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If you have to eat a frog first thing every morning, how would you eat it? Please note, this is a serious question and not a joke.

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Question added by Sawla Varouqa , PCS Manager & MEL Officer for USAID/Jordan Water Engineering Services (WES) 10 M USD. , SAJDI – Consulting Engineering Center (CEC).
Date Posted: 2014/08/25
zafar abbas minhas
by zafar abbas minhas , Freelance Writer , DAILY MASHRAQ

WELL INTERESTING ONE ==== BIT BITTER TO DIGEST BOTH THE QUESTION & FROG ,,, I THINK SOME CHINESE OR FILPINO FRIEND CAN ANSWER THAT BETTER THEN ANY ONE HERE,,,,,,, IF THATS AN IDEA THEN AM AGREED WITH NISHANT DESI...... HE HAS EXPLAINED THE WHOLE THEORY ======

IRPHAN GHANI
by IRPHAN GHANI , Senior Management , A

I would not eat it and keep it aside as I do not eat frog.

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by Deleted user

I would start with the head so as to make sure the frog does not suffer, and then continue down from there, finishing with the legs which i have had before and do not taste bad at all.

Salauddin Mohammad
by Salauddin Mohammad , Sr. Manager, Software Development , Aspen Technology Inc

I would eat it as if it is the worst thing to happen.. As Nishant explained in detail, 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!" 

It suggests to solve the most critical or risky problems first..

VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN
by VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN , Project Execution Manager & Accounts Manager , ALI INTERNATIONAL TRADING EST.

"Unwanted Strains/Struggles/Tensions/Pocketing  Insults /Pecking at .....need be averted to" in your work place as far as possible.

A vegeterian out look---You can eat a Forg if it is a medicine prescribed for a Chronic decease. provided if your belief also support with it.  

Success of Management need a moral support from all the sides.

 

Muhammad Qasim
by Muhammad Qasim , Construction Manager , H.A. J Contracting Company

To eat a frog mean to do a hard and tough task but it does not mean put frog in the mouth it is a task which you have to manage and handle to perform with perfection. Utilize your best knowledge and experience to think, plan, distribute and start action to go ahead for action to perform with no fearing to lose & you will succeed. Never mind how much hardship and problem you faced but at the end you are successful with a peace of mind and think that eating of frog is finished now it is time to drink a soft drink to dissolve it and forget it with a smiling look. Its life and we have to manage. Very tough to earn money and feed family. When I go to bed I close my eyes with dreaming for tomorrow frog and sleep hold me in his arms because I got habit of it I never think in my life that a work day is a day of sleeping or enjoyment,  it is a day of fight  with troubles and problems to succeed at the end.

Anthony D'mello
by Anthony D'mello , Warehouse Manager - Operations Supply Chain , Almarai Company - Western Bakery

Nishant's answer stands out remarkably to this strange question.

I also realize that not being able to eat that "frog" first thing in the morning would result in a person becoming anxious towards the second half of the working day resulting in stress and pressure which would not allow a good night's sleep with the thought of having to  eat two frogs the next day.

Procrastination, especially of the most important tasks, leads to various issues - a stressful life for the individual and also sometimes to colleagues who may have to bear the additional burden to their existing workload, resulting in personal dislike and bad attitudes.

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by Deleted user

Basm Allah Alrahman Alrahim

 

I like your question but ?

 

you mean tricky question not management question ( with small font ) , or a serious question ( because serious mean get to the point seriously ! )

 

so I will answer tricky question with tricky idea , I will eat the frog with closing eyes , but what if the next meal is a frog and the third meal is a frog ( look to Nishant Desai  answer to understand what I mean ) , some times all the meals are frogy and you must eat them all ( I heared that frog is the best meal at France is that true !  , I don't wonder because we all love shrimp and crabs that has strange face and legs)

Ahmad Saleh
by Ahmad Saleh , Part-time English Teacher , ITA

I'd rather die than eat a live frog! Yucky!

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