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 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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The trick to success is to choose the right habit and bring just enough discipline to establish it.
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Success is built sequentially. It’s one thing at a time.
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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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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 are directly determined by how narrow you can make your focus.
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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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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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Until my ONE thing is done, everything else is a distraction.
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All great achievements are the result of sustained focus over time-all of them.
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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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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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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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Find the lead domino, and whack away at it until it falls.
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Multitasking is a lie.
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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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