Zbigniew Brzezinski Quotes

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.

You do the things that need to be done according to priority.

You need to figure out what the 2 or 3 most important things are, and then just do those.

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.

First things first, second things never.

Doing more things faster is no substitute for doing the right things.

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.

Cecil's dispatch of business was extraordinary, his maxim being, "The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once."

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.

Goals help you keep in perspective what's really important so you don't spend all of your time doing what seems urgent.

Organize and execute around priorities.

You must distinguish between what is urgent and what is important. You could accomplish all of the urgent things that you desire without accomplishing anything that is important.

If you don't have time, the truth is, you don't have priorities. Think harder; don't work harder.

Person who chases two rabbits catches neither.

The easiest thing to do in the world is to neglect the important and give in to the urgent.

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

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

Put first things first and we get second things thrown in: put second things first & we lose both first and second things.

What is urgent will always take precedence over what is important.

If you continually ask yourself, "What's important now?", you won't waste time on the trivial.

There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.

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

You don't need more time in your day. You need to decide.

As all entrepreneurs know, you live and die by your ability to prioritize. You must focus on the most important, mission-critical tasks each day and night, and then share, delegate, delay or skip the rest.

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.