Quotes About Goal-setting

Every minute of every day, ask yourself, "What is the most valuable use of my time, right now?" and then discipline yourself to work on only that task until it is complete.

We want to play a full year, July to July, because that will mean we've been successful.

I get energized around a plan - what's it going to be like in three months? Six months? You're not going to let it defeat you. You got to keep going.

My goal is to keep going out there and defending my belt and stacking up pay cheques to set myself up for the future.

I wouldn't dare compare myself to Buffon, not as a man and not as a keeper.

Let's face it: fitness is boring. But it's critical to be extremely dedicated to whatever you decide to take up to achieve a desired result. There's no way you are going to get there without dedication, which is the key for me.

A master's is a lot more work than my first degree, but I'm an athlete who knows what she wants. I made up my mind, and I'm determined that this is what I'm going to do.

You'll see the "going big" theme running through everything I talk about in this section, as well as the rest of the book. You may be just

Success requires action, and action requires thought. But

No matter how many to-dos you start with, you can always narrow it to one. Keep going. You can actually take 20 percent of the 20 percent of the 20 percent and continue until you get to the single most important thing!

what's the ONE Thing I can do to ensure I hit my goals this week such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary?

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.

The ONE Thing sits at the heart of success and is the starting point for achieving extraordinary results.

Achievers operate differently. They have an eye for the essential.

So when you think about success, shoot for the moon. The moon is reachable if you prioritize everything and put all of your energy into accomplishing the most important thing. Getting extraordinary results is all about creating a domino effect in your life.

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.

So how do you make The ONE Thing part of your daily routine? How do you make it strong enough to get extraordinary results at work and in the other areas of your life?

the ONE Thing you can do this week such that by doing it everything else would be easier or unnecessary?

the secret to extraordinary results is to ask a very big and specific question that leads you to one very small and tightly focused answer.

What's the ONE Thing I can do today for [whatever you want] such that by doing it everything else will be easier or even unnecessary?

Goals must be high enough to excite you, yet not so high that you cannot vividly imagine them. Goals must be attainable, but just out of reach for now.

With one hundred miles left to go in the Klondike 200 I began imagining how amazed people would be at the finished line. Entering the Klondike, my sights had been set on merely finishing.

The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.

Be a practical dreamer backed by action