Steve Easterbrook Quotes

In devoting more time and attention to fewer commitments, we can have a bigger impact on the things that matter most.

If you think about stripping away 80 percent of the things that don't matter and focusing on the the 20 percent that will actually make a difference, I think you'll find great results even in the toughest of situations and the harshest of environments.

You can only do so many things great, and you should cast aside everything else.

Through your life, most people peel away the junk that's not useful, that's superfluous. You are determined to peel that away. I do one thing at a time. One man at a time. One car. One house. One child. One job.

I have learned to pare down what I do and still be effective and strong in a role.

You do what is manageable, and you do it well rather than trying to do a thousand things just a little bit OK.

Focus on doing the right things instead of a bunch of things.

I learned the value of focus. I learned it is better to do one product well than two products in a mediocre way.

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

Concentrate on the essentials. We will then be accomplishing the greatest possible results with the effort expended.

Efficiency for me is an obsession..It not only helps me get stronger but makes things simpler.

God does not judge us by the multitude of works we perform, but how well we do the work that is ours to do. The happiness of too many days is often destroyed by trying to accomplish too much in one day. We would do well to follow a common rule for our daily lives--DO LESS, AND DO IT BETTER.

Believe it or not, it is not only possible to accomplish more by doing less, it is mandatory. Enter the world of elimination.

The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.

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.

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

More is not necessarily better. Better is better.

It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice.

The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be busy. They saw through that adage, repeated to me so often in childhood, that anything worth doing is worth doing well.

Actually I like working kind of fast, because if you got it, why bother doing it over and over?

The idea of taking what's useful and discarding the rest is something I say to myself almost on a daily basis.

I used to have this debate with Steve Jobs, and he would always say, 'You guys are doing too much stuff.' He did a good job of doing one or two things really well. We'd like to have a bigger impact on the world by doing more things.

I sometimes think less is more. If you cut yourself in too many places, it is hard to execute.

Most people in business and within their personal lives move towards complexity. More To Dos. More projects. More products. More meetings. More possessions. More goals. The best - I suggest to you - move in the opposite direction.

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.