First, Eat Your Frog - by Elizabeth Kagan Arleo (Paperback)

About the Book

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.

Book Synopsis

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 frog

2. 168 hours--you have more time that you think

3. If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail

4. Remember the pre-meeting meeting

5. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good

6. Stop over-apologizing

7. It doesn't hurt to ask politely

8. 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.

Review Quotes

First, Eat Your Frog centers on work/life integration processes in a more thought-provoking, studious manner than the usual discussions of work and parenting, and will appeal to mothers who are not just going to work, but cultivating a professional career and approach to work and life.

Libraries and readers who choose First, Eat Your Frog will find its drive towards enlightenment and pattern adjustment makes for a series of concrete reflections not just on the balancing act, but the process of creating more satisfying, fulfilling dual careers in motherhood and business achievement.

- Diane Donovan, Midwest Book Review

The practical guide that everyone needs to make their lives feel manageable. Elizabeth Arleo writes from her perspective as a working mom, but her advice is so specific and realistic that it applies to women, men, parents, and single people alike. This is a must-read book for anyone who is trying to tame the chaos that is day to day life.

- Emily Tisch Sussman, family policy advocate, political strategist, founder and host of "She Pivots," the podcast in partnership with Marie Claire about women, their stories, and how their pivot became their success

The actionable guide that working mothers need to thrive. Weaving together expert tips and relatable perspectives, Elizabeth Arleo offers valuable insights to help navigate the tension between work and motherhood.

- Reshma Saujani, Founder, Marshall Plan for Moms and Girls Who Code, and bestselling author of Brave, Not Perfect

Where other advice books tell you to 'be more intentional, "have a growth mindset," and plan your self-care, Arleo opens her calendar, brain, and heart to show you exactly how, synthetizing all the strategies she's tried, adapted, and mastered. She's created the secret sauce of "doing it all," or at least the closest thing we've got.

- Lauren Smith Brody, author of The Fifth Trimester and co-founder of the Chamber of Mothers