3. 1. Decision making
Every positive change begins with a clear decision.
Make a decision and get started.
Decisiveness is developed through practice and repetition.
4. 2. Need for speed
Pick up the tempo, do the job quickly and well.
Work in real time, don’t delay.
Develop a sense of urgency.
5. 3. Planning
Essential for high performance and success.
6 P’s: Prior proper planning prevents poor performance.
Plan activities in advance and make lists.
6. 4. Work better hours
There is never enough time to do everything, but always time to
do the most important things.
What is the most valuable use of my time right now?
Focus on results.
7. 5. Are you a ‘Frog in a pot’?
If a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out. If it is placed in
cold water that is slowly heated, it will not perceive the danger and
will be cooked to death.
8. 6. Eat that Frog
If all you have to do all day is eat a frog, there is no point waiting
around looking at it, just eat it.
9. Review
1.Decision Making – Make one.
2.Need for speed – Urgency.
3.Planning – 6 P’s.
4.Work better hours – Results.
5.Frog in the pot – Working life.
6.Eat that frog – what's #1?
If a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out. If it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.
Metaphor is the inability of people to react to significant changes that occur gradually
If all you have to do all day is eat a frog, there is no point waiting around looking at it, just eat it.
Make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.