Bob Goff Quotes

Efficiency, which is doing things right, is irrelevant until you work on the right things.

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

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

We may be very busy, we may be very 'efficient', but we will also be truly 'effective' only when we begin with the end in mind.

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do a great deal if we choose our goals well and work diligently to attain them.

Three hours of focused time on the projects that will really add value and uplift your career are so much better than 10 hours where you are constantly being interrupted and taken off your focus.

The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.

The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with and prioritized their work around those top priorities, not only are they many times more productive, they discover they have the time they need to have a whole life.

You don't have to get things done all the time to be productive.

When I meet with the founders of a new company, my advice is almost always, 'Do fewer things.' It's true of partnerships, marketing opportunities, anything that's taking up your time. The vast majority of things are distractions, and very few really matter to your success.

I have found that if I spend the first hour of my day at home, I get more done, and less people steal my time.

I think it is important to do good work and last longer than to do lot of work and burn out quickly.

Be ambitious about things that last.

Never confuse activity with productivity.

He that pursues two hares at once, does not catch one and lets the other go.

We value the clock for its speed and efficiency. The clock has its place, efficiency has its place, after effectiveness. The symbol of effectiveness is the compass a sense of direction, purpose, vision, perspective, and balance. But the empowerment process itself is not efficient.

Infinite patience produces immediate results.

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.

It's incredibly easy to get caught up in an activity trap, in the busy-ness of life, to work harder and harder at climbing the ladder of success only to discover it's leaning against the wrong wall. It is possible to be busy - very busy - without being very effective.

Don't confuse activity with productivity. Many people are simply busy being busy.

Focus on essentials and try not to get distracted and bogged down by things that don't add value to the bottom line.

If there is any one secret of effectiveness, it is concentration. Effective executives do first things first and they do one thing at a time.

The more you have to do, the more you have only NOW to get it done. That's why busy people get the most done.

The secret of the truly successful ... is that they learned early in life how not to be busy.

The primary reason we do too much is that we have never taken the time to discover that portion of what we do that makes the biggest difference.