Edward de Bono Quotes

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

Learn to differentiate between what is truly important and what can be dealt with at another time.

Goals help you keep in perspective what's really important so you don't spend all of your time doing what seems urgent.

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.

You must distinguish between what is urgent and what is important. You could accomplish all of the urgent things that you desire without accomplishing anything that is important.

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

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.

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.

One of the problems that exacerbates procrastination is the feeling that you have lots of different things to do and no clear sense of which matter more, when they should be done, etc.

You need to figure out what the 2 or 3 most important things are, and then just do those.

There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.

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.

First things first, second things never.

I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on important things, you are wasting time.

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.

Doing something unimportant well does not make it important.

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?'

The interruption we now impatiently put off may be the most important thing we could be doing at this particular time?

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

You have to ruthlessly prioritize.

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.

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."

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

If you don't have time, the truth is, you don't have priorities. Think harder; don't work harder.

Person who chases two rabbits catches neither.