Quotes from Gary Keller

Resting is as important as working. There are a few examples of successful people who violate this, but they are not our role models. They succeed in spite of how they rest and renew—not because of it.

Seja como um selo de correio: fique grudado em uma única coisa até chegar ao seu destino.

There is this pervasive idea that the successful person is the "disciplined person" who leads a "disciplined life." It's a lie. The truth is we don't need any more discipline than we already have. We just need to direct and manage it a little better.

Millionaire Real Estate Agents are seller listing lead generators first, marketers of those seller listings second, and buyer listing lead generators third.

Apenas aqueles que se arriscam a ir longe demais tem a chance de descobrir quão longe podem ir." T. S. Eliot

In fact, most to-do lists are actually just survival lists—getting you through your day and your life, but not making each day a stepping-stone for the next so that you sequentially build a successful life.

You know from reading the book that it takes on average 66 days to create a new habit, so approach this accordingly.

A chave é "ao longo do tempo". O sucesso é construído sequencialmente. Uma coisa de cada vez.

Without intentionally protecting it every day, we allow ourselves to go from a will and a way to no will and no way. If success is what were after, this won't work.

Going small" is ignoring all the things you could do and doing what you should do. It's recognizing that not all things matter equally and finding the things that matter most. It

Low goals don't require extraordinary actions so they rarely lead to extraordinary results.

Small plans at best yield small results, and big plans at worst beat small plans.

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.

So how do you put your willpower to work? You think about it. Pay attention to it. Respect it. You make doing what matters most a priority when your willpower is its highest. In other words, you give it the time of day it deserves.

São aqueles que se concentram só numa coisa de cada vez que avançam neste mundo.

Every day, without realizing it, we engage in all manner of activities that diminish our willpower. Willpower is depleted when we make decisions to focus our attention, suppress our feelings and impulses, or modify our behavior in pursuit of goals.

Life doesn't simplify itself the moment you simplify your focus; there's always other stuff screaming to be done. Always. So when stuff pops into your head, just write it down on a task list and get back to what you're supposed to be doing. In other words, do a brain dump. Then put it out of sight and out of mind until its time comes.

Knocking out a hundred tasks for whatever the reason is a poor substitute for doing even one task that's meaningful. Not everything matters equally, and success isn't a game won by whoever does the most.

The truth is, it's a package deal. When you strive for greatness, chaos is guaranteed to show up. In fact, other areas of your life may experience chaos in direct proportion to the time you put in on your ONE Thing. It's important for you to accept this instead of fighting it. Oscar-winning filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola warns us that "anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos." In other words, get used to it and get over it.

Las personas no deciden su futuro, deciden sus hábitos, y son sus hábitos los que deciden su futuro». F. M. Alexander

People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures.

Este es uno de los mitos más predominantes de nuestra cultura: la autodisciplina». Leo Babauta

you have a limited supply of willpower, so decide what matters and reserve your willpower for it.

long hours are neither virtuous nor healthy; and that we usually succeed in spite of most of what we do, not because of it.