Eat That Frog

 
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Here's the rule: Your weakest key result area sets the height at which 
you can use all your other skills and abilities. 
This rule says that you could be exceptional in six out of seven key 
result areas but really poor in the seventh. And your poor 
performance in the seventh area will hold you back and determine 
how much you achieve with all your other skills. This weakness will 
act as a drag on your effectiveness and be a constant source of friction 
and frustration. 
For example, delegating is a key result area for a manager. This skill 
is the key leverage point that enables a manager to manage, to get 
results through others. A manager who cannot delegate properly is 
held back from using all his or her other skills at their maximum level 
of effectiveness. Poor delegation skills alone can lead to failure in the 
job. 
One of the major reasons for procrastination and delay in the 
workplace is that people avoid jobs and activities in those areas 
where they have performed poorly in the past. Instead of setting a 
goal and making a plan to improve in a particular area, most people 
avoid that area altogether, which just makes the situation worse. 
The reverse of this is that, the better you become in a particular skill 
area, the more motivated you will be to perform that function, the 
 
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less you will procrastinate and the more determined you will be to 
get it finished. 
The fact is that everybody has both strengths and weaknesses. Refuse 
to rationalize, justify or defend your areas of weakness. Instead, 
identify them clearly. Set a goal and make a plan to become very 
good in each of those areas. Just think! You may be only one critical 
skill away from top performance at your job. 
Here is one of the greatest questions you will ever ask and answer: