Quotes About Prioritization

It would probably be better if I got involved in fewer things just because I'd have more time to write for my own purposes... But if somebody calls you up with a really cool project, it's hard to just say 'no' because you don't feel like working.

I think no matter what you are going to pursue, if you pursue it like it's the most important thing, then everything else will be lost. And at the end of the day, when it's time to evaluate the path that you chose for your life, there has to be something more.

I had to take a decision. Do I pursue dance, my passion, or help my mother out? The movies beckoned.

If you pursued every rumour in Formula One, you'd hardly have time for anything else.

On gym days, I don't get to my desk until 4 in the afternoon, and everything except bedtime and the appointment with the liquid narcotic is pushed back a bit.

I filmed seven movies in 2011 and I think that was a mistake. I pushed myself too hard and I want to be able to come to work each day and give 100 percent. I guess I found out what my boundaries are.

I have lived my life putting work first, pushing myself to overcome obstacles to get the job done.

I am a person who always puts the team in front and I do it publicly.

To be in this business and be a star, not just be on the card, to be a star puts a demand on your time.

We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.

Why is it so hard for the IMF and the U.S. government to understand that putting out the fire comes before fireproofing the building?

A lot of us think we're invincible... but we have to start putting ourselves on the to-do list.

If I have a choice between putting my kids to bed and going to a party, I'll put my kids to bed. If I have a choice of going to a restaurant or having friends round, I'll have friends round. Every time.

I don't believe in expending energy on something you can't do anything about. If there was some easy way of fixing things, I'd probably do it.

Family's number one; just, that's flat out it, and I think a lot of people, when they're put in a certain position, will come to that conclusion, and you'll just do whatever.

All too often in tough economic times, it is the environment that gets left on the cutting room floors of Congress as everyone scraps for limited federal dollars.

My focus is basketball, and that's it.

What are we focused on? Return on equity. We don't need these great big tier one assets. I'm very happy with getting tier two, tier three assets; that's what Glencore has been good at.

I have always focused on the bottom line.

I'm focused on football; focused on my family right now.

Being favorite counts for nothing. I am focusing on doing the best time of my life, whether or not it's the best in history or the best in the competition.

You have to focus more in Serie A, because in the Champions League, focusing happens automatically, as there are not as many matches, and they are all tough.

To be honest, I'm focusing on me and my brand and wherever that takes me.

A lot of folks look at the political calculation and then determine the policy. I think that's backward.