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101 " empiece por la mayor, la más dura y la más importante. Disciplínese para empezar inmediatamente y luego perseverar hasta que haya completado la tarea antes de pasar a otra cosa. "
― Brian Tracy , Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
102 " Here is a summary of the twenty-one great ways to stop procrastinating and get more things done faster. Review these rules and principles regularly until they become firmly ingrained in your thinking and actions, and your future will be guaranteed. 1. Set the table: Decide exactly what you want. Clarity is essential. Write out your goals and objectives before you begin. "
103 " An average plan vigorously executed is far better than a brilliant plan on which nothing is done. "
104 " 2. Plan every day in advance: Think on paper. Every minute you spend in planning can save you five or ten minutes in execution. "
105 " 3. Apply the 80/ 20 Rule to everything: Twenty percent of your activities will account for 80 percent of your results. Always concentrate your efforts on that top 20 percent. "
106 " 4. Consider the consequences: Your most important tasks and priorities are those that can have the most serious consequences, positive or negative, on your life or work. Focus on these above all else. "
107 " 5. Practice creative procrastination: Since you can’t do everything, you must learn to deliberately put off those tasks that are of low value so that you have enough time to do the few things that really count. "
108 " 6. Use the ABCDE Method continually: Before you begin work on a list of tasks, take a few moments to organize them by value and priority so you can be sure of working on your most important activities. "
109 " You have heard the old question, "How do you eat an elephant?" The answer is "One bite at a time!" How "
110 " 7. Focus on key result areas: Identify those results that you absolutely, positively have to get to do your job well, and work on them all day long. "
111 " 8. Apply the Law of Three: Identify the three things you do in your work that account for 90 percent of your contribution, and focus on getting them done before anything else. You will then have more time for your family and personal life. "
112 " 9. Prepare thoroughly before you begin: Have everything you need at hand before you start. Assemble all the papers, information, tools, work materials, and numbers you might require so that you can get started and keep going. "
113 " 10. Take it one oil barrel at a time: You can accomplish the biggest and most complicated job if you just complete it one step at a time. "
114 " 11. Upgrade your key skills: The more knowledgeable and skilled you become at your key tasks, the faster you start them and the sooner you get them done. Determine exactly what it is that you are very good at doing, or could be very good at, and throw your whole heart into doing those specific things very, very well. "
115 " 12. Identify your key constraints: Determine the bottlenecks or choke points, internal or external, that set the speed at which you achieve your most important goals, and focus on alleviating them. "
116 " 13. Put the pressure on yourself: Imagine that you have to leave town for a month, and work as if you had to get your major task completed before you left. "
117 " 14. Motivate yourself into action: Be your own cheerleader. Look for the good in every situation. Focus on the solution rather than the problem. Always be optimistic and constructive. "
118 " 15. Technology is a terrible master: Take back your time from enslaving technological addictions. Learn to often turn devices off and leave them off. "
119 " 16. Technology is a wonderful servant: Use your technological tools to confront yourself with what is most important and protect yourself from what is least important. "
120 " 17. Focus your attention: Stop the interruptions and distractions that interfere with completing your most important tasks. "