Quotes About Prioritization

You must shepherd your limited resources carefully. Seeing is very difficult, so you must choose what to see, and let the rest go.

Ver es algo muy difícil, así que tienes que elegir qué ver y obviar lo demás.

You must decide how much of your time to spend on this, and how much on that. You must decide what to let go, and what to pursue.

If life's taught me anything, it's that you might as well eat your dessert first, 'cos the ceiling might fall in before you're even done with the salad.

The average American thinks there are plenty of non-worthwhile federal programs that are wasting our money and is ready and willing to put them on the chopping block to make ends meet. The problem is, there's no consensus on which programs are the worthless ones.

This vivid consciousness of not being able to be or to do but one thing at a time purifies our demands of what that thing shall be. We then feel a repugnance for that juvenile narcissism which does no matter what, precisely because it doesn't matter what, and which nevertheless believes in its vanity that it is doing something.

From now on I'm thinking only of me." Major Danby replied indulgently with a superior smile: "But, Yossarian, suppose everyone felt that way." "Then," said Yossarian, "I'd certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way, wouldn't I?

Also, I had not yet found out about time; I was still under the illusion that I had plenty of time - time for this, time for that, time for everything, time to waste.

It wasn't love," Squirrelflight growled. "It was obsession. To love another cat is to put their needs first. But Ashfur only ever put himself first.

But Jaypaw was her brother, and she would always be loyal to him first.

Es más fácil escoger de una vez para siempre que verte aturdido cada vez que vas a comprar algo nuevo.

Never have more children than you have car windows.

My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.

My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you?

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.

Allora come adesso preferisco il libro al film, per il motivo della precedenza. Non succede che un libro sia tratto da un film.

If bringing up the next generation is important, why aren't they the best qualified, the best paid? Why aren't we as concerned about their career progression as we are about those who work in the education or health services?

David Seabury's book The Art of Selfishness

I didn't know you could waste a whole day over dressmaking. The next morning I learned that you can waste another day over the same stupid dresses.

Except that when it came to choosing between smiles and thanks on the one hand, and the good of society on the other, this driver knew what it had to be.

In our business, it is helpful to get to the one or two really important numbers that need to be considered. There isn't time for more." We concur.

Suppose your team has come up with some interesting ideas that don't fit under the main issues. What then? You could ignore those points, but that wouldn't help Acme. You could make them issues in their own right, but then you would have too many issues. A good McKinsey issue list contains neither fewer than two nor more than five top-line issues (of course, three is best).

LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE Every now and then, take a mental step back from whatever you're doing. Ask yourself some basic questions: How does what you're doing solve the problem? How does it advance your thinking? Is it the most important thing you could be doing right now? If it's not helping, why are you doing it?