Jim Rohn Quotes

Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.

Don't start the day until you have it finished. Don't start the week until you have it finished. Don't start the month until you have it finished. Plan your day.

When I come into the office, the first thing I do is I plan out what I want to accomplish that day. I write it down in my notebook and make sure I accomplish it before I leave that day.

The night before, go over your schedule and see what you're going to do and what the purpose of what you're doing is. I advocate having a two-column schedule. On the left, put down all your appointments and phone calls. On the right, put down what the purpose is.

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'm very organized. I have my day-to-day schedule, every 15 minutes, written out.

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.

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.

Write down the most important things you have to do tomorrow.

Don't worry if you don't complete everything on the schedule. At least you will have completed the most important projects before getting to the less important ones.

I try to list the top three things to get done every day, and I'll be lucky if I hit all three, but it's amazing what that does to keep you on track.

As for my schedule, I tend to go to bed at the same time every night and get up at the same time every morning, and I try to be as productive as possible. Some days, I can devote to one specific thing. Other days, it's a catch-all day.

I love to-do lists.

Every day is sort of a jigsaw puzzle. You have to make sure that you're putting the most important things first.

You're actually making the rest of your day productive by spending 30 minutes reviewing your to-do's, prioritizing them, and ruthlessly removing things that shouldn't be there.

Probably the biggest problem I had was I didn't understand the importance of scheduling.

Compile your to-do list for tomorrow no later than this evening.

I always like to plan ahead of time and follow up.

Five minutes of planning are worth fifteen minutes of just looking.

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 keep a journal/day planner, which really helps me stay organized and focused.

If the big rocks don't go in first, they aren't going to fit in later.

I like to know where I'm going to be at seven o'clock.

No, my entire life is planned. It's called time management.

I'm at the gym at 6, so I'm usually in my office by 7:15. And I try to not schedule a lot of meetings before 8. So I've got that first hour to get myself organized for the day and to make sure that I've structured what I want to do.