Hitting 6 Frogs With 1 Stone

Today is a Tuesday and I’m still on a high.
You must be intrigued how I did that right? 7 birds with 1 stone is simple. It’s just a matter of knowing how to “Eat That Frog!” For the record, it all happened last night.

I am currently organizing a benefit event due next month – that’s my passion. But, I also do have a regular 8-hour day job. Of course I cannot bring my passion at work because it will keep me unfocused. I don’t even want that to happen. It’s my way of balancing things. I am sometimes tempted but I don’t entertain on taking the risk. Anyways, I started my day right. I did what Brian Tracy tells in his book “Eat That Frog!” – organize and plan your day ahead.
So, I basically spent only 4 hours the recent weekend on planning my week. With that habit, it saved me more time right now and I can now juggle two responsibilities (my day job and the upcoming event) with focus. So, I did the usual ‘frogs’ in my day job and ended it with flare. I was also swamped with a task to meet-up with the bar owner by 8 p.m. last night to update each other about the progress of the event. So, I went to the bar and met up with the bar owner. The first bird was the bar owner.

Now, as I went around the bar to do some ocular inspection, a guy from afar was screaming my name. I didn’t see him clearly because the entire place was dim. So, I approached his table and saw that it was one of my event sponsors. He was with his 2 guests from other states and introduced me. By catching up with each other, I utilized my charms and chatted about the upcoming event. He then committed for a major sponsorship as well as, his other guests who were apparently marketing heads of reputable companies. Whoa! I got 3 birds in one sitting.

Partial total number of birds = 4. I am actually enjoying the spontaneity of the night.

Now, as I left their table, I saw the band manager for my event sitting alone. Since my adrenalin was still high, I was in the verge of closing deals. I went to his table. He was surprised when he saw me since we haven’t seen each other for the longest time. We updated each other and closed a pretty good deal – another bird down.

When I was about to leave the bar, the bar owner called and asked me to stay for a while. I wasn’t in a hurry so I stayed. She then introduced me to the Regional head of a global beverage company who was sitting on an intimidating group of CEOs and high positioned personalities. He looked at me straight in the eye and asked me briefly about my upcoming benefit event. I started with the event beneficiary, the concept, the target market and their mileage. He smiled back looking convinced and asked me to fax a letter to his personal office line and follow it up two weeks before the event. I was lucky to be given the opportunity to discuss my concept informally. By applying the principles of “Eat That Frog”, it made my informal presentation concise and straight to the point. I really came out of my shell. I now consider the 6th bird down.

With a “stone” (goal), all 6 birds went down. Now, I have to prioritize which task to do first. But, I don’t feel the need to fret for I am brought to light by Brian Tracy’s book, “Eat That Frog!”

My Mum's Errands

My mum woke me up by calling at 5 am and asked me to do a bunch of ‘last minute’ favors. I basically had to run her errands since she’s not feeling well. She also imposed the tasks to be completed since; she cannot attend on these before leaving for Norway in two days. Before hanging up I asked her if I could let someone do it for me, and she gladly agreed as long as, everything will be accomplished. Her errands, by the way, I call as ‘pick-ups’:



* Pick-up her friend from the airport who was arriving from Sydney
* Pick-up the spring rolls she ordered from a friend and bring it back her house
* Pass by Aunt Ruby’s house for her luggage – which was borrowed from her
* And lastly, bring her 2 Labradors “Missy & Jicko” in a local kennel inn


What a disaster!

If I was the ‘me’ before learning about the book, “Eat That Frog!”, all my anticipated frogs for today will be growing fatter and uglier. Though I don’t intend not to eat it or might just procrastinate and say "later" and probably never get 'round to it. I’m torn! Now, my adrenalin rushes through my system. With the glibness of my tongue, I guess I can make something sound really true. But, that wasn’t taught in Brian Tracy’s book, “Eat That Frog!” neither do I want to do it. So, I have no choice but to deliver my previous engagements and my mum’s errands a.k.a. “HER FROGS”. Owning somebody else’s ‘frogs’ aren’t exciting but extremely challenging. I juggled all the frogs with focus, determination, and skill topped with reversed psych excitement and management. Isn’t it a game plan? So, what I did:
* I called my assistant and advised her to come over my house before 9 a.m. to use my other vehicle as her mode of transportation in running my mum’s errands and,
* Gave her my extra credit card (for emergency purposes)


I have been mastering the art of delegating through Brian Tracy’s ‘Eat That Frog!’ By delegating your so-called ‘tadpoles’, your productivity rate and performance won’t be harmed. If I was the same old girl before, I’d practically do everything myself and just procrastinate.

