BOOK REVIEW OF

“EAT THAT FROG”

PRESENTED BY:
ABHISHEK G. SONU (PG 09003)
AJAY KR JAIN (PG 09005)
AMIT KUMAR (PG 09009)
AMIT KR KESHARI (PG 09010)
ANITA KRI PRASAD (PG 09015)
DIVYA SRIVASTAVA (PG 09037)
JAYRAM PRASAD (PG 09049)
KAUSHIK SRIVASTAVA (PG 09053)
KUMUD SRIVASTAVA (PG 09055)
 EAT THAT FROG
• AUTHOR-BRIAN TRACY
• PUBLISHER-TATA MCGRAW HILL
• EDITION-5
• ISBN-13 978-1-57675-422-1
• REVIEWED BY-WHOLE TEAM
 THE AUTHOR
• PROFFESIONAL TRAINER,SPEAKER AND
CONSULTTANT.
• AMERICA’S LEADING AUTHORITY ON
DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN POTENCIAL AND
PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS.
• ADDRESSES MORE THAN 250,000 PEOPLE
EACH YEAR.
 ABOUT THE BOOK
• PROCRASTINATION IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WHICH
MAJOR PEOPLE DEAL WITH.
• IT IS DELAY OF A WORK WHICH WE SHOULD DO
BUT WE DELAY IT BECAUSE WE DON’T WANT TO
DO IT.
• THE BOOK DEALS WITH PROCRASTINATION AND
SELF TIME MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME.
• THE BOOK IS DESIGNEDTO HELP PEOPLE MAKE
PLANS TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM BY 21 WAYS.
• FROG IS REFERRED TO OUR BIGGEST MOST
IMPORTANT TASK WHICH WE TEND TO
PROCRASTINATE AND HAS A GREAT IMPACT ON
OUR LIFE.
• 2 RULES OF FROG EATING-
- EAT THE UGLIEST FROG FIRST OUT OF
TWO FROGS TO BE EATEN.
-IF YOU HAVE LIVE FROG TO EAT ,DON’T KEEP
ON SITTING AND VIEWING IT.
• CHAPTER 1 SET THE TABLE DEALS WITH
DECISION OF OUR GOALS AND REASONS OF
PROCRASTINATION
THERE IS 7 STEP MODEL GIVEN FOR SETTING
AND ACHIEVING GOALS.
• CHAPTER 2 PLAN EVERY DAY IN ADVANCE IS
ALL ABOUT PLANNING.
TRACY TELLS US THAT IF WE USE 10%OF
OUR TIME IN PLANNING WE WILL SAVE
90%OF TIME TO GET THAT WORK DONE.
• CHAPTER 3 APPLY 80/20 RULE TO EVERYTHING
IS ALL ABOUT 80/20 RULE i.e.20% OF OUR TASKS
ACCOUNT FOR 80% VALUE WHAT WE DO.
• WE SHOULD RESIST THE TEMPTETATION TO
CLEAR SMALL THINGS FIRST AND
CONCENTRATE ON TOP 20% FIRST.
• CHAPTER 4 CONSIDER THE CONSEQUENCE TELLS
US OUR MOST IMPORTANT TASKS ARE THOSE
WHICH HAVE MOST IMPACT ON OUR LIFE
POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE.
• LONG TERM THINKING IMPROVE OUR SHORT
TERM THINKING AND ALWAYS ASK OURSELVES
ABOUT OUR GOALS AND THEIR
ACCOMPLISHMENT.
• CHAPTER 5 PRACTISE CREATIVE
PROCRASTINATION AUTHOR TELLS US TO
PROCRASTINATE OUR UNIMPORTANT WORKS.
• WE SHOULD SET POSTERIORITIES ON TIME
CONSUMING ACTIVITIES.
• SIXTH CHAPTER USE THE ABCDE METHOD
CONTINUALLY THE AUTHOR EMPHASISES ON
DIVIDE THE WORK ACCORDING TO THEIR
IMPORTANCE.
• CHAPTER 7 FOCUS ON KRA’S HERE STRESS IS
ON TO IDENTIFY OUR KRA’S RELATED TO JOB
AND AFTER GRADING OURSELF WE SHOULD
NECESSARY SKILLS TO DEVELOP THEM AS
POOR PERFORMANCE LEADS TO
PROCRASTINATION.
• CHAPTER 8 APPLY THE LAW OF THREE
AUTHOR BY GIVING A TRUE EXAMPLE TRIES
TO EXPLAIN THAT ONLY THREE MAJOR
TASKS ADD 90%VALUE TO OUR WORK .SO TO
BEING FOCUSSED ON THAT.
