reading The One Thing by Gary Keller
"How many ships didn’t sail because of the belief that the earth was flat? How much progress was impeded because man wasn’t supposed to breathe underwater, fly through the air, or venture into outer space?"
"No one knows their ultimate ceiling for achievement, so worrying about it is a waste of time."
"As you experience big, you become big."
"If your goal is ten, ask the question: 'How can I reach 20?'"
"I learned that success comes down to this: being appropriate in the moments of your life."
"Put all your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket."
"How we phrase the questions we ask ourselves determines the answers that eventually become our life."
"What’s the ONE Thing I can do / such that by doing it / everything else will be easier or unnecessary?"
“Success is simple. Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time.”
"People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures.”
“What’s the ONE Thing I can do to double sales in six months such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary?”
“Extraordinary results require a Great Answer..“
“The research and experience of others is the best place to start when looking for your answer.”
“A new answer usually requires new behavior.”
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
“Great businesses are built one productive person at a time.”
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
“A simple formula for creating an extraordinary life: Live with purpose. Live by priority. Live for productivity.”
“Our purpose sets our priority and our priority determines the productivity our actions produce.”
“Happiness happens on the way to fulfillment.”
“Live with purpose and don’t be surprised if you actually hum more and even whistle while you work.”
“Pick a direction, start marching down that path, and see how you like it. Time brings clarity and if you find you don’t like it, you can always change your mind. It’s your life.”
“Purpose without priority is powerless.”
“The further away a reward is in the future, the smaller the immediate motivation to achieve it.”
“Students who visualized the process performed better across the board.”
“In the end, putting together a life of extraordinary results simply comes down to getting the most out of what you do, when what you do matters.”
“My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do.”
“Block four hours a day.”
“Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.”
“Normal business culture gets in the way of the very productivity it seeks because of the way people traditionally schedule their time.”
“To experience extraordinary results, be a maker in the morning and a manager in the afternoon.”
“Block an hour each week to review your annual and monthly goals.”
“There is magic in knocking down your most important domino day after day.”
“The people who achieve extraordinary results don’t achieve them by working more hours. They achieve them by getting more done in the hours they work.”
“Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.”
“Expertise tracks with hours invested.”
“The pursuit of mastery bears gifts.”
“The path of mastering something is the combination of not only doing the best you can do at it, but also doing it the best it can be done.”
“Highly successful people are clear about their role in the events of their life.”
“Focus is a matter of deciding what things you’re not going to do.”
“One ‘yes’ must be defended over time by 1,000 ‘nos.’”
“When you say yes to something, it’s imperative that you understand what you’re saying no to.”
“You can’t please everyone, so don’t try.”
“A request must be connected to my ONE Thing for me to consider it.”
“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.”
“When you strive for greatness, chaos is guaranteed to show up.”
“High achievement and extraordinary results require big energy.”
“Your environment must support your goals.”
“No one succeeds alone and no one fails alone. Pay attention to the people around you.”
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
“In delay there lies no plenty.”