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181 " In order to spend as much time as possible focusing on your core competencies, you’re going to need to get rid of things that you don’t do best, and that other people can do as well or better. "
― Laura Vanderkam , 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think
182 " You can compress time spent on non-core-competency activities with a three-part strategy: • Ignore it • Minimize it, or • Outsource it "
183 " When seeds do sprout, obviously, you need to know what to do with them. That’s what I mean by planning for possibilities. Lots of people ponder what they’d do if things went wrong. Try to spend an equal number of your 168 hours pondering what you’d do if things went right. If the CEO of your company called you into her office tomorrow and said she was so impressed with your work that she wanted to put you in charge of your dream project, do you know what you would ask for? If you sat next to your dream client on a flight, or a literary agent at a bar, could you toss a casual pitch over peanuts? "