• 9th CHAPTER PREPARE THOROUGHLY BEFORE
YOU BEGIN IN THIS CHAPTER LEARN THE
IMPORTANCE OF PREPARATION OF WORK
BEFORE STARTING IT AND IT BEGINS WITH
OUR DESKS.
• CHAPTER 10 TAKE IT ONE OIL BARREL AT A
TIME PROVIDING EXAMPLE OF OIL BARRELS
KEPT IN DESERT TO HELP TRAVELLERS CROSS
IT,BRIAN EMPHASISES ON WORKING STEP
BY STEP.
• 11th CHAPTER UPGRADE YOUR SKILLS TALKS
ABOUT OUR SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE WHICH
HELP US TO COMPLETE OUR TASKS SOONER
WITH ENERGY.
• 12TH CHAPTER LEVERAGE OUR SKILLS
DISCUSSES ABOUT KNOW OUR BEST
STRENGHTS AND THO THOSE WORKS WITH
WHOLE HEART.
• 13th CHAPTER IDENTIFY YOUR KEY
CONSTRAINTS .IT EXAMINES ABOUT
IDENTIFYINGOUR LIMITING FACTOR AND
APPLY80/20 RULE TO IT AND ALLEVIATE
THEM
• 14th CHAPTER PUT THE PRESSURE ON YOUR
SELF CONSIDERS SETTING HUGE IMAGINARY
DEADLINES FOR US AND WORK HARD FOR
THEM TO OVERCOME PROCRASTINATION.
• NEXT 15th CHAPTER MAXIMIZE YOUR
PERSONAL POWERS .IT EXAMINES EFFECT OF
ENERGY ON PRODUCTIVITY AND STRESSES
ON MAINTAINING GOOD PHYSICAL AND
MENTAL HEALTH.
• CHAPTER 16 MOTIVATE YOURSELF IN ACTION
.WE SHOULD CHEER OURSELVES AND TRY TO
DEVELOP OPTIMISTIC ATTITUDE IN
OURSELVES SO THAT WE BECOME MORE
DETERMINED TO KEEP ON GOING.
• CHAPTER 17th GET OUT OF TECHNOLOGICAL E
SITIMNKS.TODAY TECHNOLOGY HAS TAKEN
A DRIVER SEAT.SO RELY ON IT.BUT DON’T
BECOME SLAVE OF IT.TRY TO KEEP OFF
CONTACTS FOR SOME TIME.
• CHAPTER 18 SLICE AND DICE THE TASK.IT
TELLS THAT DIVIDING A WORK IN SMALL
CHUNKS .IT GIVES GREATER PRODUCTIVITY.
HERE WE GET EXAMPLE OF SWISS CHEESE &
SALAMI SLICE.TAKING BREAKS HELPS TO
MAKE WORK MORE ACCURATE.
• 19th CHAPTER CREATE LARGE CHUNKS OF
TIME EXAMINES USE OF EFFECTIVE TIME
PLANNING .WORK IN SPECIFIC TIME
SEGMENT AND MAKE EVERY MINUTE COUNT.
• CHAPTER 20 DEVELOP A SENSE OF URGENCY.
BE ACTION ORIENTED AND DEVELOP A
MOMENTUM TO COMPLETE A WORK IS BEING
DISCUSSED HERE.
• CHAPTER 21st .SINGLE HANDLE EVERY TASK.IT
IS THE LAST CHAPTER WHERE IT IS
DISCUSSED WHEN WE START OUR TASK WE
SHOULD NOT STOP UNLESS WORK IS
COMPLETED.IT IS THE TRUE TEST OF
OURCHARACTER,WILL POWER AND RESOLVE.
• THE BOOK DEALS WITH REASONS AND
CAUSES OF PROCRASTINATION VERY WELL.
• IT ILLUSTRATES THE WAYS IN VERY SIMPLE
AND LUCID LANGUAGE
• THE READER IS GLUED TO THE BOOK UNTIL
END.
• THE QUOTES AT THE START OF EACH
CHAPTER ARE ADDED VALUES ALONG WITH
TASKS GIVEN TO PERFORM AT THE END OF
EACH CHAPTER.
• IT IS REALLY HELPFUL IN OVERCOMING
PROCRASTINATION.
• BUT LACK OF SOME EXAMPLES ARE THERE.
• AUTHOR SHOULD ALSO INTRODUCE
RELEVENT ANECDOTES.
• BUT OVERALL THE BOOK IS
REALLY A GOOD ONE AND
RECOMMENDED TO READ.IT WILL
HELP EVERY PERSON TO MANAGE
HIS WORK AND TIME REALLY
WELL.