Quotes About Prioritization

If you truly love someone, you should be more interested in keeping them happy than in being right.

There is nothing to prove to anyone, just concentrate on your own needs.

How often do you find yourself saying, "In a minute", "I'll get to it" or "Tomorrow's good enough" and every other possible excuse in the book? Compare it with how often you decide it's got to be done, so let's get on and do it! That should tell you just how serious your procrastinating problem really is.

Making time for what you really want to do can be a full-time job, but only if you allow it to be.

When practiced, Sabbath-keeping is an active protest against a culture that is always on, always available and always looking for something else to do.

Is there a way to choose a few things and do them well rather than do a lot of things halfway or not at all? Can we accept the fact that we may be in a season when we need to say no with the understanding that the season will not last forever?

You can have this, too. Don't be another heartbreak story. Start putting yourself first—get where you want to be, and make your man be all that he can be. Remember this: the number one cause of failure in this country is the fear of failure. Fear paralyzes you from taking action. Don't be afraid to lose him, because if a man truly loves you, he's not going anywhere.

life responsibilities in the right order: God, family, education, and then business.

It comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much.

Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.

For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Focus is about saying, No. And the result of that focus is going to be some really great products where the total is much greater than the sum of the parts.

In a strong relationship, you should love your companion more than you need them.

Stop allowing your day-to-day life to be clouded by busy nothingness."

If you've got a dollar and you spend 29 cents on a loaf of bread, you've got 71 cents left; But if you've got seventeen grand and you spend 29 cents on a loaf of bread, you've still got seventeen grand. There's a math lesson for you.

usually more time is spent in making good-looking presentation slides than in improving the quality of the software.

Spend your time on the 20 percent of the refactorings that provide 80 percent of the benefit.

You've got to set yourself up to be as healthy as you can. The thing we tend to do is when it gets to be a bit too hard, we actually opt out for the absolute worst option. For example, if you're in a rush in a morning and you feel like you don't have time to make breakfast, you skip it.

My life as a mother had been one of skipping meals, always saving the 'good' food, like fresh fruit, for the kids I told myself deserved it more than I did.

I think people want very much to simplify their lives enough so that they can control the things that make it possible to sleep at night.

I'm irresponsible to my career in order to paint. Because painting is obsessive. I forget to eat. I forget to sleep.

Give your 100 per cent. Whether you are working or with family and friends. Even if you are sleeping, you should give it your 100 per cent.

When did a doctor prescribe, not sleeping pills, but sleep itself? It needs to be prioritised, even incentivised.

For many years, taking care of myself consisted of showering and showing up to work on time. Sleeping and eating were inconveniences at best.