Quotes About Prioritization

You can work long, hard, and smart, but at Amazon.com you can pick only two out of three.

You can work long, you can work hard, you can work smart, but at Amazon you can't choose two out of three.

Focus on your bag. Not your girl.

Distractions don't exist. We either procrastinate or we are committed. What we call distractions are simply an excuse to procrastinate further.

The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.

Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before pancakes -Lopen

He was right. I was letting myself get distracted, like a rabbit doing math problems instead of looking for foxes.

Men protect things they find important," Galladon said with a shrug. "If you object, you shouldn't have made yourself so irreplaceable.Kolo?" -Brandon Sanderson (Elantris)

Maybe I'll remove dying from my list of tasks to do this week.

But the mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.

But the mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones." The

Sometimes," Dalinar said, "the prize is not worth the costs.

I always had two or three jobs at the same time. I started doing yard work when I was 7 or 8. When I was 13, I got my first state job doing road construction. Between working, sports and school, I hardly ever had free time.

We risk missing out on joy when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary.

When I let go of trying to be everything to everyone, I had much more time, attention, love, and connection for the important people in my life.

Group B: "I've simply stopped sending unnecessary e-mails and asked my friends and colleagues to do the same. I've also started setting the expectation that it might take me a few days to respond. If it's important, call me. Don't text or e-mail. Call. Better yet, stop by my office.

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.

At some point, if everything on the list is important, then nothing is truly a driver for you.

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.

The dig-deep is a secret level of pushing through when we're exhausted and overwhelmed, and when there's too much to do and too little time for self-care.

hyper-communication can mean we spend more time on Facebook than we do face-to-face with the people we care about.

Why Women Who Do Too Much Housework Should Neglect It for Their Writing

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He always put off the most important matters affecting his own life. When he was at work, on the other hand, he insisted on arguing for precisely the opposite approach. Always do the most important things first. He had a split personality.