Quotes About Productivity

GOING SMALL If everyone has the same number of hours in a day, why do some people seem to get so much more done than others? How do they do more, achieve more, earn more, have more? If time is the currency of achievement, then why are some able to cash in their allotment for more chips than others? The answer is they make getting to the heart of things the heart of their approach. They go small.

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!

people and problems can chew up your time and drain your energy.

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.

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

Multitasking doesn't save time —it wastes time.

direction: the majority of what you want will come from the minority of what you do.

To do two things at once is to do neither." —Publilius Syrus

It's not that we have too little time to do all the things we need to do, it's that we feel the need to do too many things in the time we have.

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?

When people don't understand the power of the ONE Thing, they try to do too much—and because this never works over time, they end up making a horrific deal with themselves. They go for success by sacrificing their health. They stay up late, miss meals or eat poorly, and completely ignore exercise. Personal

To-do lists inherently lack the intent of success. In fact, most to-do lists are actually just survival lists—getting you through your day and your life, but not making each day a stepping-stone for the next so that you sequentially build a successful life.

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

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

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

Media multitaskers actually experience a thrill with switching—a burst of dopamine—that can be addictive. Without

So, if you want to get the most out of your day, do your most important work—your ONE Thing—early, before your willpower is drawn down.

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

When everything feels urgent and important, everything seems equal. We become active and busy, but this doesn't actually move us any closer to success. Activity is often unrelated to productivity, and busyness rarely takes care of business. "The things which are most important don't always scream the loudest." Bob Hawke

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

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.

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

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.