It is not that we have too little time to do all the things we need to do , it is that we feel the need to do too many things in the time we have.
GARY KELLERWork 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.
More Gary Keller Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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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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All great achievements are the result of sustained focus over time-all of them.
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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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Your next step is simple. You are the first domino.
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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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Extraordinary results are directly determined by how narrow you can make your focus.
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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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To be financially wealthy you must have a purpose for your life. In other words, without purpose, you’ll never know when you have enough money, and you can never be financially wealthy.
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