Task switching exacts a cost few realize they are even paying.
GARY KELLERIn the end, the best way to succeed is to go small. And when you go small, you say no – a lot. A lot more than you might have even considered before.
More Gary Keller Quotes
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Success is built sequentially. It’s one thing at a time.
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It is not that we have too little time to do all the things we need to do , it is that we feel the need to do too many things in the time we have.
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You can do two things at once, but you can’t focus effectively on two things at once.
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To ignite your life you must focus on ONE Thing long enough for it to catch fire.
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Even an idle phone conversation when driving takes a 40 percent bite out of your focus and, surprisingly, can have the same effect as being drunk.
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The people we live with and work with on a daily basis deserve our full attention. When we give people segmented attention, piecemeal time, switching back and forth, the switching cost is higher than just the time involved. We end up damaging relationships.
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Your work life is divided into two distinct areas – what matters most and everything else. You will have to take what matters to the extremes and be okay with what happens to the rest. Professional success requires it.
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Find the lead domino, and whack away at it until it falls.
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There is magic in knocking down your most important domino day after day. All you have to do is avoid breaking the chain, one day at a time, until you generate a powerful new habit in your life.
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A different result requires doing something different.
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A life worth living might be measured in many ways, but the one way that stands above all others is living a life of no regrets.
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Think as big as you possibly can and base what you do, how you do it, and who you do it with on succeeding at that level. It just might take you more than your lifetime to run into the walls of a box this big.
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Anyone who dreams of an uncommon life eventually discovers that there is no choice but to seek an uncommon approach to living it.
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Extraordinary results are directly determined by how narrow you can make your focus.
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Taking complete ownership of your outcomes by holding no one but yourself responsible for them is the most powerful thing you can do to drive your success.
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