Eat That Frog book review

You can only start working once you ask yourself this one question. That's it. That's it. One question, and then you can start working. Keep reading to find out what book I'm reviewing today. 

Hey, this is Kyla Denanyoh. Today, we are discussing the one question you must ask yourself before you start working: Is this task part of my 20 percent or 80 percent? 

So, let's jump right into it. Today, we're discussing the book Eat That Frog. How to stop procrastination. The author of this book is Brian Tracy. The genre of the book is non-fiction, and the book's theme is business self-improvement. 

I have heard people talk about the 80-20 rule. People often talk about it when it comes to relationships, like if 80% of it is excellent, don't sweat the small 20% that would irritate you. In the book Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy talks about 80% of your tasks that keep the business going, but it's primarily administrative. It's the stuff that bogs down your calendar. When you need to focus on the 20% that earns you money. The 20% calls new clients if that's what you love to do or pitching or talking to people. 

So, I host a podcast called You Are a Lawyer. I am the host, and I must attend the recording. Hosting recordings with podcast guests, who are lawyers, is my 20%, and emailing the guests is 80%. Writing the questions for the episodes, 80%. Make sure the guests send me a photo, 80%. Updating the website, 80%. Most of the actual tasks for the podcast fall in that 80%, which means that I can delegate those tasks because whether or not I update the website does not directly bring money into my bank account. 

Now, you update the website, you get more traffic, you can sell ad spots, and it does accumulate, but anyone can update the website. I can train somebody on how to do that. I could train somebody how to interview lawyers, but that's the part I love, plus I'm the host. 

So once you decide which part is the 80% that you can delegate and focus on your 20%, you have freed up more time for yourself to think, brainstorm, and earn more money. Now you can sit around and say, "OK, this is making me so much money. How can I get to the next level of money?" But you have to get that 80% off your plate. 

I thought Eat That Frog was fascinating because the whole point of Eat That Frog is that you need just to eat the frog whole—just do it. We're not out here eating frogs, but the point is, have you ever heard someone say the way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time? Sure, but a frog is tiny. Just chug it, take it, and get it over with. 

The book is called Eat That Frog because it starts with Brian Tracy saying the things you hate to do that are in your 20 percent, But the things you hate to do that are in your 20 percent, do them first. Once you start working on your task, let's say I need to send a pitch to a sponsor so that they will pay me to advertise on the podcast. I like sending pitches because I enjoy sales. I avoid researching the sales rep, finding all those details, and putting everything together. That is a giant frog to eat. But if I start the day writing that email and eating that frog, guess what? That's easier when I have to record with three guests later in the day. I've already eaten the giant frog for the day. 

What most people do, which is the key to procrastination, is that they'll do the small, tiny things that don't earn you money. The small, tiny things that irritate you. Oh, let me reply to this email. Let me do this. Oh, let me go do that. Let me go buy a new lens for my camera. They'll do all the small stuff. And then at the end of the day, it's like, OK, now you got to send this pitch email. Well, now I'm too tired. I'm not going to do it. No, no, no. To beat procrastination and stop procrastinating, eat the frog first. Do what you are terrified of, the things that scare you first thing in the morning. Get the ball rolling, get that momentum going, and then you can finish the day with your little stuff. 

That is why the book is called Eat That Frog. I know you're like, Eat That Frog, what a stupid title. And it is, but the subtitle is 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastination and Get More Done in Less Time because you only have 24 hours in your day. This means you only have 18 hours in your day after you sleep for eight hours, which means, well, that would be six hours, but you know what I'm saying. You only have so much time. So, how do you maximize your time? 

If you didn't learn anything else from this book, identify the 80 percent of tasks that take up your time that you can get rid of and isolate out the 20 percent of tasks that bring money into your bank account, bring money into your business. Focus on those 20 percent and delegate out the 80. And then, once you know which things are essential, you can also stop procrastinating with your 20 percent. Millionaires they're not doing the stuff that everybody else is doing. They have a few specific habits that I bet you would become a millionaire if you followed. 

Until the next book review, Kyla