Quotes About Prioritization

Your ability to think, plan, and work hard in the short term and to discipline yourself to do what is right and necessary before you do what is fun and easy is the key to creating a wonderful future for yourself.

The law of increasing returns says that the more you focus on doing the few things that represent the most valuable use of your time, the better you become at those activities and the less time it takes you to accomplish each one.

You can't decide to value your child sometimes, and then put a game of Farmville, or golf, or a scrapbooking session before kids on other days. Values are non-negotiable like that.

The first rule of frog eating is this: If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first.

Your ability to choose between the important and the unimportant is the key determinant of your success in life and work.

The first rule of frog eating is this: If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first. This

utilizan su tiempo mucho mejor que la persona promedio.

One of the very worst uses of time is to do something very well that need not be done at all.

The second rule of frog eating is this: If you have to eat a live frog at all, it doesn't pay to sit and look at it for very long.

Time management is really life management

You can get control of your time and your life only by changing the way you think, work, and deal with the never-ending river of responsibilities that flows over you each day. You can get control of your tasks and activities only to the degree that you stop doing some things and start spending more time on the few activities that can really make a difference in your life.

Before you begin work, always ask yourself, "Is this task in the top 20 percent of my activities or in the bottom 80 percent?

The second rule of frog eating is this: If you have to eat a live frog at all, it doesn't pay to sit and look at it for very long. The

hacen correctamente las cosas adecuadas.

Your attitude toward time, your "time horizon," has an enormous impact on your behavior and your choices.

Warren Buffett, one of the richest men in the world, was once asked his secret of success. He replied, "Simple. I just say no to everything that is not absolutely vital to me at the moment.

Una de las maneras más rápidas y mejores de dejar de postergar y conseguir hacer más cosas velozmente es ser absoluta- mente excelente en las áreas clave de resultados. Esto puede ser tan importante como cualquier otra cosa que haga en su vida o su carrera.

your ability to select your most important task at each moment, and then to get started on that task and to get it done both quickly and well, will probably have more of an impact on your success than any other quality or skill you can develop. An

3. Apply the 80/ 20 Rule to everything: Twenty percent of your activities will account for 80 percent of your results. Always concentrate your efforts on that top 20 percent.

If I could do only three things on this list, all day long, what would be the third item?

5. Practice creative procrastination: Since you can't do everything, you must learn to deliberately put off those tasks that are of low value so that you have enough time to do the few things that really count.

6. Use the ABCDE Method continually: Before you begin work on a list of tasks, take a few moments to organize them by value and priority so you can be sure of working on your most important activities.

7. Focus on key result areas: Identify those results that you absolutely, positively have to get to do your job well, and work on them all day long.

8. Apply the Law of Three: Identify the three things you do in your work that account for 90 percent of your contribution, and focus on getting them done before anything else. You will then have more time for your family and personal life.