Quotes About Prioritization

If you are too busy to read, you are too busy.

Si aprovechamos bien tan sólo el 20 % de nuestro tiempo, no nos quedaremos cortos.

Avoid hard work. Don't push water uphill. Be very selective in what you do. Have a great life.

80 percent of products, or customers or employees, are only contributing 20 percent of profits; that there is great waste; that the most powerful resources of the company are being held back by a majority of much less effective resources; that profits could be multiplied if more of the best sort of products could be sold, employees hired, or customers attracted (or convinced to buy more from the firm).

It is not shortage of time that should worry us, but the tendency for the majority of time to be spent in low-quality ways.

If we did realize the difference between the vital few and the trivial many in all aspects of our lives and if we did something about it, we could multiply anything that we valued.

By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home, you've blown seven hours. There are better things you can do with your time.

You can spend your money and spend your time. At the end of the day, you can look in your wallet and know how much money you have left. That's the difference between money and time.

When there are two possible solutions, favor the one that is simpler and based on concrete need rather than the more intricate one that boasts of generality.

One need not fight every battle, or die in the struggle, to be a hero.

Never trade what you love for what's behind curtain B. Never.

He didn't understand that one person's love is better than a thousand people's approval.

There will always be people like that. Don't give them your time or your sanity.

Always strive to excel, but only on weekends.

If pain were all that mattered, it would be as important to protect the rabbits from the foxes as to protect the Jews from the Nazis.

Rule 5. Know What Counts and What Doesn't

Psychologist and author Wendy Mogel urges parents to stick to a twenty-minute rule—spend no more than twenty minutes a day "thinking about your child's education or worrying about your child, period." Except in those cases when a child is having a significant academic or emotional problem, that's a good rule.

Pierde una hora por la mañana y la estarás buscando todo el día

Strategic thought is needed in missionary work. From the point of view of salvation, all souls are equal. From the view of missionary strategy, they are not equal.

You managed to get him a duster, but you couldn't find me a pair of jeans?

Vladimir did great things—so could she. Besides, they come first, right?" "Not always." I stared. I'd had they come first drilled into me since I was a child. It was what all guardians believed. Only the dhampirs who'd run away from their duty didn't subscribe to that. What he said was almost like treason. "Sometimes, Rose, you have to know when to put yourself first.

It was impossible to get the Dimitri and Tasha thing out of my head, but at least packing and getting ready made sure I didn't devote 100 percent of my brain power to him. More like 95 percent.

Worry about staying alive first. Then worry about how you're going to live.

You think that I'm so manipulative and scheming, Miss Sage? It's all for them. For my loved ones first. My people second. And yes, I suppose I'm in the mix there too, but don't think for an instant I wouldn't sacrifice myself if it could save someone I love. And don't think for an instant that I wouldn't do terrible, unspeakable things if it could save someone I love.