By the way, I got my free Ebook at http://www.eatthatfrog.com.au Check it yourself! It’s really stirring and advantageous.

Juggling The Frogs According To Size

I ended my hectic Monday by sorting out and starting to enumerate the ‘Frogs’ I need to eat for tomorrow. I planned ahead of time, which I got used to doing after reading Brian Tracey’s book, “Eat That Frog!” 3 months ago. By far, I’m enjoying the benefits of the discipline by being more productive and time efficient.
Anyway, here’s a stack of what I need to accomplish tomorrow:

* I need to report to the clinic by 9 am
* Lunch conference with our head nurse
* 2 Home Visitations
* An hour Career talks at my sister’s symposium about First-Aid Emergency Procedures in the afternoon
* Pick-up the kids by 5pm

Though I usually let my assistant plan my day, I now enjoy the liberty of doing so. She now runs other errands for me. I personally started doing it for discipline and my determination to stop procrastination, which I was guilty of. I now have the skill and knowledge so why not apply it? Time management is very essential when you’re in the medical profession. A split second is someone’s life.

Going back to my day, everything was well planned. Everything was scheduled. By applying the principles of Brian Tracey’s book, “Eat That Frog”, I meticulously followed the basic steps like:

* Thinking on Paper
* Planning your day ahead
* Goal setting
* Implementation
* Observing deadlines
* And using the 80-20 rule to basically manage my time

Our profession in the medical field comes in different schedules that’s why knowing what to prioritize first is very essential in rendering our care. I can say that “Eat That Frog!” is a masterpiece in helping everyone who needs to develop time management in reaching success. The more we focus and prioritize, the more effective we become as professionals.

‘FROGS’ For Dieting (Testimonial Series)

FOCUS! FOCUS! That is what I need. No matter how I work, I just can’t finish it.



Today was simply a tiring day. With all the adjustments I am going through now, living as an Asian in the land down under in barely 3 months. I have no friends. The new working environment is simply grandeur. Everyone expects me to keep up. It’s not that I’m not enjoying, it’s just that I can’t focus. I miss my home.

Cramming is simply not my cup of tea. I honestly do love to work. It’s just that no matter what I do, it seems I can’t accomplish lots of things on time. I’m not like this way back home. I’m totally the complete opposite. I am an effective, competent and dedicated employee. And with the performance I was enjoying here in Australia, I desperately needed help.

One day at work, I finished everything on time and was just lolling in my PC. I was trying to look for a network here in Australia that helps improve someone’s performance by knowing their culture, work style habits, etc. I surfed through a lot of sites until I saw this “Eat That Frog”. I checked it out because I was basically intrigued of what the ‘Frog’ was. Way back home, local farmers eat frogs from the rice fields and by its headline I was intrigued.

So, there it was! I found what I’m looking for.




A website that leads you to the source of all practical knowledge that is simply life changing (http://www.eatthatfrog.com.au/). Just by downloading the Ebook and read it at the weekend basically transformed my perspective. Now, I am psyched in attending their seminar.

No wonder just by Eating That Frog – I will surely accomplish everything with maximum results. It wasn’t race-biased but was simply designed for everyone. It was simply UNIVERSAL. Eat that Frog taught me how to “Think on Paper” – something that I don’t normally do, but because of that principle another principle unveiled and the rest followed. I definitely redeemed my FOCUS by just Eating That Frog and I suggest you do it now.

I’ve Overcome My ‘Weight Problem’ By Eating That Frog (Testimonial Series)

I am a successful Senior Head of a reputable company. With such position come heavy loads of task and responsibilities everyday. I had a set of ways in doing things, but was further harnessed in one memorable seminar. I met my wife there by the way. Anyways, I once attended this Eat That Frog seminar. I listened to Brian Tracy’s concepts and principles and applied it in the office. It completely changed my life. I always yielded the quickest and expected results. I became more effective with my management by being goal oriented. I learned to practice brief morning meetings only discussing about daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly goals. I am always loaded with tons of responsibilities everyday but managed to eat that frog.

I am now living as a single dad of 3 kids. I’m tremendously loving and enjoying it but it harmed my strategy in work.

It was not too long ago; when my wife took her last breathe after giving birth to our twins due to some complications.



I lost hope and wanted to kill myself when I saw the flat line in front of me. “Clear!” shouted the doctor, “clear!” responded the nurse. I can’t believe it was happening right before my very eyes. I was in denial and wanting to wake up from a very bad dream. It pierced my heart and went through my soul! It was really painful. I lost a woman I loved so much.

Now, our twins “Frederico and Angela” are both 8 months old.

Though my mum and my sister assisted me, I can’t rely on them anymore for they too have their own lives. My eldest Juri, who is 4 years old recently, started play school. His class is only half day so I usually pick him up in his friend’s house just two blocks away our house. Good thing our company has a daycare where I can bring the twins at work and just check at them if I do have the chance.

The biggest frogs are always there, that’s for a fact. I’ve become so successful with my career by applying the Eat That Frog principles why can’t I do it in my household. So, to make the long story short, by eating those ‘overweight’ frogs FIRST practically made me feel weightless.

Make a Decision (Testimonial Series)

Brian Tracy argues that one of the most effective productivity boosters is to make a clear decision to do something or stop doing anything. Either way, do something or not. Make a decision right and get started! Eat That Frog absolutely shared useful concepts for wealth and productivity in practical applications.

For a lot of people including me, who loves to procrastinate, tends to be unproductive and incompetent. Wasting time and energy thinking about something I really should do, or I really should stop doing, or I really would like to achieve has been a common concern. But I don’t make a clear decision either way.

Decisiveness requires self-discipline, practice and repetition to eventually become a habit. It’s worth the effort, because it will maximize your productivity and make you more successful in life. Decisiveness as a second nature will make it easier to fight procrastination and to do what should do when you should do it (regardless if you’re in or not).
Getting things done and decisiveness make a great tag team. The concepts of GTD are good for clearing your head of stuff and creating a trusted system with all of your projects and next actions. However, it is all too easy to only think about your projects without Thinking On Paper. To only think about the next action that you should be doing deals with your focus. And to only think about that wonderful time on your “someday to do list” deals with your commitment. Without a decision, without delivery, it’ll all remain abstract.

Now enhance you getting things done system by applying the habit of decisiveness. By eating that frog, it directs you to a decision accompanied with an action, which project you, should be working on FIRST. Be decisive when it comes to alter stuff from your someday or maybe list into a real project. Do that and get started!

I challenge anyone who is reading this, to make a decision in your life right now. Decide to be highly productive. Decide to be rich. Decide to be successful. Make it now! By just learning from Brian Tracy’s ‘Eat That Frog’ – no frog has an escape.

Bulls Eyed on what Matters (Testimonial Series)

Brian Tracy’s ‘Eat That Frog’ is a great book instead of a less palatable title. But it totally agrees with the basic argument of the book. This is where eating a ‘frog’ is used as a metaphor that means doing the most important thing. This is the task you are most likely to put off, it being mist likely not so good, but also almost certainly the one that will have the greatest probable impact in your life.

The book makes the argument (in which I agree) that there is never time to do everything on your to-do list, and there will be never. Hence, as an alternative of reading so many self-help books on how to organize your life – focus is the key. As well as, you try to do yeoman’s job of chasing the finishing point of all tasks, you have to accept the fact that if you cannot get everything done, you might as well spend your energy on the most important task available.

This goes back to the 80-20 rule, which is that the most important top 20% of all your task will most likely determine 80% of your success, and as a replacement for ticking it off one by one (most people do their task list in chronological order, easiest first and the hard part later), there is a good stand point t believe you can be more successful by just focusing on these top 20%.

This book focuses on three vital aspects of effective personal time management: decision, discipline and determination. The book presents 21 ways to do this. It is a short yet practical book only 144 pages but nevertheless shows far more substance than many books thicker in size.