You can do two things at once, but you can’t focus effectively on two things at once.
GARY KELLERJuggling is an illusion. In reality, the balls are being independently caught and thrown in rapid succession. It is actually task switching.
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If everyone has the same amount of time and yet some earn more than others, can we say then say that it’s how we use our time that determines the money we make?
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Extraordinary results happen only when you give the best you have to become the best you can be at your most important work.
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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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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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Success is sequential, not simultaneous.
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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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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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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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Multitasking is a lie.
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If disproportionate results come from one activity, then you must give that one activity disproportionate time.
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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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Extraordinary results are directly determined by how narrow you can make your focus.
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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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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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A different result requires doing something different.
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