Eat The Frogs First Thing And Set Your Day Up For Success

Set Your Day Up For Success

We are writing about vitality this month. Yesterday we wrote about the idea of implementing the 5 Whys method to help you become crystal clear on why you want to set and achieve a certain goal. The example we used was about a client that wanted to reduce his weight and over the exploration of his why he realized wanted to reduce his weight so he could be present for his children. You can read more here https://wendybottrell.weebly.com/blog/implement-the-5-whys-method-to-energize-your-best-life 

We believe that in this quote - “The first wealth is health.” –  Ralph Waldo Emerson – for the power of the message. Living with poor health and low energy just makes life miserable and difficult. “Health is not valued till sickness comes.” – Thomas Fuller

Today is about following through once you have your WHY goals written down and it is time to begin. 

“If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And if it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first.”

Mark Twain’s famous quote has been made even more famous by Brian Tracy’s book, “Eat That Frog.” Tracy’s book is about the concept of doing the biggest, hardest or most onerous important task on your list first thing each day. This way, you’re not procrastinating and worrying about getting it done.

The other concept of eating frogs is that if you have to eat a frog, it’s best not to stare at it for too long. You’ll have to do it anyway, so dive in and get it done!

Set Up Your Next Day The Night Before 

This has everything to do with setting yourself up for inevitable success. Invest a few minutes in an evening routine to review your goals and map out 3-5 tasks for the following day. Ideally, there are no more than three tasks on your to-do list.

Determine which of these tasks is the most important—which one is going to have the greatest positive impact on your life, health, vitality or both. This task is the first one to tackle to completion the next day. 

You don’t push it off until the afternoon, or try to do the easiest or shortest or most unimportant tasks first. No, you’re eating the biggest, meanest, ugliest frog first and then the rest of your day will be a breeze.

The mental energy that you use trying to procrastinate the completion of that one hardest task will far outweigh the energy you would use if you just jumped in and worked on it to completion first thing when your day begins.

Once that first most difficult task is completed, you then tackle the next one on your list and then the third one and so on. If you don’t complete all tasks, whatever remains goes on your list for the next day.

Don’t Be A Multi-Tasker

Focus on one task at a time to completion. Multi-tasking has been proven to be detrimental to productivity and the act of switching between tasks causes significant loss of time and focus. The best way to get things done is to make sure you’re chunking down into action steps that are workable, focus on one at a time and work to completion.

Set yourself up for inevitable success by deciding what 3-5 tasks you’ll complete the next day, do the biggest or hardest task first, and work on it to completion before tackling the next one. When you take the time to organize how you’ll work to reach your goal in this way, your inevitable success is within your sights.

In my day the first thing I accomplish every morning is getting outdoors for an hour walk. This is done before I get started on any other tasks for the day. Getting out for a walk helps me prepare mentally and physically for my day, I get outdoors for some fresh air, and I move well. Now I am ready for the day without the need of stressing to figure out how to get my walk-in at some later time. 

How will you eat the frogs first and set yourself up for success? 

Let us know in the comments below. 

Be sure to get in touch with us and let us know how we can help you. 

Join our Free Walking Challenge here 

Health & Fitness Resources:

If you are looking for a cookbook resource we recommend The Fat Burning Kitchen - Your 24-Hour Diet Transformation to Make Your Body a Fat-Burning Machine -  Why to STOP eating whole wheat bread, vegetable oils, energy bars, or cereals - https://bit.ly/2RzknZP (our affiliate link - now you do not pay more ordering from our link, it simply helps us with a commission that supports our work here)

Introducing Essential Vibes - ELEVATE YOUR VIBRATION TRANSFORM THE WORLD TOGETHER - Essential Vibes is a movement of world-changers, raising their vibration and restoring the planet. ELEVATE YOUR TECHNOLOGY - EMF Protection using Earth Frequency - Unique EMF Protection technology created by infusing the Earth Frequency into jewellery. https://essentialvibes.com/?ref=c2n7rdx8z5 

Turbulence Training Special Offer - But if you take advantage of this opportunity to ditch your cardio and finally start losing weight today, you can receive access for more than HALF OFF, just $27. (Affiliate link - https://bit.ly/3fZeQUk)

Personal Care Products & Healthy Home Products go here https://bit.ly/3upNqxB 

Learn more about our Holistic Lifestyle Coaching here  

Learn more about us here  

---