putting them in a group so you can focus on that series of tasks at once – put them on your calendar. If you have to send a bunch of emails, send them all at once; if you have to respond to a bunch of emails, respond to them all at once; if you're making phone calls and need to make eight phone calls, make eight phone calls in a row rather than bouncing back and forth; if there's admin things you need to get done and paperwork you need to fill out, spend time, block out an hour on your calendar, and knock it out. It does a couple of different things:- First of all, it forces you to focus on what's right in front of you.
- Second of all, it puts a time deadline on there.
