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Busy is not the same as productive. The man who finds the few actions that drive most of his results, and cuts the rest, multiplies every hour he works. This Productivity path holds history's sharpest quotes on priorities and time. Scroll through and put them to work.
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“I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's where the fun is.”
“A man's accomplishments in life are the cumulative effect of his attention to detail.”
“Slight not what is near though aiming at what is far.”
“By the yard, life is hard. By the inch, it's a cinch.”
“Action expresses priorities.”
“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.”
“Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden.”
“Singularity of focus speeds up success.”
“The biggest mistake you can make in life is thinking you have all the time in the world.”
“Your obsessions become your possessions.”
“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
“Priorities are the things you need to get right so the things you love can thrive.”
“Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”
“Unfortunately the trick to great execution is to say no a lot.”
“You only get points when you make something the market wants. So if you work really hard on the wrong things, no one will care.”
“Ask yourself at every moment, ’Is this necessary?’”
“You have the perfect amount of time each day for the things that matter most. The key is spending time on those things.”
“Money you lose you can always make back. But even five minutes of time lost is gone forever.”
“Time is the most precious resource there is - you have to protect it.”
“We spend endless hours doing things that make us happy but invest much less time working on changing the things that make us unhappy.”
“The power and temptations of the outside world are great. Train yourself from the distractions. They are the enemies of your goals. Learn to move past the distractions, and you will succeed.”
“I’ve found that eliminating not-so-important choices really frees up my mental capacity to think about the important ones.”
“It’s easier to get 10M views on one video than 100K views on 100 videos.”
“Where you are going to spend your time and your energy is one of the most important decisions you get to make in life.”
“I see only my objective - the obstacles must give way.”
“Games are won by players who focus on the playing field – not by those whose eyes are glued to the scoreboard.”
“Knowing what to leave out is just as important as knowing what to focus on.”
“Dissect how you spend your time. It reveals your priorities.”
“No solution can ever be found by running in three different directions.”
“In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.”
“We have to live life with a sense of urgency so not a minute is wasted.”
“Time is both free and priceless. The person you are now is a consequence of how you used your time in the past. The person you’ll become in the future is a consequence of how you use your time in the present.”
“You don’t need to solve every problem right now, only those that stand in your way.”
“When you lose track of time, you are either living your best life or wasting it.”
“Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way. Professionals know what is important to them and work toward it with purpose; amateurs get pulled off course by the urgencies of life.”
“Your calendar is a better measure of success than your bank account.”
“Do something instead of killing time. Because time is killing you.”
“Choosing one path means abandoning others - if you try to follow every possible path you will end up following none.”
“You can only do so many things great, and you should cast aside everything else.”
“We believe in saying no to thousands of projects so that we can really focus on the few that are truly important and meaningful to us.”
“Doing more things faster is no substitute for doing the right things.”
“Proactive people focus their efforts in the Circle of Influence. They work on the things they can do something about. The nature of their energy is positive, enlarging and magnifying, causing their Circle of Influence to increase.”
“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”
“You have to water the flowers you want to grow.”
“Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.”
