You need to be doing fewer things for more effect instead of doing more things with side effects.
GARY KELLERUntil my ONE thing is done, everything else is a distraction.
More Gary Keller Quotes
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Task switching exacts a cost few realize they are even paying.
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You can do two things at once, but you can’t focus effectively on two things at once.
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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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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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What’s the ONE Thing you can do such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary?
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Success is built sequentially. It’s one thing at a time.
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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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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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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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Until my ONE thing is done, everything else is a distraction.
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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 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 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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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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