Welcome to the course

Hi and welcome.

An old saying is that...

"If the first thing you do each morning is to eat a live frog, you can go through the day with the satisfaction of knowing that that is probably the worst thing that is going to happen to you all day long!" 

Your "FROG" is the one thing that you are most likely to procrastinate on if you don't do something about it now! 

It is also the one task that can have the greatest positive impact on your life and results at the moment.

You must continually remind yourself that one of the most important decisions you make each day is your choice of what you will do immediately and what you will do later --- if you do it at all!

(from: Simple Truths, Eat that Frog. by Brian Tracy)

Somewhere between Elat and El Gorah, Sinai, Egypt.

When I was a bit younger and a lot fitter (or mayby that should be - a lot younger and a bit fitter) I enjoyed jogging 10 to 15 and sometimes even 20km per day. The hardest part of any run was always putting my running shoes on.

Once they were on and I had stepped out the door the rest was easy. 
I never stopped during a run, no matter the weather or terrain.

However a few times I let the lazy part of me put the run off until later on in the day and then of course I never got around to it at all.

If sometime during the next 30 weeks you find yourself making excuses for not coming or studying later or leaving that assignment until the weekend ...
Eat that frog; put your shoes on and take the first step, the rest is easy.

Enjoy
Regards
Philip
ps. (I recommend you see: this short video)

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