Quotes About Prioritization

Sometimes we give up a dream to play a larger role in someone else's dream.

Once you become the mommy or daddy in your child's world, it is the only world in which you exist, no matter how much you fancy there is a separate world of your own.

I am never five minutes into stripping the clutter from my life before I start running into the clutter that is my life.

What's a man's age He must hurry more, that's all Cram in a day, what his youth took a year to hold.

LeBlanc's law: Later equals never.

The first value of software—behavior—is urgent but not always particularly important. The second value of software—architecture—is important but never particularly urgent.

the ratio of time spent reading vs. writing is well over 10:1.

A good manager drives a project to be good enough, fast enough, cheap enough, and done as much as necessary. A good manager manages the coefficients on these attributes rather than demanding that all those coefficients are 100%. It is this kind of management that Agile strives to enable.

WHICH LINES DO YOU DRAW, AND WHEN DO YOU DRAW THEM? You draw lines between things that matter and things that don't. The GUI doesn't matter to the business rules, so there should be a line between them. The database doesn't matter to the GUI, so there should be a line between them. The database doesn't matter to the business rules, so there should be a line between them.

We develop features before infrastructure and frequently show those features to stakeholders.

First, it is essential that you begin with one skill that you can master, and that serves as a foundation for acquiring others. You must avoid at all cost the idea that you can manage learning several skills at a time.

Half of your mastery of power comes from what you do NOT do, what you do not ALLOW yourself to get dragged into.

Chekhov] made a vow to himself: no more bowing and apologizing to people; no more complaining and blaming; no more disorderly living and wasting time. The answer to everything was work and love, work and love.

Often we try too many things at one time, thinking that one of them will bring us success—but in these situations our minds are diffused, our efforts halfhearted. It is better to take on one daunting challenge, even one that others think foolish. Our future is at stake; we cannot afford to lose. So we don't.

Remember: You have only so much energy and so much time. Every moment wasted on the affairs of others subtracts from your strength.

Do not waste precious time trying to steal a sheep or two ...

It is important to remember, though, that being self-reliant does not mean burdening yourself with petty details. You must be able to distinguish between small matters that are best left to others and larger issues that require your attention and care.

Powerful people judge everything by what it costs, not just in money but in time, dignity, and peace of mind.

Do not waste time on things you cannot change or influence. Just keep moving.

Problems do not queue up outside a statesman's door, waiting to be solved in an orderly fashion, chapter by chapter, as the books would have us believe; instead they crowd in en masse, demanding attention.

The ability to focus attnetion on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence.---Irrational Exuberance

Perrin, my father says a general can take care of the living or weep for the dead, but he cannot do both.

First things first; take care of what can be done now before worrying too long over what might never be.

There were more important uses for that time. One thing at a time, and the most important first. That was his way.