Quotes from Gary Keller

Historically, we've done a remarkably poor job of estimating our limits.

Implementing these may require new thinking, new skills, and even new relationships. Probably none of this will feel natural at first. That's okay. Being Purposeful is often about doing what comes "unnaturally;" but when you're committed to achieving extraordinary results, you simply do whatever it takes anyway.

Dweck points out that mindsets can and do change. Like any other habit, you set your mind to it until the right mindset becomes routine.

Progress is important and is usually achieved by the person who makes the most attempts. The quality is in the quantity.

Quiénes somos y adónde queremos ir determinan lo que hacemos y lo que conseguimos.

Equality is a worthy ideal pursued in the name of justice and human rights. In the real world of results, however, things are never equal.

When you discipline yourself, you're essentially training yourself to act in a specific way. Stay with this long enough and it becomes routine—in other words, a habit.

They pause just long enough to decide what matters and

in the world of achievement everything doesn't matter equally. Equality is a lie.

So, if you want to get the most out of your day, do your most important work—your ONE Thing—early

aquello que podrías hacer y dedicarte a hacer aquello que debes hacer. Consiste en reconocer que no todas las cosas importan igual y en encontrar aquello que más importa. Es una manera de vincular más estrechamente lo que uno hace con lo que uno desea. Se basa en darse cuenta de que obtener resultados extraordinarios viene determinado directamente

Accountable people absorb setbacks and keep going. Accountable people persevere through problems and keep pushing forward. Accountable people are results oriented and never defend actions, skill levels, models, systems, or relationships that just aren't get ting the job done.

As Henry David Thoreau said, "It's not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about?

Here's what I found out: We overthink, overplan, and overanalyze our careers, our businesses, and our lives; that long hours are neither virtuous nor healthy; and that we usually succeed in spite of most of what we do, not because of it. I discovered that we can't manage time, and that the key to success isn't in all the things we do but in the handful of things we do well.

priority. FIG. 23 In business, profit and productivity are also driven by priority and purpose. Personal productivity is the building block of all business profit. The two are inseparable. A business can't have unproductive people yet magically still have an immensely

when our lives are defined by our choices, the all-important question becomes, How do we make good ones?

success comes down to this: being appropriate in the moments of your life. If you can honestly say, "This is where I'm meant to be right now, doing exactly what I'm doing," then all the amazing possibilities for your life become possible.

Parafraseando a Ralph E. Gomory en el prólogo de su libro Being Together, Working Apart: Dual-Career Families and the Work-Life Balance, pasamos de una unidad familiar en la que uno traía el pan y el otro cuidaba de la casa a otra en la que dos traen el pan y nadie cuida de la casa.

There is an art to clearing away the clutter and focusing on what matters most. It is simple and it is transferable. It just requires the courage to take a different approach." —George Anders

The best decision gets traded for any decision, and what should be progress simply becomes a trap.

Instead of forgetting your dreams and living within your means, try pursuing the means to live your dreams.

An accountability partner provides frank, objective feedback on your performance, creates an ongoing expectation for productive progress, and can provide critical brainstorming or even expertise when needed.

That's when the battle for the right of way gets fierce and frantic. Lacking a clear formula for making decisions, we get reactive and fall back on familiar, comfortable ways to decide what to do. As a result, we haphazardly select approaches that undermine our success.

Money is good for the good it can do for you and for others.