5 Minute Motivator – Eat The Frog First

Mark Twain said "Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day". Making tough decisions is easy, when you decide to Eat The Frog First. Think about this for a minute; You have to eat a frog. You have to eat a frog every single day for the rest of your life. No one else can eat the frog for you - it's something that you have to do. So what will you do? Here are your choices; You could leave the frog till the end of the day, but then the whole day it will play on your mind. You could eat the frog for lunch, but then it's going to spoil your morning knowing it's coming, and your afternoon knowing what you've just been through. Or, you could eat the frog first thing in the morning and get it over and done with. There - it's now out of your way. Eat the frog first. When you have to do something difficult - get it done first thing in the morning and move on. Don't procrastinate with it. Don't put it off. Don't let yourself be consumed by the thought of it. You have to do it. Get it done first thing and then get on with the rest of your day. Eat the frog first. So if you need to; Give someone the sack Discuss a pay rise request Ask the bank for an extension on your loan Confront someone for stealing Phone that nasty, vindictive client Do it. Get it over with first thing this morning. Then you can say 'I ate the frog first' and enjoy the rest of your day.