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1 " Successful people know that small things done repeatedly have great power. "
― Laura Vanderkam , What the Most Successful People Do at Work: A Short Guide to Making Over Your Career
2 " Since life comes up and emergencies happen, making success possible hinges on two things: being choosy about each day’s priority list, and developing an accountability system that works. "
3 " Productivity, we are discovering, is a function of joy. Joy comes not from free M&Ms, but from making progress toward goals that matter to you. "
4 " Successful people know that hours, like capital, can be consciously allocated with the goal of creating riches—in the form of a changed world, a life’s work—over time. Indeed, successful people understand that work hours must be more carefully stewarded than capital because time is absolutely limited. You can earn more money, but the mightiest among us is granted no more than 168 hours per week, and it is physically impossible to work for all of them. "
5 " On deadline days, though, “my best time is around eleven at night. There is absolutely no distraction to be had. You’re pretty much shackled to your desk.” She pauses. “There’s something really nice about that. "
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7 " become deeply engaged in their team’s project, and "