Eat the Frog

Phrase · Hacker Culture

Definitions

  1. A productivity idea that says you should do the hardest, most resisted important task first instead of procrastinating on it all day. In work culture the phrase is often used as shorthand for deliberate priority discipline.

    In plain English: Do the hardest important task first.

    Example: "She used an eat the frog rule for performance-review season: write the hardest feedback first before chat and meetings eroded the day."

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