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61 " decision, discipline, and determination. "
― Brian Tracy , Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
62 " 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. "
63 " read in your field for at least one hour every day. "
64 " The potential consequences of any task or activity are the key determinants of how important a task really is to you and to your company. "
65 " No matter how you really feel at the moment or what is happening in your life, resolve to remain cheerful and upbeat. As Viktor Frankl wrote in his bestselling book Man’s Search for Meaning, “The last of the human freedoms [is] to choose one’s attitude in any given set of cricumstances. "
66 " The key result areas of management are: Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Delegating, Supervising, Measuring and Reporting. These are the results that a manager must get to succeed in his or her area of responsibility. A weakness in any one of these areas can lead to underachievement and failure as a manager. "
67 " The cleaner and neater your work environment, the more positive, productive and confident you feel. "
68 " The second rule of frog eating is this: If you have to eat a live frog at all, it doesn't pay to sit and look at it for very long. "
69 " The more you discipline yourself to persist on a major task, the more you like and respect yourself, and the higher is your self-esteem. "
70 " In 80 percent or more of cases, people have three goals in common: first, a financial and career goal; second, a family or personal relationship goal; and third, a health or a fitness goal. And this is as it should be. These are the three most important areas of life. If you give yourself a grade on a scale of one to ten in each of these three areas, you can immediately identify where you are doing well in life and where you need some improvement. "
71 " You can get control of your time and your life only by changing the way you think, work, and deal with the never-ending river of responsibilities that flows over you each day. You can get control of your tasks and activities only to the degree that you stop doing some things and start spending more time on the few activities that can really make a difference in your life. "
72 " Get it 80 percent right and then correct it later. "
73 " concentrate "
74 " Before you begin work, always ask yourself, “Is this task in the top 20 percent of my activities or in the bottom 80 percent? "
75 " Your “frog” is your biggest, most important task, the one you are most likely to procrastinate on if you don't do something about it. It is also the one task that can have the greatest positive impact on your life and results at the moment. The "
76 " The second rule of frog eating is this: If you have to eat a live frog at all, it doesn't pay to sit and look at it for very long. The "
77 " Motivation requires motive. The greater the potential positive impact that an action or behavior of yours can have on your life, once you define it clearly, the more motivated you will be to overcome procrastination and get it done quickly. "
78 " effective people are those who launch directly into their major tasks and then discipline themselves to work steadily and single-mindedly until those tasks are complete. “Failure to execute” is one of the biggest problems in organizations today. "
79 " Aprender de la gente exitosa "
80 " Set the table: Decide exactly what you want. Clarity is essential. Write out your goals and objectives before you begin. 2. Plan every day in advance: Think on paper. Every minute you spend in planning can save you five or ten minutes in execution. "