All great achievements are the result of sustained focus over time-all of them.
GARY KELLERWhen 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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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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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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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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Task switching exacts a cost few realize they are even paying.
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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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You can do two things at once, but you can’t focus effectively on two things at once.
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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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Your next step is simple. You are the first domino.
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Extraordinary results are directly determined by how narrow you can make your focus.
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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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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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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.
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A different result requires doing something different.
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Multi-tasking is merely the opportunity to screw up more than one thing at a time.
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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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