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1 " Before you begin scrambling up the ladder of success, make sure that it is leaning against the right building. "
― Brian Tracy , Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
2 " People who take a long view of their lives and careers always seem to make much better decisions about their time and activities than people who give very little thought to the future. "
3 " The most valuable tasks you can do each day are often the hardest and most complex. But the payoff and rewards for completing these tasks efficiently can be tremendous. "
4 " ...you cannot eat every tadpole and frog in the pond, but you can eat the biggest and ugliest one, and that will be enough, at least for the time being. "
5 " You can get your time and your life under control only to the degree to which you discontinue lower-value activities. "
6 " The hardest part of any important task is getting started on it in the first place. Once you actually begin work on a valuable task, you seem to be naturally motivated to continue. "
7 " One of the very worst uses of time is to do something very well that need not to be done at all. "
8 " The biggest enemies we have to overcome on the road to success are not lack of ability and lack of opportunity but fears of failure and rejection and the doubts that they trigger. "
9 " Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. NAPOLEON HILL "
10 " Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement. The bigger your goals and the clearer they are, the more excited you become about achieving them. The more you think about your goals, the greater becomes your inner drive and desire to accomplish them. "
11 " Everyone procrastinates. The difference between high performers and low performers is largely determined by what they choose to procrastinate on. "
12 " Rule: Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field. "
13 " The Key to Success is Action "
14 " This is a wonderful time to be alive. There have never been more possibilities and opportunities for you to achieve more of your goals than exist today. "
15 " As Pat Riley, the basketball coach, said, "Anytime you stop striving to get better, you're bound to get worse. "
16 " The law of Forced Efficiency says that "There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing. "
17 " Galileo once wrote, "You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. "
18 " There is an old saying that "by the yard it's hard; but inch by inch, anything's a cinch! "
19 " Rule: It is the quality of time at work that counts and the quantity of time at home that matters. "
20 " The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary. "