Stephen M Barnett
Mark Twain quote:
Eat a live frog first thing in the morning, and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.
A business forum I belong to (Quora) allows people to post and answer questions. Some are amusing, some are very helpful/insightful and people are encouraged to use their expertise and experience to help others. I confess I haven’t visited it as often as I had hoped I would but have recently been taking the odd look.
The title to this article is based on a question I found there. I guess one of the first things we must ask ourselves is ‘what is considered success?’ To me it comes in several measures and it isn’t all financial, although many would argue, that’s the main reason we do what we do.
So, presuming ‘success’ can be related to any one of us, I thought it interesting to see how we can relate or put into action things in our lives that help us get the most out of our working/creative/living day.
I don’t know about you, but eating the above fella to me is not something I desire. One he is far too cute, and two, er. I’d rather not – frogs are an acquired taste, as I supposed ‘success’ can be!
I have to confess I haven’t heard of this term before – but as laid out in one of the answers
“In the morning, right after getting up, you complete the most unwanted task you can think of for that day (= the frog). Ideally you’ve defined this task in the evening of the previous day.
Completing an uncomfortable or difficult task not only moves it out of your way, but it gives you great energy because you get the feeling you’ve accomplished something worthwhile.”
The thought of doing ‘unwanted tasks’ often make me procrastinate. But I have mentioned making lists before and I can see I certainly have a few frogs that could be had for breakfast! I do know this also makes sense as I had a session of doing just this the other day, and completing just two ‘put off’ tasks before my working day did make me feel good. And work light-heartedly (some stress removal) and focused.
I’m interested though, what do you do to help you become in tune and ready for action?