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Summary of Eat that Frog

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Eat the Frog   The Truth about Frogs Mark Twain once said 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 your biggest, most important task, the one you are most likely to procrastinate on if you don't do something about it. It is also the one task that can have the greatest positive impact on your life and results at the moment. The first rule of frog-eating is: "If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first."  The second rule of frog-eating is: "If you have to eat a live frog at all, it doesn't pay to sit and look at it for very long." Take Action Immediately Develop the Habits of Success: Your success in life and work will be determined by the kinds of habits that you develop over time Develop a Positive Addiction: One of the keys to your living a ...

Summary of Hooked: Habit Forming Strategy

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Introduction Habits are defined as behaviors done with little or no conscious thought. Hook Model: four-phase process companies use to forms habits. Through consecutive hook cycles, successful products reach their ultimate goal of unprompted user engagement, bringing users back repeatedly, without depending on costly advertising or aggressive messaging. The Habit Zone For some businesses, forming habits is a critical component to success, but not every business requires habitual user engagement. When successful, forming strong user habits can have several business benefits including: higher customer lifetime value, greater pricing flexibility, supercharged growth, and a sharper competitive edge. Habits cannot form outside the “Habit Zone,” where the behavior occurs with enough frequency and perceived utility. Habit-forming products often start as nice-to-haves (vitamins) but once the habit is formed, they become must-haves (painkillers). Habit-forming products alleviate users...