You can do two things at once, but you can’t focus effectively on two things at once.
GARY KELLERWhen we know something that needs to be done but isn’t currently getting done, we often say, I just need more discipline. Actually, we need the habit of doing it. And we need just enough discipline to build the habit.
More Gary Keller Quotes
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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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The trick to success is to choose the right habit and bring just enough discipline to establish it.
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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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Success is sequential, not simultaneous.
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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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Until my ONE thing is done, everything else is a distraction.
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Your next step is simple. You are the first domino.
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If disproportionate results come from one activity, then you must give that one activity disproportionate time.
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When you give your ONE Thing your most emphatic Yes! and vigorously say No! to the rest, extraordinary results become possible.
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A different result requires doing something different.
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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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Work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls – family, health, friends, integrity – are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered.
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Success is actually a short race-a sprint fueled by discipline just long enough for habit to kick in and take over.
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What’s the ONE Thing you can do such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary?
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Don’t let small thinking cut your life down to size. Think big, aim high, act bold. And see just how big you can blow up your life.
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