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Work Productivity: Eat Your Frogs In The A.M.
Here’s a solid-ish quote from Mark Twain:
“Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.”
Anyone with a brain in their head would realize this was eventually going to be co-opted as a business/organizational quote, and lo and behold, it has!
Mark Twain once remarked that if you eat a live frog first thing in the morning, nothing you do the rest of the day will be as bad by comparison. Although I can’t recommend eating live amphibians, the gist is clear: Don’t put off the most daunting tasks. Do them first.
The more you put something off that you already don’t want to do, the less likely you are to do it later in the day as fatigue sets in. So tackle the tough stuff while you’re still feeling fresh and energized.
