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18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done QUOTES

1 " Ти людина багастороння. І бажано поєднувати усі свої цікавинки.
В житті важлива не одна ваша іпостась, а ви загалом. Чи не заперечуйте свої прояви. Інтегруйте їх. "

― Peter Bregman , 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done

2 " To get the right things done, choosing what to ignore is as important as choosing where to focus. "

― Peter Bregman , 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done

3 " 1. Leverage your strengths. 2. Embrace your weaknesses. 3. Assert your differences. 4. Pursue your passions. "

― Peter Bregman , 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done

4 " Everyone is driven by three things: 1. Achievement (the desire to compete against increasingly challenging goals) 2. Affiliation (the desire to be liked/loved) 3. Power, expressed in one of two ways: Personalized (the desire for influence and respect for yourself) Socialized (the desire to empower others; to offer them influence and respect) "

― Peter Bregman , 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done

5 " These two lists are your map for each day. Review them each morning, along with your calendar, and ask: What’s the plan for today? Where will I spend my time? How will it further my focus? How might I get distracted? "

― Peter Bregman , 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done

6 " Everyone is driven by three things: 1.   Achievement (the desire to compete against increasingly challenging goals) 2.   Affiliation (the desire to be liked/loved) 3.   Power, expressed in one of two ways:   • Personalized (the desire for influence and respect for yourself)   • Socialized (the desire to empower others; to offer them influence and respect) "

― Peter Bregman , 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done

7 " yourself how it’s changed and why that might mean your business strategy is off. Ask others to argue against you. Then listen instead of arguing. "

― Peter Bregman , 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done

8 " Knowing what outcome you want will enable you to focus on what matters and escape the whirlwind of activity that too often leads nowhere fast. "

― Peter Bregman , 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done

9 " When an unsettling event occurs, pause before reacting. In that pause, ask yourself a single question: What is the outcome I want? Then, instead of reacting to the event, react to the outcome. In other words, stop reacting to the past and start reacting to the future. "

― Peter Bregman , 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done

10 " our to-do list has become more of a guilt list. An inventory of everything we want to do, plan to do, think we should do, but never get to. More like an I’m-never-going-to-get-to-it list. "

― Peter Bregman , 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done

11 " La primera vez que alguien hace algo que no me gusta, me limito a ser consciente de ello. La segunda, me planteo que si no ha sido un hecho aislado o malintencionado, pero es algo que podría repetirse, empiezo a estar más atento y me planteo qué puedo decir a esa persona en cuestión. ¿La tercera vez? Siempre hablo con ella. Es mi regla de tres. "

― Peter Bregman , 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done

12 " If we are to look back and feel good about what we’ve done—over a year, a day, or a moment—we need to break these patterns. To interrupt our inertia, everyday distractions, and gut responses. We need to intervene in our own lives. "

― Peter Bregman , 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done

13 " The first question we ask when we meet people is inevitably, “What do you do?” We have become our work, our professions. "

― Peter Bregman , 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done

14 " event → outcome → reaction "

― Peter Bregman , 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done

15 " Momentum is hard to resist. "

― Peter Bregman , 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done

16 " Which has led me to believe that anyone can do anything. As long as three conditions exist: 1. You want to achieve it. 2. You believe you can achieve it. 3. You enjoy trying to achieve it. "

― Peter Bregman , 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done

17 " But learning from their past successes and failures is the key to long-term success. "

― Peter Bregman , 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done

18 " There are two ways to address these regrets. One, work less hard and spend your time living a life true to yourself. Or two, work just as hard—harder even—on things that matter to you. On things that represent a life lived true to you. Something you consider to be important. Meaningful. "

― Peter Bregman , 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done

19 " mind can help you move forward or can get in the way. Choose the fantasy world that supports you. "

― Peter Bregman , 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done

20 " Monitor and adjust. That’s the key to effective leadership, indoors or out. "

― Peter Bregman , 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done