Stephen Covey Quotes

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.

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

Once you have a clear picture of your priorities - that is values, goals, and high leverage activities - organize around them.

I try to compartmentalize as much as possible, and I have the most amazing team in the world. They really set up my time in a way that is completely efficient all the time.

I think long and hard about what it is I'm actually trying to do, and then I kind of have to narrow my focus into that. If I don't, I'm too all over the place.

I'm trying to keep my days very efficient, and I keep my set really tight. Every single corner is active, and everybody gets to thrive in the job that they do. I don't waste people's time.

As in all things, it is terribly important to have a sense of priorities in what you do. And to make certain that priorities do not clash.

Organize and execute around priorities.

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.

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

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

Boundary setting is really a huge part of time management.

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

Also, I'm always learning better and better how to prioritize and how to leave certain things for the next day.

Deadlines aren't bad. They help you organize your time. They help you set priorities. They make you get going when you might not feel like it.

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

Time management is really key for me.

Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.

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

The secret to multitasking is that it isn't actually multitasking. It's just extreme focus and organization.

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.

There is time enough for everything, in the course of the day, if you do but one thing at once; but there is not time enough in the year, if you will do two things at a time.

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.

When I work on multiple projects, I'm really good at dividing my days, so I start in the morning with a clean slate.