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 KELLERSuccess is sequential, not simultaneous.
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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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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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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 need to be doing fewer things for more effect instead of doing more things with side effects.
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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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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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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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A different result requires doing something different.
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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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You can do two things at once, but you can’t focus effectively on two things at once.
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All great achievements are the result of sustained focus over time-all of them.
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If disproportionate results come from one activity, then you must give that one activity disproportionate time.
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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 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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To ignite your life you must focus on ONE Thing long enough for it to catch fire.
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