Quotes About Focus

Multitasking is a lie. It's a lie because nearly everyone accepts it as an effective thing to do. It's become so mainstream that people actually think it's something they should do, and do as often as possible. We not only hear talk about doing it, we even hear talk about getting better at it. More

Napoleon Hill put it very well in the title of his famous book Think and Grow Rich.

Instead of a to-do list, you need a success list—a list that is purposefully created around extraordinary results.

It's realizing that extraordinary results are directly determined by how narrow you can make your focus.

Toying with time will lead you down a rabbit hole with no way out. Believing this lie does its harm by convincing you to do things you shouldn't and stop doing things you should. Middle mismanagement can be one of the most destructive things you ever do. You can't ignore the inevitability of time.

When you want the absolute best chance to succeed at anything you want, your approach should always be the same. Go small. "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.

If a list isn't built around success, then that's not where it takes you.

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

If your to-do list contains everything, then it's probably taking you everywhere but where you really want to go.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

When you choose a big life, by default, you'll have to go small to get there. You must survey your choices, narrow your options, line up your priorities, and do what matters most. You must go small. You must find your ONE Thing.

giving the best you have to become the best you can be at your most important work.

irrelevancy.

they make getting to the heart of things the heart of their approach.

Whether you say "later" or "never," the point is to say "not now" to anything else you could do until your most important work is done.

realizing that extraordinary results are directly determined by how narrow you can make your focus.