If you're like most people, you have more than one thing to do. You have a bunch of little, easy things and you have a couple of big, complicated things.
It's so easy to fall into the habit of doing the little things first. You can convince yourself that it'll only take a short time and you can get those little things out of the way.
And at the end of the day, what have you gotten done? A few little things, and no big things.
Next day, same thing. So when are you going to get the big, important stuff done?
There's always going to be lots more little things.
Brian Tracy wrote a book about this called "Eat That Frog!" His point is that the big important tasks HAVE to be done first!
He say that if the first thing you do in the morning is eat a big raw frog, the rest of the day will be easy!
When I remember this, I get stuff done. When I forget it, I get to the end of the day with the frog still sitting there.
It feels really good to get stuff done. So eat the frog.
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