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41 " Achievers always work from a clear sense of priority. "
― Gary Keller , The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results
42 " Focus is a matter of deciding what things you’re not going to do.” —John Carmack "
43 " We are kept from our goal, not by obstacles but by a clear path to a lesser goal.” —Robert Brault "
44 " Even if you’re sure you can win, be careful that you can live with what you lose. "
45 " Anyone who dreams of an uncommon life eventually discovers there is no choice but to seek an uncommon approach to living it. "
46 " Big is bad is a lie. It’s quite possibly the worst lie of all, for if you fear big success, you’ll either avoid it or sabotage your efforts to achieve it. "
47 " People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures. "
48 " 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. "
49 " To be financially wealthy you must have a purpose for your life. In other words, without purpose, you’ll never know when you have enough money, and you can never be financially wealthy. "
50 " extraordinary success is sequential, not simultaneous. What starts out linear becomes geometric. You do the right thing and then you do the next right thing. Over time it adds up, and the geometric potential of success is unleashed. The domino effect applies to the big picture, like your work or your business, and it applies to the smallest moment in each day when you’re trying to decide what to do next. "
51 " What’s the ONE Thing I can do such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary? "
52 " They allow purpose to be the guiding force in determining the priority that drives their actions. "
53 " Not everything matters equally, and success isn’t a game won by whoever does the most. Yet that is exactly how most play it on a daily basis. "
54 " Juggling is an illusion. ... In reality, the balls are being independently caught and thrown in rapid succession. ... It is actually task switching. "
55 " success is about doing the right thing, not about doing everything right. "
56 " Achievers operate differently. They have an eye for the essential. They pause just long enough to decide what matters and then allow what matters to drive their day. Achievers do sooner what others plan to do later and defer, perhaps indefinitely, what others do sooner. The difference isn’t in intent, but in right of way. Achievers always work from a clear sense of priority. "
57 " 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. "
58 " Think as big as you possibly can and base what you do, how you do it, and who you do it with on succeeding at that level. It just might take you more than your lifetime to run into the walls of a box this big. "
59 " Until my ONE Thing is done—everything else is a distraction. "
60 " You must be single-minded. Drive for the one thing on which you have decided.” —General George S. Patton "