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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

The real key is time management and being able to focus on what you need to, on using every available minute to accomplish something that needs to be done.

Organize and execute around priorities.

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

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

People with good work habits have to-do lists that are reasonably prioritized, and they make themselves do what needs to be done. By contrast, people with poor work habits almost randomly react to the stuff that comes at them, or they can't bring themselves to do the things they need to do but don't like to do (or are unable to do).

Time management is really key for me.

Time management is really important.

Focusing on the right priorities can help you do more faster.

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.

Never confuse activity with productivity.

Self-discipline is a great time-saver; it is the ability to make yourself work on only those things that are most important to you.

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."

If your priorities don't get scheduled into your planner, other people's priorities will get put into your planner.

Do each day all that can be done that day. You don't need to overwork or to rush blindly into your work trying to do the greatest possible number of things in the shortest possible time. Don't try to do tomorrow's or next week's work today. It's not the number of things you do, but the quality, the efficiency of each separate action that count. To achieve this "habit of success," you need only to focus on the most important tasks and succeed in each small task of each day.

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.