Quotes About Prioritization

Life doesn't simplify itself the moment you simplify your focus; there's always other stuff screaming to be done. Always. So when stuff pops into your head, just write it down on a task list and get back to what you're supposed to be doing. In other words, do a brain dump. Then put it out of sight and out of mind until its time comes.

Knocking out a hundred tasks for whatever the reason is a poor substitute for doing even one task that's meaningful. Not everything matters equally, and success isn't a game won by whoever does the most.

you have a limited supply of willpower, so decide what matters and reserve your willpower for it.

long hours are neither virtuous nor healthy; and that we usually succeed in spite of most of what we do, not because of it.

Do what matters most first each day when your willpower is strongest. Maximum strength willpower means maximum success.

LAS SEIS MENTIRAS QUE SE INTERPONEN ENTRE EL ÉXITO Y TÚ 1. Todas las cosas importan por igual 2. La multitarea 3. Una vida disciplinada 4. La fuerza de voluntad está siempre disponible 5. Una vida equilibrada 6. Lo grande es malo

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." This

To quote Nass, "Multitaskers were just lousy at everything." Multitasking is a lie.

You don't need to be a disciplined person to be successful. In fact, you can become successful with less discipline than you think, for one simple reason: success is about doing the right thing, not about doing everything right.

Multitasking is merely the opportunity to screw up more than one thing at a time." —Steve Uzzell

When you try to do two things at once, you either can't or won't do either well.

extraordinary success is sequential, not simultaneous.

The concerns which fail are those which have scattered their capital, which means that they have scattered their brains also. They have investments in this, or that, or the other, here, there and everywhere.

The ONE Thing becomes difficult because we've unfortunately bought into too many others

The problem with living in the middle is that it prevents you from making extraordinary time commitments to anything. In your effort to attend to all things, everything gets shortchanged and nothing gets its due.

You can do two things at once, but you can't focus effectively on two things at once.

One of Satan's cleverest attacks is getting us to pour our time and energy into people who resent the grace we share and who will never change, keeping us from spending time with and focusing on others whom we can love and serve.

No man can be everything. A successful long-distance cyclist can't be a bodybuilder. Though there are exceptions, dedicating one's time to becoming exceptional at one thing usually means not being exceptional at a whole lot of other things. Since no man can be everything, one of the best gifts to give is acceptance-'You don't have to be anything other than what you are.

If you have an extra shirt to give to a toxic person, be kind. If you can give to a difficult individual without taking time away from a reliable individual, go for it. But if your investment of time and money keeps you from fulfilling your ministry and fighting your own battles, including investing in other reliable people, it's time to reevaluate. It's time to say no—even to your children.

As it pertains to you and me, let's admit we can't reach everyone, so let's invest our time in the reliable people we can reach. Find out who is toxic to you, consider walking away, and entrust them to God.

Even so, whenever the biblical model is superseded and a woman or man becomes a mom or dad first instead of a wife or husband first, the marriage suffers—very often irretrievably.

We cannot receive, however, unless we set aside time for God to speak—and then let him set the agenda for our discussion. I've found that my agenda is frequently different from God's. He must be the initiator in my spiritual walk. He knows what I need to hear. When I'm consumed with my temporal problems, I miss the blessing of being out of doors.

I always thought there'd be enough time for everything & just today I figured out that's true as long as I don't expect to be alive for it. —Time for Everything

Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life.