William Frederick Book Quotes

At SBI, we say that if you need a project to be done, you need to be determined that it needs to be done, put a deadline, and it will get done.

I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.

Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.

There are two kinds of people, those who finish what they start and so on.

The most important thing to keep in mind in being effective is focus.

Finishing what you started is important.

No matter what your work today, if it is worth while at all - time to plan it out, time to do it well, and time to finish it, is your day's greatest gift and your greatest job.

Know your priorities and identify the five powerful action steps that you intend to take to move your initiatives forward each day. If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually, the tree has to fall down.

The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.

I think one of the greatest skills a person can have is to complete a task they start. To take something from beginning, to middle, to end. In life, if you have that skill, I think you can go very far.

Goal-setting and achieving those goals - that's just what I do.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

I have a really powerful urge to see things work.

Crystallize your goals. Make a plan for achieving them and set yourself a deadline. Then, with supreme confidence, determination and disregard for obstacles and other people's criticisms, carry out your plan.

Work smart. Get things done.

Vision without execution is hallucination.

The bookends of success are starting and finishing. Decisions help us start; discipline helps us finish.

Write as well as you can and finish what you start.

Decision-making takes care of goal-setting, but discipline also takes care of goal-getting. Decisions and discipline can't be separated; one is worthless without the other.

The sooner you learn to finish things, and as a matter of course finish your creative endeavors, the better. It took me a long time to learn that.

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

I think my motto is to always remain focused on what it is that you're trying to accomplish.

Getting organized in the normal routines of life and finishing little projects you've started is an important first step toward realizing larger goals. If you can't get a handle on the small things, how will you ever get it together to focus on the big things?

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

The secret of getting things done is to act!