In the spirit of new beginnings and fresh starts, last week we asked a few CSOFT members to share their New Year’s resolutions for 2012. A recurring response, as well as a common intention of many resolution-makers around the world, was better time management skills.

As with most resolutions, the underlying issue lies not in deciding what to improve about yourself, but in how to sustain these healthier habits for the long haul. Because of this, we started thinking of methods that would facilitate better time management and task prioritization; today’s post will provide you with some food for thought about a concept identified as eating that frog!

“If the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning is eat a live frog, then nothing worse can happen for the rest of the day!”

This old saying sets the stage for the phrase eat the frog, made popular by leading motivational speaker and self-help author Brian Tracy. According to Tracy, “frog” is a blanket term used to metaphorically represent anything on your to-do list that you find yourself dreading and putting off, such as the client phone calls, that discussion you’ve been meaning to have with your boss, or even the leaky faucet you’ve been planning to fix for months now.

Happy New Year everyone! After a short hiatus, T for Translation is back with renewed energy and fresh ideas. For today’s Straight from the Source, we asked some of our team members what their goals and aspirations are for this year.

What are your New Year’s resolutions?