Andy Stanley Quotes

So many people spend so much time on things that aren't important. It's the difference between success and failure.

There just isn't enough time for everything on our 'to do' list - and there never will be. Successful people don't try to do everything. They learn to focus on the most important tasks and make sure they get done.

Never confuse activity with productivity.

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. Even if you don't get the list done, you've gotten the most important things done. So many people spend so much time on things that aren't important.

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.

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.

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.

You can get control of your tasks and activities only to the degree that you stop doing some things and start spending more time on the few activities that can really make a difference in your life.

People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.

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.

To do two things at once is to do neither.

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

If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got.

Time management is really key for me.

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

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.

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.

Time management is really important.

My dad gave me this advice: 'Make what you want to do for the rest of your life the first thing you do in the day and then worry about hanging out with friends.'

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

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

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.

Devoting a little of yourself to everything means committing a great deal of yourself to nothing.

Self-discipline is a great time-saver; it is the ability to make yourself work on only those things that are most important to you.