Quotes About Prioritization

One of the biggest wastes of time is doing something well that didn't need to be done at all.

Just because we're busy doesn't mean we're being productive. Working is one of the most dangerous forms of procrastination.

What I do most days matters more than what I do once in a while." That kind of self-encouragement is a greater safeguard than self-blame.

I started to apply the "one-minute rule"; I didn't postpone any task that could be done in less than one minute.

By getting rid of the things I don't use, don't need, or don't love, as well as the things that don't work, don't fit, or don't suit, I free my mind—and my shelves—for what I truly value. And that's true for most people.

Once I've cleared away the things I don't need, use, or love, my surroundings reveal to me, and to others, the things that matter most to me. Careful curation means that my space and my possessions reflect my truest identity.

Remind the Obliger that saying no allows him or her to say yes to work that's more important

One of the biggest wastes of time is doing something well that didn't need to be done at all.

Something that can be done at any time is often done at no time. Do it now, or decide when you'll do it.

Eventually, I decided to count my daily walk or cross-country ski as a treat—my time for myself in a day otherwise filled with responsibilities. Somehow, that made it much easier to make it a priority.

You can choose what you do; you can't choose what you like to do. You can do anything you want, but you can't do everything you want.

These tasks weren't urgent (which was the reason they didn't get done), but because they weighed on my mind, they sapped my energy.

leisure must be entered on the schedule as its own activity; it's not something I get only when I have nothing else to do. Because I always have something else to do.

I remind myself, Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. (Cribbed from Voltaire.) A twenty-minute walk that I do is better than the four-mile run that I don't do. The imperfect book that gets published is better than the perfect book that never leaves my computer. The dinner party of take-out Chinese food is better than the elegant dinner that I never host.

Home Every room should include something purple Keep pens, a notepad, and a pair of scissors in every room Write down anything I need to remember If something's important to me, I should reserve time for it in my schedule, make a place for it in my home, and build relationships around it

I did, however, vow to stop reading books that I didn't enjoy. I used to pride myself on finishing every book I started—no longer.

I can DO ANYTHING I want, but I can't DO EVERYTHING I want.

It's a Secret of Adulthood: The biggest waste of time is to do well something that we need not do at all.

Accomplish more by working less.

Your lack of planning is not my emergency.")

Apply the one minute rule. Don't postpone anything that could be done in less than a minute

leisure must be entered on the schedule as its own activity; it's not something I get only when I have nothing else to do. Because I always have something else to do. Having

But you can't be saying I should walk away from everything I have worked for all my life? No, I am not. What I am saying is that we need to take a much closer look at what we have been calling our life. To what purpose? To see if it is really ours. Once we know what is authentically our own, then we also know what to keep and protect and what to let go.

Bootstrapping goes awry when entrepreneurs focus on saving pennies to the detriment of the Big Picture.