Brian Tracy Quotes

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.

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.

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?'

An average person who develops the habit of setting clear priorities and getting important tasks completed quickly will run circles around a genius who talks a lot and makes wonderful plans but gets very little done.

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.

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 perform at your best when you are working continually on high-priority goals and objectives.

You do the things that need to be done according to priority.

Work smart. Get things done.

Never confuse activity with productivity.

You have to ruthlessly prioritize.

Stay focused and don't try to do too many things at once. Care about execution quality.

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."

Organize and execute around priorities.

The thing is to try to do as much as you can in the time that you have.

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.

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

People who can focus, get things done. People who can prioritize, get the right things done.

What is the thing that matters most to making progress right now?

One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a TO DO List every day, keep it visible, and use it as a guide to action as you go through the day.

I have always lived my life by making lists: lists of people to call, lists of ideas, lists of companies to set up, lists of people who can make things happen. Each day I work through these lists, and that sequence of calls propels me forward.

The essence of the best thinking in the area of time management (practice planning) can be captured in a single phrase: Organize and execute around priorities

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

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

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.