Prioritization Quotes

Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time' is to say 'I don't want to.'

Virtue does not come from wealth, but wealth, and every other good thing which men have comes from virtue.

Your busy schedule has plenty of quantity. Think of how you could give it some true quality and meaning. Consider the people, the beliefs, the goals, the things which are really imp9ortant to you. Make time for them, not someday, but right now. Don't just fill your schedule. Fill your life.

You are all over the map, figure out the top 5 things you want to focus on and get rid of the rest.

I'm going to be very happy, and then do everything I have time to do after that.

Just do your best to keep yourself in balance. One of the first things that causes Energy misalignment, is asking or demanding too much of yourself in terms of time and effort. In other words, you just cannot burn the candle at both ends, so that you are physically tired, and then expect yourself to have a cheerful attitude. So, the rule of thumb has to be: "I'm going to be very, very, very happy, and then do everything I have time to do after that.

Do not try to do everything. Do one thing well.

A wise man should order his interests, and set them all in their proper places. This order is often troubled by greed, which putsus upon pursuing so many things at once that, in eagerness for matters of less consideration, we grasp at trifles, and let go things of greater value.

To Stay Focused in Life: You can't know everyone You can't do everything You can't go everywhere We have to pick and choose between good and a little bit better.

The essence of genius is to know what to overlook.

If you have more than five goals, you have none.

The Pertinent Question is NOT how to do things right - but how to find the right things to do, and to concentrate resources and efforts on them.

The most important decisions you make are not the things you do, but the things you decide not to do.

Strategy is figuring out what not to do.

I prime my mind. I wake up every morning and say, "Look, if you don't have 10 minutes for yourself, you don't have a life." I take 10 minutes.

We have to pick and choose between good and a little bit better.

There are always a half-dozen things that make 80%of the difference. Only SIX things!

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.

I never, ever get involved in politics. With politics you are not allowed to be honest. I don't have time to deal with that. I would rather work with kids.

What managers decide to stop doing is often more important than what they decide to do.

Learn how to separate the majors and the minors. A lot of people don't do well simply because they major in minor things.

I've learned that you can't have everything and do everything at the same time.

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

Learn how to say no. Don't let your mouth overload your back.

My notion's to think of the human beings first and let the abstract ideas take care of themselves.

You cannot neglect the nearer duty for the sake of a remote.

There's nothing so useless than executing a task efficiently when it actually never should have been executed at all.

Focusing is all about saying no

Say "no" to the good and say "yes" to the best.

Very successful people say no to almost everything.

We can no longer afford to spend major time on minor things than spend minor time on major things.

No business can do everything. Even if it has the money, it will never have enough good people. It has to set priorities. The worst thing to do is a little bit of everything. This makes sure that nothing is being accomplished. It is better to pick the wrong priority than none at all.

The only way in which a nation can make itself wealthy and prosperous is by good housekeeping: that is, by providing for its wants in the order of their importance, and allowing no money to be wasted on whims and luxuries until necessities have been thoroughly served.

It is better to be kind than right.

Too many leaders try to do a little bit of 25 things and get nothing done. They are very popular because they always say yes. But they get nothing done.

There is plenty of time to argue with new ideas later. They key is to take careful notes first and debate second.

Memories mean more to me than dresses.

We spend a lot of time teaching leaders what to do. We don't spend enough time teaching leaders what to stop. Half the leaders I have met don't need to learn what to do. They need to learn what to stop

I have three boxes on my desk: In, Out, and Too Hard.

The key to becoming a more efficient leader isn't checking off all the items on your to-do list each day. It's in forming the habit of prioritizing your time so that you are accomplishing your most important goals in an efficient manner.

Do not believe that it is very much of an advance to do the unnecessary three times as fast.

If you want to improve how you manage time - stop doing what doesn't need to be done!

Innovation means saying 'no' to a thousand things.

Keep it simple and focus on what matters. Don't let yourself be overwhelmed.

The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

It's amazing how many things busy people are doing that never will be missed.

Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.