Brian Tracy Quotes

Your ability to select your most important task at each moment, and then to get started on that task and to get it done both quickly and well, will probably have more of an impact on your success than any other quality or skill you can develop.

You perform at your best when you are working continually on high-priority goals and objectives.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

I've learned time management, organization and I have priorities.

Work smart. Get things done.

Focusing on the right priorities can help you do more faster.

There just isn't enough time for everything on our 'to do' list - and there never will be. Successful people don't try to do everything. They learn to focus on the most important tasks and make sure they get done.

When first things are put first, second things are not suppressed but increased.

Stay focused and don't try to do too many things at once. Care about execution quality.

Do one thing at a time. Start the day with a list of things you have to do, and do the most important things first. Even if you don't get the list done, you've gotten the most important things done. So many people spend so much time on things that aren't important.

The real key is time management and being able to focus on what you need to, on using every available minute to accomplish something that needs to be done.

The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish good results while the strongest, by dispersing his effort over many chores, may fail to accomplish anything.

People who can focus, get things done. People who can prioritize, get the right things done.

One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a TO DO List every day, keep it visible, and use it as a guide to action as you go through the day.

I have always lived my life by making lists: lists of people to call, lists of ideas, lists of companies to set up, lists of people who can make things happen. Each day I work through these lists, and that sequence of calls propels me forward.

The essence of the best thinking in the area of time management (practice planning) can be captured in a single phrase: Organize and execute around priorities

When you make a to-do list, you should also make a to-not-do list. Warren Buffet was asked about the secret to success, and he said that it was saying no to almost everything. Some of those little tasks won't matter as long as you get the big tasks done.

Success in business hinges mostly on the ability to get the important things done.

I have a deadline. I'm glad. I think that will help me get it done.

Time management is really key for me.

I either delegate something, I dump it, or I deal with it.

I'm quite good at multitasking, but I have to do things immediately.

From a productivity perspective, prioritization is key. And it's very easy to focus on clearing the decks of minutia, especially when one's very busy.

Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager. Cut your major goals into bite-sized pieces. Each small priority or requirement on the way to ultimate goal become a mini goal in itself.

I always make lists of things I need to get done. I like the sense of having completed one thing so I can move on to the next.