Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Sugar and Spice Everything but Nice (Testimonial Series)

I did, like a good deal of other students, have a problem where I didn’t do homework because of distractions along the way. I even procrastinated from doing schoolwork by reading books. Well after a while I started growing an interest in self-help workbooks because of my failing mark and my worry about trying to have a better life. This is one of the first few I picked up, Brian Tracey’s “Eat That Frog!”.

With informative books, I usually read the book with a highlighter in tow. For this reason, highlighting all the main ideas throughout the book serves as a refresher. I could just read the highlighted parts later on if I wanted to de reminded. Well after a while I began to notice that I was highlighting way too much. For the reason that the book was filled with vital concepts. On any page you can find great advice to get you out of the forty winks you feel starting to sink in. The book is divided into chapters and each chapter has specific ideas and concepts. The advice isn’t exactly linear. You can open any chapter and still learn something out of it without a big problem (but it is better to read it from front to back). Every after chapter there is a skill taught for you to do what is provided. It will help you better comprehend and develop certain skills discussed like

* Goal setting
* Planning
* Imposed deadlines
* Attacking the Biggest Frogs FIRST

So far I still don’t have immediate results, but I feel much better about my next semester and will continue referring back to this. Eat That Frog is not a quick solution but a practical one. By being more efficient and a better individual, you got to develop certain skills by applying it like baby steps in your life. Definitely, Eat That Frog is a good start.

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