Alexander Graham Bell on focus
vutran | May 14, 2020, 6:36 p.m.
“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”
— Alexander Graham Bell
Time blocking harnesses your energy and centers it on your most important work. It’s productivity’s greatest power tool.
Francine Jay on getting more done vs having less to do
vutran | May 14, 2020, 6:35 p.m.
“My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do.”
—Francine Jay
Margarita Tartakovsky on productivity
vutran | May 13, 2020, 6:08 p.m.
“Productivity isn’t about being a workhorse, keeping busy or burning the midnight oil... . It’s more about priorities, planning, and fiercely protecting your time.”
—Margarita Tartakovsky
Read More →Alan Lakein on planning
vutran | May 13, 2020, 6:23 a.m.
“Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.”
—Alan Lakein
Read More →Ebenezer Scrooge on purpose and priority
vutran | May 13, 2020, 6:22 a.m.
"Our life is driven by the purpose we give it. But there’s a catch, purpose has the power to shape our lives only in direct proportion to the power of the priority we connect it to. Purpose without priority is powerless."
— Ebenezer Scrooge
Gary Keller on happiness happens on the way to fulfillment
vutran | May 11, 2020, 6:07 p.m.
"It’s been said that the end shouldn’t justify the means, but be careful—when achieving happiness, any end you seek will only create happiness for you through the means it takes to achieve it. Happiness happens when you have a bigger purpose than having more fulfills, which is why we say happiness happens on the way to fulfillment."
— The ONE Thing, Garry Keller
Read More →George Bernard Shaw on making life
vutran | May 11, 2020, 6:05 p.m.
"Life Isn't About Finding Yourself. Life Is About Creating Yourself."
