Quotes from Gary Keller

So if achieving balance is a lie, then what do you do? Counterbalance. Replace the word "balance" with "counterbalance" and what you experience makes sense. The things we presume to have balance are really just counterbalancing.

The cost in terms of extra time from having to task switch depends on how complex or simple the tasks are

know value, find opportunity, and make deals. 7.

Counterbalancing done well gives the illusion of balance.

PROTECT YOUR TIME BLOCK For time blocks to actually block time, they must be protected. Although time blocking isn't hard, protecting the time you've blocked is. The world doesn't know your purpose or priorities and isn't responsible for them—you are. So it's your job to protect your time blocks from all those who don't know what matters most to you, and from yourself when you forget.

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. So

Pareto points us in a very clear direction: the majority of what you want will come from the minority of what you do.

do your most important work—your ONE Thing—early

Don't fear big. Fear mediocrity. Fear waste. Fear the lack of living to your fullest. When we fear big, we either consciously or subconsciously work against it.

Their "present bias" overrides logic, and they allow a big future with potentially extraordinary results to get away Now imagine the devastating impact living this way every day could have on your future self.

Extraordinary results aren't built solely on extraordinary results. They're built on failure too.

Counterbalancing is not only about your sense of well-being, it's essential to your being well.

When you allow yourself to accept that big is about who you can become, you look at it differently.

life as a series of connected choices, where our purpose sets our priority and our priority determines the productivity our actions produce.

Build one habit at a time. Success is sequential, not simultaneous. No one actually has the discipline to acquire more than one powerful new habit at a time. Super-successful people aren't superhuman at all; they've just used selected discipline to develop a few significant habits. One at a time. Over time.

When you argue for your limitations, you get to keep them. Don't be a victim of your circumstances. figure it out, find a way, and make it happen.

Regardless, doing the most important thing is always the most important thing.

The results suggest that it takes an average of 66 days to acquire a new habit. The full range was 18 to 254 days, but the 66 days represented a sweet spot—with easier behaviors taking fewer days on average and tough ones taking longer.

The inequality of effort for results is everywhere in your life if you will simply look for it. And if you apply this principle, it will unlock the success you seek in anything that matters to you.

Don't focus on being busy; focus on being productive. Allow what matters most to drive your day.

There are two types of counterbalancing: the balancing between work and personal life and the balancing within each. In the world of professional success, it's not about how much overtime you put in; the key ingredient is focused time over time.

Once you've figured out what actually matters, keep asking what matters most until there is only one thing left. That core activity goes at the top of your success list.

when you argue for your limitation, you get to keep them.

Tem de ser determinado. Lute pela única coisa que decidiu conquistar.