Quotes About Prioritization

Making effective decisions—and learning effectively—requires massive elimination and the removal of options.

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At least three times per day at scheduled times, he had to ask himself the following question: Am I being productive or just active?

Who is causing me stress disproportionate to the time I spend with them? What will happen if I simply stop interacting with these people? Fear-setting helps here.

How to Say "No" When It Matters Most "The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." —Lin Yutang "Discipline equals freedom." —Jocko Willink (page 412)

Learn to ask, "If this is the only thing I accomplish today, will I be satisfied with my day?

Which of these highest-value activities is the easiest for me to do?

two primary goals or tasks per day.

Parece razonable dedicar el 5 por ciento del tiempo a pensar cómo pasarás el 95 por ciento restante.

Más no es mejor, y dejar algo a medias suele ser 10 veces mejor que terminarlo. Acostúmbrate a no terminar lo que sea aburrido o improductivo si un jefe no te lo pide.

I can't give you a surefire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.

if we're serious all the time, we'll wear out before we get the truly serious stuff done.

People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I'm actually as proud of the things we haven't done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things." –Steve Jobs Co-founder and former CEO of Apple

No estás dedicando mucho tiempo a reflexionar sobre esta especie de macrooptimización.

Focus on great for a few things and good enough for the rest. Perfection is a good ideal and direction to have, but recognize it for what it is: an impossible destination.

The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Success by Achieving More with Less (288 pages) BY RICHARD KOCH

Even today, I still benefit from that because I don't merge and bring things together and see everything as one big problem. I take them one challenge at a time.

you should have, at most, two primary goals or tasks per day. Do them separately from start to finish without distraction.

Here are two truisms to keep in mind: 1. Doing something unimportant well does not make it important. 2. Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important.

Do not let people interrupt you. Find your focus and you'll find your lifestyle.

The next morning, I began a dissection of my business and personal life through the lenses of two questions: 1. Which 20% of sources are causing 80% of my problems and unhappiness? 2. Which 20% of sources are resulting in 80% of my desired outcomes and happiness?

Is your weekend really free if you find a crisis in the inbox Saturday morning that you can't address until Monday morning? Even if the inbox scan lasts 30 seconds, the preoccupation and forward projection for the subsequent 48 hours effectively deletes that experience from your life. You had time but you didn't have attention, so the time had no practical value.

Take 45 Minutes Instead of 43—Is Your Red Face Worth It?

escribir el 20 por ciento de las actividades y la gente que me causan el 80 por ciento o más de las emociones negativas.