Book Review - Eat That Frog

I'm fine, just in case you think I'm not, I am / This time, I'm better with the friends I've got

• Ellen McLain as GLaDOS/Jonathon Coulton, You Wouldn't Know

Say "I like myself! I like myself!" over and over until you begin to believe it and behave like a person with a high performance personality.

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When people ask how you are, always tell them "I feel terrific!"

Easing back in with a book about doing the hard things.

Eat That Frog is a productivity book focused on doing the hard thing first. This review is specifically of the 2016 edition, as it was half the price of the revised 2025 edition.

We have a love/hate relationship with this book. It is a rare combination of practical, useful advice that we could recommend to anyone - punctuated by frustrations.

Frustrations that our brain doesn't work the way that it should.

Frustrations that our personality isn't right for the Type A/high D in the DISC profile this is clearly aimed at.

Frustrations that some of the advice is.... kind of tone deaf in today's world, for the majority of people.

i feel terrific

For example, take chapter 14.

This begins with useful advice about your reaction to situations often being