Quotes About Commitment

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, if you want to get the most out of your day, do your most important work—your ONE Thing—early

The right discipline goes a long way, and habits are hard only in the beginning.

The goal in life is not to be a disciplined person but to be a person of selected disciplines.

put up a sheet of paper that said, "Until My ONE Thing Is Done—Everything Else Is A Distraction!

Put up with the discipline long enough to turn it into a habit, and the journey feels different.

Sustain the discipline long enough on one habit, and not only does it become easier, but so do other things as well.

Resultados extraordinários acontecem apenas quando você dá o melhor de si para tornar-se o melhor possível em sua função mais importante.

At the 1997 MacWorld Developers Conference, he explained, "When you think about focusing, you think, 'Well, focusing is saying yes.' No! Focusing is about saying no." Jobs

You have only so much time and energy, so when you spread yourself out, you end up spread thin. You want your achievements to add up, but that actually takes subtraction, not addition: You need to be doing fewer things for more effect instead of doing more things with side effects.

The trick to success is to choose the right habit and bring just enough discipline to establish it. That

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, with only infrequent counterbalancing to address them.

Every minute of every day, the question is never will we be doing something, but rather what that something is we'll be doing.

Michelangelo once said, "If the people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem wonderful at all." His

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it." —George Halas

Those who wrote down their goals were 39.5 percent more likely to accomplish them.

Every day great salespeople generate leads, great programmers program, and great artists paint. Take any profession or any position and fill in the blank. Great success shows up when time is devoted every day to becoming great.

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?

Time on a task, over time, eventually beats talent every time.

The first step is to understand the concept of the ONE Thing, then to believe that it can make a difference in your life. If you don't understand and believe, you won't take action.

It's a difference maker. Research says this will take about 66 days. Whether it takes you a few weeks or a few months, stick with it until it becomes your routine. If you're not serious about learning the Success Habit, you're not serious about getting extraordinary results.

If I want it, what must happen for me to get it?

are no excuses, no hiding places, and no "victim behavior." Goal pursuit, for

Be like a postage stamp— stick to one thing until you get there." —Josh Billings