Denis Waitley Quotes

Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager.

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.

Priorities are the yearly goals that I'm most interested in achieving, then they become operationalized through weekly goals.

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

An average person who develops the habit of setting clear priorities and getting important tasks completed quickly will run circles around a genius who talks a lot and makes wonderful plans but gets very little done.

The first fifteen minutes of your day should be spent planning your day. Set specific goals as to what you will accomplish. These clear goals will give you focal points on which you can govern your actions and provide your with a template you can live your day from.

If your priorities don't get scheduled into your planner, other people's priorities will get put into your planner.

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

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

Define your goals in terms of the activities necessary to achieve them, and concentrate on those activities.

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.

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.

I always try to start out with some type of goal. Then I work backward and think of what I need to do to get there, and give myself smaller goals that are more immediate.

Each night before I go to bed, I take out a small card and write a list of the things I need to do the next day in order of their priority.

I have lots of micro-goals of trying to get things done, whatever the amount of time available.

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

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

I want to be efficient and effective in everything I do.

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.

Success is never getting to the bottom of your to-do list.

Organize and execute around priorities.

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.

Take the best action toward your most important goal right now.

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.