Eating Frogs

What is eating frogs all about?
​Mark Twain once said, “Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.” Note: Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher.

What is the strategy or metaphore behind this quote?
Sometimes called a "productivity hack," eat the frog is a time management strategy used to accomplish two main goals: Achieve constant progress on your top priorities, making them easier to manage. Build momentum into your daily schedule, by taking away the most difficult or worrisome tasks on your agenda first.

What is business productivity?
Productivity for your business is ultimately about working smarter. It is the ability of your enterprise to produce more from the same bundle of inputs, and therefore crucially relies on growing the mix of skills, capital, technology, and knowledge in your organisation.
As above, productivity in business essentially means how much you produce by number of employees, or hours worked. Being more productive helps to grow your business, because it increases profitability, enables higher wages (attracting new employees), and improves customer satisfaction.

Apps for almost everything!
​Top productivity apps designed to help your business sell, market, communicate, and operate better. The trick is to identify what works best for your business. Each business / business owner will have a unique set of outcomes / objectives and while similarities exist it is looking at applications (apps) that can positively impact your business. At Rebel we will refer you well ranked / rated apps that often have a FREE version for you to get stated. The following are examples highlighted in articles referenced in the section on the right marker Productivity.

• Host Your Email with Google Apps (Email software)
• Keep Your Inbox Clean with Unroll.me (Email management)
• Streamline Appointment Setting with Calendly (Appointment management)
• Create Beautiful Graphics with Canva (Presentation software)
• Send Beautiful (Automated) Email with Mailchimp (Email newsletters)
• Set More Appointments with Yesware (Email automation)
• Store Digital Documents with Google Drive…or Dropbox (Cloud / online sorage)
• Live Chat with Customers using Drift (Website chat)
• Get More Work Done with Asana (Project Management - Also see Trello)
• Integrate it all with Zapier (Application integration software)
• Communicate Better with Slack (Team communication software)
• Secure it all with LastPass (An online vault to save passwords)
• Don’t Forget Your Website! (Weebly, Wix, Squarespace, Wordpress)

Disclaimer: Rebel Business School Aotearoa, in providing this information, cannot guarentee the success of your business. The information provided, correctly implemented, will actively support the development of your business.

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