Best Diet for Success :
Eat a Frog a Day!
Since the beginning of the year, and even before the New Year, I was overwhelmed by emails touting advice and webinar offerings which I needed to join in order grow my business in 2010. It seems like there are real estate experts sprouting up everyday willing to help my business grow and find success this year. Only $39 per month and I can join their motivational/training program and learn how to blog, tweet, join social networking, get the SEO to have my website ranking higher to get the best leads.
Overwhelmed and down in the dumps; I put off making a decision about what was the best road to success. I did NOTHING and NOTHING happened. Then came that “AH HA” moment : EAT THE FROG!
I confess, I am a procrastinator, I have been since I was a child. I remember my dad saying to me
“WHEN YOU HAVE TO EAT A FROG, DON’T LOOK AT IT TOO LONG. IF YOU HAVE TO EAT TWO, EAT THE BIG ONE FIRST” I’ve said this to myself over the years when I found myself putting off until tomorrow the tasks I didn’t want to do. You see, I still didn’t understand the important part of my dad’s message. I didn’t realize the harm I was doing myself by procrastinating. I said the words, I have to eat the frog, when I could not put off any longer the dreaded task, but I didn’t know the true damage I was doing.
Then a friend sent me a motivational movie by a company called “Simple Truths”, which was entitled
“EAT THE FROG” . It was sent to me as a joke because this friend had heard me say many times , “I have to eat the frog” when I had put off as long as I could, and I HAD to finally attack the dreaded task.
This friend did a great service to me, because in watching this video, I truly understood what my dad was telling me so long ago. This is the MOST IMPORTANT advice which I want to pass along.
Momentum and Success comes by identifying your “frog” everyday. Eat it first! Then you will feel energized and ready to take on any and all obstacles in your business. If you put your “frog” last, you will feel weighed down by the dread and all your energy will be sapped. You will be doing all the minute chores to avoid eating your frog, causing you to waste your day.
AND, I found out it works! I write a “to- do” list every day. I circle the biggest frog in red, and prioritize from there. Whether it is calling a disgruntled client, making a business plan, whatever it is that seems like a hard or unpleasant task…I do it first then I have more energy to get that whole list done. I feel energized and confident. I’ve gained momentum and my attitude of confidence spills over to my customers and clients. I look forward to the next day, even to eating the next frog. In fact, I’m finding that the taste of frog tastes like success. I’m sure you will too. Bon Appétit!
Best Diet for Success in 2010
