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.
GARY KELLERWhen you give your ONE Thing your most emphatic Yes! and vigorously say No! to the rest, extraordinary results become possible.
More Gary Keller Quotes
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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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Multi-tasking is merely the opportunity to screw up more than one thing at a time.
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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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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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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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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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The trick to success is to choose the right habit and bring just enough discipline to establish it.
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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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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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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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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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A different result requires doing something different.
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Find the lead domino, and whack away at it until it falls.
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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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All great achievements are the result of sustained focus over time-all of them.
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Task switching exacts a cost few realize they are even paying.
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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 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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Until my ONE thing is done, everything else is a distraction.
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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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Extraordinary results are directly determined by how narrow you can make your focus.
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Juggling 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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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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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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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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