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.
GARY KELLERSuccess is actually a short race-a sprint fueled by discipline just long enough for habit to kick in and take over.
More Gary Keller Quotes
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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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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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In 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.
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Task switching exacts a cost few realize they are even paying.
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Until my ONE thing is done, everything else is a distraction.
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Multitasking is a lie.
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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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To ignite your life you must focus on ONE Thing long enough for it to catch fire.
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The path of mastering something is the combination of not only doing the best you can do at it, but also doing it the best it can be done.
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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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All great achievements are the result of sustained focus over time-all of them.
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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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Your next step is simple. You are the first domino.
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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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You need to be doing fewer things for more effect instead of doing more things with side effects.
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