Juggling is an illusion. In reality, the balls are being independently caught and thrown in rapid succession. It is actually task switching.
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.
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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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You’d be hard pressed to find elite achievers who don’t have coaches helping them in key areas of their life.
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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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Extraordinary results are directly determined by how narrow you can make your focus.
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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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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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You need to be doing fewer things for more effect instead of doing more things with side effects.
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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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Task switching exacts a cost few realize they are even paying.
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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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When 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.
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If disproportionate results come from one activity, then you must give that one activity disproportionate time.
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A different result requires doing something different.
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Success is sequential, not simultaneous.
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Multitasking is a lie.
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