I’ve been playing around with Todoist for task management, and one of the endearing qualities of the product is the time the company puts into posting articles about productivity. There’s even a quiz to help you adopt a style that suits your self-assessment. Having taken the quiz, Todoist recommended that I “eat the frog”:
Eating the frog means you take on the thing about which you are procrastinating or prevaricating straight away. This clears the decks for other work later in the day.
Eat the Frog: If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning