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Wrestle the pig first, every day. Whatever is your worst, most unpleasant, annoying task for the entire day, do it before you do anything else. It minimizes your stress and worrying and puts it in the rearview mirror.

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187 points

For a second I thought you were talking about masturbation.

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Well yeah crank your hog first of course

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32 points

SPEAK UP BROTHER, I CANT HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF MY CRANKED HOG

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Spank the monkey

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52 points

Ok, I wrestled a cop and pinned him. What’s step 2? Please respond before his backup arrives.

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28 points

I think you’re supposed to tickle his balls now.

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49 points

Alternatively, if you’re neurodivergent you may have a better time doing the easiest tasks first to build momentum and motivation.

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Yeah, everyone’s neurochemistry is different and should be experimented with.

I didn’t know this for so long, that I needed a few easy wins to set the pace, that I feel like I could have been way more productive throughout my 20s haha

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Human memory is bias towards most recent things in a group set. If your set is a “workout” or a “workday”, doing the fun stuff last will affect positively all the memory items in the same group set. This works even if you know that your memory is doing this.

We don’t live in a “present now”. We live in a mental image constructed from memory of recent past.

Trick is not to do unpleasant stuff first, but to do pleasant stuff last.

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19 points

My former mentor said: 80% of the deliverable is the 20% of the scope you really don’t want to do

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I feel like saying “I have to do this before anything else” might very well end with me doing nothing

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I always heard it as “Swallow a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day”. Same meaning, and I think I like yours better.

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I don’t think “waking up early” counts, but it’s definitely the most unpleasant and annoying task of my weekdays, followed closely by actually getting to work.

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I have some paperwork to do that will likely result in $2000. It’s been over a year and i cannot just sit down and do it. I stress over it every day but continue to put it off.

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Today. Let’s both finish our paperwork today. The sense of freedom and achievement will be good.

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Ok. I have a 2 hour car ride this afternoon. I will get everything ready this morning and do it in the car. Thanks! Good luck!

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I know this as ‘eat your frogs’.

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2 points

But where will I find a pig?

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8 points

They’re easy to spot. They’re typically wearing cute little uniforms & driving fun little cars with lights on top.

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Best advice ever.

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