Quotes About Priority

Until my ONE Thing is done—everything else is a distraction.

Achievers operate differently. They have an eye for the essential. They pause just long enough to decide what matters and then allow what matters to drive their day. Achievers do sooner what others plan to do later and defer, perhaps indefinitely, what others do sooner. The difference isn't in intent, but in right of way. Achievers always work from a clear sense of priority.

buying into The ONE Thing becomes difficult because we've unfortunately bought into too many others—and more often than not those "other things" muddle our thinking, misguide our actions, and sidetrack our success.

There can only be one most important thing. Many things may be important, but only one can be the most important." —Ross Garber

The truth is that things don't matter equally and success is found in doing what matters most.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least." —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The things which are most important don't always scream the loudest.

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!

BIG IDEAS Distraction is natural. Don't feel bad when you get distracted. Everyone gets distracted. Multitasking takes a toll. At home or at work, distractions lead to poor choices, painful mistakes, and unnecessary stress. Distraction undermines results. When you try to do too much at once, you can end up doing nothing well. Figure out what matters most in the moment and give it your undivided attention.

Purpose without priority is powerless.

When you act on your priority, you'll automatically go out of balance, giving more time to one thing over another.

Curly: Do you know what the secret of life is? Mitch: No. What? Curly: This. [He holds up one finger.] Mitch: Your finger? Curly: One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that and everything else don't mean sh*t. Mitch: That's great, but what's the "one thing"? Curly: That's what you've got to figure out.

they favor new information over old, even if the older information is more valuable.

To achieve an extraordinary result you must choose what matters most and give it all the time it demands. This requires getting extremely out of balance in relation to all other work issues

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?

do your most important work—your ONE Thing—early, before your willpower is drawn down.

But juggling isn't multitasking. Juggling is an illusion. To

Connecting purpose, priority, and productivity determines how high above the rest successful individuals and profitable businesses rise.

do your most important work—your ONE Thing—early

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

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

irrelevancy.

high multitaskers are suckers for irrelevancy.

Live with purpose and you know where you want to go. Live by priority and you'll know what to do to get there.