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.

ALTO CREO (Testimonial Series)

Let me give you a little background about myself.

I teach DAY MANAGEMENT over TIME MANAGEMENT.

I’ve come across Brian Tracy’s book, ‘Eat That Frog!” and let me tell you what I think.

So our opinions differ a little regarding this certain aspect. This book makes you prioritize things you must do each day, eating the ugliest frog FIRST. This is twofold. It eliminates procrastination and trepidation. I told my clients to do the thing they fear most first. Why spend the day dreading that awful phone call? Anxiety builds and so does the discomfort. We are saying the same different was. Where we differ is what I teach and that is basically sales and self-promotion. You can find any frog uglier than your marketing responsibilities.

My clients create their marketing plan, with daily action items they commit to do. No matter the number of frogs out there. The energy over the visual of Eating A Frog is so emotional that it actually lingers. That what makes it such a fascinating medium. I use the same language to my clients and I often hail an accomplishment accredited to. “Just sat down and ate that frog”. Eat That Frog will alter your perspective and attitude on * Procrastination * Time management * Focus * Productivity and * Wealth Initially, I did not believe it, because although most populace told me I work more than anyone they know. I can dig my boots in as stubbornly as another. But as I felt that wave coming on, I just ate the frog.