First, Eat Your Frog: And Other Pearls for Professional Working Mothers

FIRST, EAT YOUR FROG is a meticulously referenced book presenting eight lessons (or pearls) learned by a successful woman in medicine--Dr. Elizabeth Kagan Arleo. Benefits to the reader include improved work-life integration; more easeful relationships at work with colleagues and at home with family; better time management in both spheres; and core tenets for thriving as a professional working mother.The chapters cover eight key lessons the author has learned in her ongoing journey as a mother of three, practicing physician, and editor-in-chief of Clinical Imaging, including: 1. Eat your frog2. 168 hours--you have more time that you think3. If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail4. Remember the pre-meeting meeting5. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good6. Stop over-apologizing7. It doesn't hurt to ask politely8. Have a growth mindset In FIRST, EAT YOUR FROG, Dr. Arleo gives ample credit to the authors and mentors who inspired the lessons and provides explicit guidance -- and highly entertaining stories -- to help readers move toward less overwhelm and more work-life balance.