Priorities

The art of focusing on what truly matters

Priority is not plural. Focus on one thing at a time.

Always know your most important task, and treat everything else as a "Plus".

Get the important things right.

Close some doors today. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they lead you nowhere.

If it is important to you you'll find a way, if not you'll find an excuse.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.

Always look where you want to go, not where you don't want to go.

When everything is a priority nothing is a priority. Attempting to maximise competing variables is a recipe for disaster.

Focus on doing one or two things extremely well, in one place, consistently, over a long period of time.

Never argue. In society nothing must be discussed; give only results.

Leave me alone, I'm trying to build! Don't you know how people build? By concentrating!

The things that matter most must never be at the mercy of the things that matter least.

Don't prioritize your schedule, schedule your priorities.

The key is not to spend time, but to invest it.

What you don't do determines what you can do.

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.

The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.

You can do anything, but not everything.

Action expresses priorities.

Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else.

Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you'll have more time, and more tranquility.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.