Brian Tracy Quotes

If you're like me, I get hooked into to-do lists, you know. I'll say I checked that off. Okay, I did that. And you have all these things you're doing.

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

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.

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).

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.

Also, I'm always learning better and better how to prioritize and how to leave certain things for the next day.

Time management is really key for me.

If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?

The secret to multitasking is that it isn't actually multitasking. It's just extreme focus and organization.

I try to list the top three things to get done every day, and I'll be lucky if I hit all three, but it's amazing what that does to keep you on track.

I always make lists of things I need to get done. I like the sense of having completed one thing so I can move on to the next.

You're actually making the rest of your day productive by spending 30 minutes reviewing your to-do's, prioritizing them, and ruthlessly removing things that shouldn't be there.

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.

You can't do it unless you organize.

I like to organize. I have an opinion. I like to get stuff done.

The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day. Never let your correspondence fall behind. Whatever piece of business you have in hand, before stopping, do all the labor pertaining to it which can then be done.

Being successful doesn't make you manage your time well. Managing your time well makes you successful!

The better organized you are in the simple things, the more spontaneous and free you can be in the ore important things.

I'm not nearly as well organized as I would like. I am a creature of to-do lists and calendars - if something doesn't get onto my Google Calendar, I don't show up for it.

Have a time and place for everything, and do everything in its time and place, and you will not only accomplish more, but have far more leisure than those who are always hurrying.

I balance it all by being extremely organized, and I am a very efficient delegator.

You must plan your work and then work your plan.

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.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today -- for tomorrow's gonna be bad enough as it is.

To-Do lists help us break life into small steps.