“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare…..it is because we do not dare that things are difficult” ……Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca.
What about those days that aren’t so good? When you feel lethargic and fed up and just can’t get motivated?
Eat that frog EARLY…This is something someone once told me when I had a task at work that I didn’t want to do. “Eat the Frog” she said to me. “ Pardon?” I said, thinking I had misheard. “Eat the Frog”. There she had said it again and it made no sense to me whatsoever. What on earth was she talking about? “Haven’t you heard it, she said?” No. I hadn’t. It basically comes from a quote by Mark Twain which says “ Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen the rest of the day”.
So it means, do the task you least want to do first. The more I have applied this to my life the more I have seen it’s value. I now even have an Eat the Frog list! Anything I don’t want to do I do first instead of leaving it to the end of the day or even longer.
In lockdown it was invaluable as we all faced a time of fear and uncertainty eating the frog was a way to take your power back and regain control.
Whatever it is, a difficult business call, an email you’ve been avoiding, a household chore, a difficult friend or relative you need to go and visit, even a difficult emotion you haven’t wanted to feel or address or booking a doctor’s appointment for that health issue that’s been worrying you.
Eat that frog EARLY…
Do it, that thing you don’t want to do and watch your day magically get better. Half the time these things aren’t half as difficult as we make them in our heads and in some way having the willingness to do them makes them so much easier and takes away the power they hold over us. And you get that good feeling having done it. So a great way to keep pushing through the difficult stuff and feel productive, motivated and empowered whatever comes our way “a frog” is in your path, eat it and remember that then your day will only get better!!!
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