Task switching exacts a cost few realize they are even paying.
GARY KELLERIn 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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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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Multitasking is a lie.
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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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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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You need to be doing fewer things for more effect instead of doing more things with side effects.
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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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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.
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All great achievements are the result of sustained focus over time-all of them.
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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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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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Your next step is simple. You are the first domino.
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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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To ignite your life you must focus on ONE Thing long enough for it to catch fire.
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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 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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