Brian Tracy Quotes

When you make a to-do list, you should also make a to-not-do list. Warren Buffet was asked about the secret to success, and he said that it was saying no to almost everything. Some of those little tasks won't matter as long as you get the big tasks done.

I do the unpleasant tasks before I do the pleasant ones.

Perhaps the very best question that you can memorize and repeat, over and over, is, 'what is the most valuable use of my time right now?'

You have to ruthlessly prioritize.

Do the jobs you like least first. It makes each successive job easier.

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.

As he that lives longest lives but a little while, every man may be certain that he has no time to waste. The duties of life are commensurate to its duration; and every day brings its task, which, if neglected, is doubled on the morrow.

I have reached the end of my time, and have hardly come to the beginning of my task.

Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.

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."

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.

Eat that frog! If you have to eat 3 frogs, eat the biggest and uggliest one first.

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

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

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

He who puts off nothing till tomorrow has done a great deal.

Leave for tomorrow what you can't do today.

The best cure for procrastination is to have so much on your plate that procrastination is no longer an option.

The living are more demanding; the dead can wait.

Because, as we all know, it’s easier to do trivial things that are urgent than it is to do important things that are not urgent, like thinking. And it’s also easier to do little things we know we can do than to start on big things that we’re not so sure about.

People with good work habits have to-do lists that are reasonably prioritized, and they make themselves do what needs to be done. By contrast, people with poor work habits almost randomly react to the stuff that comes at them, or they can't bring themselves to do the things they need to do but don't like to do (or are unable to do).

Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

Take care of difficult calls or emails as quickly as possible. Procrastinating just makes it harder; getting them done gives a big boost of relieved energy.

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.

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